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 of America | 8.41 | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 10 | Réunion | 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 of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 6.56 | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 23 | Republic of Korea | 6.54 | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 24 | China | 6.49 | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 25 | Taiwan, China | 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 | Viet Nam | 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, Bolivarian Republic of | 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 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 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 | Democratic People’s Republic of 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 | Türkiye | 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 | Russian Federation | 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, Islamic Republic of | 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 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.54 | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 107 | Palestine, State of | 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 Darussalam | 2.42 | 2024 | up 49.7% | flat |
| 111 | Republic of 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, Plurinational State of | 2.21 | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 117 | Timor-Leste | 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, China | 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, United Republic of | 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 (Federated States of) | 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 | Syrian Arab Republic | 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 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 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 |