Cereals, primary — Yield in Spain
Spain: Cereals, primary — Yield was 3,786 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — yield in Spain stood at 3,786 kg/ha.
The figure is up 72.8% on the previous year and up 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Spain peaked at 4,502 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,082 kg/ha, in 1961.
Spain ranks 72nd of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Spain, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,082 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,279 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1963 | 1,303 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 1,178 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1965 | 1,251 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1966 | 1,328 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1967 | 1,481 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1968 | 1,569 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1969 | 1,558 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 1,380 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1971 | 1,840 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1972 | 1,611 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1973 | 1,595 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1974 | 1,766 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1975 | 1,974 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1976 | 1,766 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1977 | 1,925 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1978 | 2,175 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1979 | 1,908 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1980 | 2,480 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 1981 | 1,571 kg/ha | -36.6% |
| 1982 | 1,764 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1983 | 1,851 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1984 | 2,772 kg/ha | +49.8% |
| 1985 | 2,762 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 2,143 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1987 | 2,627 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 1988 | 3,018 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1989 | 2,492 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1990 | 2,483 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 2,489 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 1,955 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 1993 | 2,717 kg/ha | +39.0% |
| 1994 | 2,348 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1995 | 1,730 kg/ha | -26.3% |
| 1996 | 3,303 kg/ha | +91.0% |
| 1997 | 2,764 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1998 | 3,396 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 1999 | 2,705 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 2000 | 3,603 kg/ha | +33.2% |
| 2001 | 2,805 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 2002 | 3,222 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2003 | 3,251 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 3,750 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2005 | 2,159 kg/ha | -42.4% |
| 2006 | 3,028 kg/ha | +40.2% |
| 2007 | 3,934 kg/ha | +29.9% |
| 2008 | 3,574 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2009 | 2,945 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2010 | 3,292 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2011 | 3,692 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2012 | 2,842 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 2013 | 4,047 kg/ha | +42.4% |
| 2014 | 3,248 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 2015 | 3,243 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 3,878 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 2017 | 2,770 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 2018 | 4,206 kg/ha | +51.8% |
| 2019 | 3,446 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 2020 | 4,502 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 2021 | 4,227 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2022 | 3,307 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 2023 | 2,191 kg/ha | -33.8% |
| 2024 | 3,786 kg/ha | +72.8% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 3,786 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 5,104 kg/ha, 74% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Spain's 3,786 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4,851 kg/ha, 78% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,337 kg/ha | 1,082 kg/ha | 1,569 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,794 kg/ha | 1,380 kg/ha | 2,175 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,348 kg/ha | 1,571 kg/ha | 3,018 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,589 kg/ha | 1,730 kg/ha | 3,396 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,227 kg/ha | 2,159 kg/ha | 3,934 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,466 kg/ha | 2,770 kg/ha | 4,206 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,603 kg/ha | 2,191 kg/ha | 4,502 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Spain?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Spain was 3,786 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 4,502 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,082 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Spain rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Spain ranks 72nd out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.