Change of cereal yield vs land used by country
Countries reporting
186
Highest
27.67
Oman
Lowest
0.0403
Cape Verde
Median
3.05
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
10,534
What the numbers show
Change of cereal yield vs land used is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 27.67 in Oman; the lowest is 0.0403 in Cape Verde.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.05, and the mean is 3.75.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 687.
Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 394.7%), and the largest decrease in French Guiana (down 51.0%).
Change of cereal yield vs land used: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oman | 27.67 | 2024 | up 257.0% | volatile |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 22.47 | 2024 | up 57.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Qatar | 14.98 | 2024 | up 130.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Kuwait | 14.2 | 2024 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 13.34 | 2024 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Mauritius | 11.89 | 2024 | up 215.8% | volatile |
| 7 | New Caledonia | 11.65 | 2024 | up 142.7% | volatile |
| 8 | New Zealand | 9.1 | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 9 | United States | 8.41 | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 10 | Reunion | 7.78 | 2006 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 11 | Bahamas | 7.74 | 2024 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Egypt | 7.36 | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 13 | Ireland | 7.32 | 2024 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 14 | Belgium | 6.86 | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 15 | Netherlands | 6.81 | 2024 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 16 | Germany | 6.79 | 2024 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 17 | Austria | 6.72 | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 18 | Chile | 6.61 | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 19 | Slovenia | 6.59 | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 20 | Croatia | 6.57 | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 21 | Guyana | 6.56 | 2024 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 6.56 | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 23 | South Korea | 6.54 | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 24 | China | 6.49 | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 25 | Taiwan | 6.43 | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 26 | France | 6.28 | 2024 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 27 | Japan | 6.25 | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 28 | Denmark | 6.1 | 2024 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 29 | Vietnam | 6.04 | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 30 | Czechia | 5.75 | 2024 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 31 | Hungary | 5.63 | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 32 | Slovakia | 5.56 | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 33 | Uzbekistan | 5.5 | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 34 | Indonesia | 5.42 | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 35 | Bangladesh | 5.41 | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 36 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.36 | 2024 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 37 | Portugal | 5.31 | 2024 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Sweden | 5.24 | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 39 | Luxembourg | 5.21 | 2024 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 40 | Serbia | 5.17 | 2024 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 41 | Albania | 5.15 | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 42 | Ukraine | 5.15 | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 43 | Saudi Arabia | 5.11 | 2024 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Bulgaria | 5.1 | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 45 | Uruguay | 5.06 | 2024 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Brazil | 5 | 2024 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Italy | 4.98 | 2024 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 48 | Malta | 4.88 | 2017 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 49 | Argentina | 4.85 | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 50 | Poland | 4.85 | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 51 | Peru | 4.85 | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 52 | Papua New Guinea | 4.79 | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 53 | Switzerland | 4.58 | 2024 | down 34.9% | rising |
| 54 | South Africa | 4.56 | 2024 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Dominican Republic | 4.46 | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 56 | Suriname | 4.45 | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 57 | Colombia | 4.42 | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 58 | Lithuania | 4.39 | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 59 | Venezuela | 4.31 | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 60 | Panama | 4.23 | 2024 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 61 | Norway | 4.22 | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 62 | Laos | 4.2 | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 63 | Tajikistan | 4.12 | 2024 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 64 | Sri Lanka | 4.07 | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 65 | Greece | 4.05 | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 66 | Canada | 4.02 | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 67 | Ecuador | 4.01 | 2024 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 68 | Latvia | 3.97 | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 69 | Philippines | 3.83 | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 70 | Costa Rica | 3.81 | 2024 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 71 | Spain | 3.79 | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 72 | Myanmar | 3.78 | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 73 | Cambodia | 3.78 | 2024 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 74 | Mexico | 3.75 | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 75 | Puerto Rico | 3.75 | 2024 | up 77.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Estonia | 3.73 | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 77 | Belize | 3.7 | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 78 | India | 3.63 | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 79 | Pakistan | 3.62 | 2024 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 80 | Finland | 3.62 | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 81 | Paraguay | 3.62 | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 82 | North Korea | 3.61 | 2024 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 83 | North Macedonia | 3.57 | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 84 | Bhutan | 3.55 | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 85 | Malaysia | 3.54 | 2024 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 86 | Romania | 3.53 | 2024 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 87 | Nepal | 3.52 | 2024 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.49 | 2024 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 89 | Turkey | 3.43 | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 3.43 | 2024 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 91 | Belarus | 3.39 | 2024 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 92 | Thailand | 3.08 | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 93 | Fiji | 3.07 | 2024 | down 31.5% | rising |
| 94 | Russia | 3.04 | 2024 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 95 | El Salvador | 2.82 | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 96 | Georgia | 2.82 | 2024 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 97 | Barbados | 2.79 | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 98 | Iran | 2.72 | 2024 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 99 | Montenegro | 2.7 | 2024 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 100 | Australia | 2.69 | 2024 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 101 | Lebanon | 2.66 | 2024 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 102 | Iraq | 2.65 | 2024 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Ghana | 2.63 | 2024 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 104 | Ethiopia | 2.63 | 2024 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 105 | Israel | 2.62 | 2024 | down 46.7% | rising |
| 106 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.54 | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 107 | Palestine | 2.52 | 2022 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 108 | Nicaragua | 2.52 | 2023 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 109 | Maldives | 2.44 | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 110 | Brunei | 2.42 | 2024 | up 49.7% | flat |
| 111 | Moldova | 2.41 | 2024 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 112 | Madagascar | 2.39 | 2024 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 113 | Afghanistan | 2.36 | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 114 | Zambia | 2.32 | 2024 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 115 | Guatemala | 2.24 | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 116 | Bolivia | 2.21 | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 117 | East Timor | 2.11 | 2024 | down 27.7% | rising |
| 118 | Djibouti | 2.04 | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 119 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2 | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 120 | Senegal | 2 | 2024 | up 80.3% | rising |
| 121 | Hong Kong | 2 | 1990 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 121 | Guadeloupe | 2 | 1977 | unchanged | falling |
| 123 | Iceland | 1.97 | 2024 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 124 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.96 | 2024 | up 24.0% | falling |
| 125 | Armenia | 1.96 | 2024 | down 38.4% | rising |
| 126 | Cuba | 1.95 | 2024 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 127 | Uganda | 1.92 | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 128 | Tunisia | 1.89 | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 129 | Honduras | 1.89 | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 130 | Malawi | 1.88 | 2024 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 131 | Tanzania | 1.87 | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 132 | Solomon Islands | 1.87 | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 133 | Rwanda | 1.78 | 2024 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 134 | Cameroon | 1.77 | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 135 | Comoros | 1.72 | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 136 | Micronesia (country) | 1.72 | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 137 | Turkmenistan | 1.71 | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 138 | French Guiana | 1.7 | 2006 | down 51.0% | rising |
| 139 | Kenya | 1.69 | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 140 | Dominica | 1.69 | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 141 | Mali | 1.66 | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 142 | Jordan | 1.61 | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 143 | Syria | 1.61 | 2024 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 144 | Gabon | 1.59 | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 145 | Nigeria | 1.56 | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 146 | Mauritania | 1.54 | 2024 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Algeria | 1.54 | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 148 | Kazakhstan | 1.53 | 2024 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 149 | USSR | 1.52 | 1991 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 150 | Cyprus | 1.44 | 2024 | up 394.7% | rising |
| 151 | Sierra Leone | 1.37 | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 152 | Benin | 1.36 | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 153 | Guinea | 1.35 | 2024 | up 20.3% | falling |
| 154 | Jamaica | 1.34 | 2024 | up 17.9% | falling |
| 155 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.33 | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 156 | Mongolia | 1.25 | 2024 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 157 | Morocco | 1.24 | 2024 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 158 | Burkina Faso | 1.2 | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 159 | Togo | 1.2 | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 160 | Burundi | 1.16 | 2024 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 161 | Liberia | 1.11 | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 162 | Angola | 1.11 | 2024 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 163 | Eswatini | 1.08 | 2024 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 164 | Zimbabwe | 1.07 | 2024 | up 28.7% | falling |
| 165 | Haiti | 1.06 | 2024 | up 18.9% | falling |
| 166 | Gambia | 1 | 2024 | up 33.4% | falling |
| 167 | Grenada | 0.9966 | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 168 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.9757 | 2024 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 169 | South Sudan | 0.945 | 2024 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 170 | Botswana | 0.9004 | 2024 | up 195.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Congo | 0.8737 | 2024 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 172 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.8718 | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 173 | Chad | 0.8269 | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 174 | Central African Republic | 0.7884 | 2024 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 175 | Mozambique | 0.7764 | 2024 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 176 | Yemen | 0.7687 | 2024 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 177 | Saint Lucia | 0.7 | 1979 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 178 | Libya | 0.6597 | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 179 | Eritrea | 0.638 | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 180 | Vanuatu | 0.6362 | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 181 | Lesotho | 0.6035 | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 182 | Sudan | 0.5803 | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 183 | Niger | 0.5774 | 2024 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 184 | Somalia | 0.3621 | 2024 | down 37.9% | rising |
| 185 | Namibia | 0.1844 | 2024 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 186 | Cape Verde | 0.0403 | 2024 | up 17.5% | volatile |