Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in OECD members
OECD members: Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita was 0.0766 hectares per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in OECD members, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in hectares per person.
Analysis
OECD members recorded 0.0766 hectares per person for land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 33.1% on the previous year and down 39.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in OECD members peaked at 0.2136 hectares per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0766 hectares per person, in 2024.
OECD members ranks 10th of 47 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in OECD members, year by year
| Year | hectares per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.2136 hectares per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.2087 hectares per person | -2.3% |
| 1963 | 0.2085 hectares per person | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 0.2057 hectares per person | -1.3% |
| 1965 | 0.2028 hectares per person | -1.4% |
| 1966 | 0.2039 hectares per person | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 0.207 hectares per person | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 0.2053 hectares per person | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 0.1951 hectares per person | -5.0% |
| 1970 | 0.1843 hectares per person | -5.5% |
| 1971 | 0.1928 hectares per person | +4.6% |
| 1972 | 0.184 hectares per person | -4.6% |
| 1973 | 0.1898 hectares per person | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 0.1898 hectares per person | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.1928 hectares per person | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 0.1942 hectares per person | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 0.1915 hectares per person | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 0.186 hectares per person | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 0.1826 hectares per person | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 0.1869 hectares per person | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 0.1956 hectares per person | +4.6% |
| 1982 | 0.1896 hectares per person | -3.1% |
| 1983 | 0.1752 hectares per person | -7.6% |
| 1984 | 0.1852 hectares per person | +5.7% |
| 1985 | 0.1854 hectares per person | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 0.176 hectares per person | -5.1% |
| 1987 | 0.1648 hectares per person | -6.4% |
| 1988 | 0.1579 hectares per person | -4.1% |
| 1989 | 0.1652 hectares per person | +4.6% |
| 1990 | 0.1652 hectares per person | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.1574 hectares per person | -4.7% |
| 1992 | 0.1606 hectares per person | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 0.1534 hectares per person | -4.5% |
| 1994 | 0.1535 hectares per person | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.1507 hectares per person | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 0.1596 hectares per person | +5.9% |
| 1997 | 0.1564 hectares per person | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 0.1526 hectares per person | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 0.1457 hectares per person | -4.5% |
| 2000 | 0.1476 hectares per person | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 0.1434 hectares per person | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 0.1383 hectares per person | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 0.144 hectares per person | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 0.1425 hectares per person | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 0.1385 hectares per person | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 0.1327 hectares per person | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 0.1396 hectares per person | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 0.1407 hectares per person | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.1338 hectares per person | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 0.1285 hectares per person | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 0.1271 hectares per person | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.1302 hectares per person | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 0.1295 hectares per person | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.1266 hectares per person | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 0.125 hectares per person | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.1247 hectares per person | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.117 hectares per person | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 0.1167 hectares per person | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.1157 hectares per person | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.118 hectares per person | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 0.1184 hectares per person | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.1139 hectares per person | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 0.1145 hectares per person | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 0.0766 hectares per person | -33.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in OECD members changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -33.1% | 0.1145 hectares per person | 0.0766 hectares per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2056 hectares per person | 0.1951 hectares per person | 0.2136 hectares per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1888 hectares per person | 0.1826 hectares per person | 0.1942 hectares per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1782 hectares per person | 0.1579 hectares per person | 0.1956 hectares per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1555 hectares per person | 0.1457 hectares per person | 0.1652 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1401 hectares per person | 0.1327 hectares per person | 0.1476 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1241 hectares per person | 0.1157 hectares per person | 0.1302 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1083 hectares per person | 0.0766 hectares per person | 0.1184 hectares per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near OECD members
- 7 Niger 0.3822 hectares per person compare
- 8 Moldova 0.3764 hectares per person compare
- 9 Bulgaria 0.3072 hectares per person compare
- 10 Russia 0.3002 hectares per person compare
- 11 Ukraine 0.2856 hectares per person compare
- 12 Romania 0.2712 hectares per person compare
- 13 Guinea 0.2701 hectares per person compare
More agriculture & rural data for OECD members
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 977.64 billion current US$ (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.4% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Rural population 262.00 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 18.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0143 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 699.9 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3033 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in OECD members?
- Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in OECD members was 0.0766 hectares per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest land under cereal production (hectares), per capita recorded in OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2136 hectares per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest land under cereal production (hectares), per capita recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0766 hectares per person in 2024.
- How does OECD members rank for land under cereal production (hectares), per capita?
- OECD members ranks 10th out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is land under cereal production (hectares), per capita rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this OECD members data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Land under cereal production (hectares) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Land under cereal production (hectares) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Land under cereal production FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Land under cereal production (hectares) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.