Cereals, primary — Yield in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Cereals, primary — Yield was 4,482 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — yield in Southern Europe stood at 4,482 kg/ha.
The figure is up 14.0% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Southern Europe peaked at 5,188 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,514 kg/ha, in 1961.
Southern Europe ranks 12th of 33 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,807 kg/ha | 1,514 kg/ha | 2,083 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,441 kg/ha | 2,008 kg/ha | 2,689 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,074 kg/ha | 2,678 kg/ha | 3,384 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,435 kg/ha | 2,985 kg/ha | 3,905 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,956 kg/ha | 3,478 kg/ha | 4,431 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,372 kg/ha | 3,809 kg/ha | 4,864 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,523 kg/ha | 3,933 kg/ha | 5,188 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
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- Bananas — Production 452,640 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 10,020 ha (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested 2.49 million ha (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield 20,730 kg/ha (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested 512,270 ha (2024)
- Milk, Total — Milk Animals 22.87 million An (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Production 53.97 million t (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Area harvested 12.04 million ha (2024)
- Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks 16.92 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Southern Europe?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Southern Europe was 4,482 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 5,188 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,514 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Europe rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Southern Europe ranks 12th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.