Cereals, primary — Yield in Western Europe
Western Europe: Cereals, primary — Yield was 6,488 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — yield in Western Europe stood at 6,488 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.7% on the previous year and down 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Western Europe peaked at 7,772 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 2,426 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Western Europe 4th out of 33 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,083 kg/ha | 2,426 kg/ha | 3,599 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,966 kg/ha | 3,298 kg/ha | 4,501 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,169 kg/ha | 4,494 kg/ha | 5,726 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,398 kg/ha | 5,795 kg/ha | 6,978 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,851 kg/ha | 5,996 kg/ha | 7,436 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,082 kg/ha | 6,343 kg/ha | 7,772 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,890 kg/ha | 6,488 kg/ha | 7,182 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 1 Oman 27,672 kg/ha compare
- 2 United Arab Emirates 22,474 kg/ha compare
- 3 Qatar 14,976 kg/ha compare
- 4 Kuwait 14,196 kg/ha compare
- 5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13,344 kg/ha compare
- 6 Mauritius 11,890 kg/ha compare
- 7 New Caledonia 11,650 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Europe
- Bananas — Area harvested 11,010 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 1,412 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 2.01 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 219,568 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 9,144 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 210,920 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 52.45 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 3,406 t (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks 11.91 million An (2024)
- Cabbages — Production 1.38 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Western Europe?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Western Europe was 6,488 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 7,772 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,426 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Western Europe rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Western Europe ranks 4th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.