Cereals, primary — Yield in World
World: Cereals, primary — Yield was 4,206 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — yield in World is 4,206 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in World peaked at 4,228 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,353 kg/ha, in 1961.
World ranks 15th 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 | 1,542 kg/ha | 1,353 kg/ha | 1,709 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,970 kg/ha | 1,766 kg/ha | 2,213 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,430 kg/ha | 2,161 kg/ha | 2,629 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,863 kg/ha | 2,683 kg/ha | 3,113 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,279 kg/ha | 3,059 kg/ha | 3,559 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,872 kg/ha | 3,561 kg/ha | 4,125 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,180 kg/ha | 4,114 kg/ha | 4,228 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 3.46 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.75 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 139.41 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 5.88 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 6.05 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in World?
- Cereals, primary — yield in World was 4,206 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 4,228 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,353 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does World rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- World ranks 15th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.