Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Upper middle income
Upper middle income: Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita was 0.0316 hectares per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Upper middle income, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in hectares per person.
Analysis
In 2024, land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Upper middle income stood at 0.0316 hectares per person. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 63.6% on the previous year and down 64.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Upper middle income peaked at 0.1467 hectares per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0316 hectares per person, in 2024.
That places Upper middle income 34th out of 47 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Upper middle income, year by year
| Year | hectares per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1467 hectares per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.1448 hectares per person | -1.3% |
| 1963 | 0.1441 hectares per person | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 0.1453 hectares per person | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 0.141 hectares per person | -2.9% |
| 1966 | 0.1413 hectares per person | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 0.1375 hectares per person | -2.7% |
| 1968 | 0.1354 hectares per person | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 0.1321 hectares per person | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 0.1306 hectares per person | -1.1% |
| 1971 | 0.1305 hectares per person | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.1275 hectares per person | -2.3% |
| 1973 | 0.1247 hectares per person | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 0.1237 hectares per person | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 0.1235 hectares per person | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 0.1236 hectares per person | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.1188 hectares per person | -4.0% |
| 1978 | 0.1174 hectares per person | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 0.1138 hectares per person | -3.1% |
| 1980 | 0.1126 hectares per person | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 0.1117 hectares per person | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 0.1081 hectares per person | -3.3% |
| 1983 | 0.1066 hectares per person | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 0.1047 hectares per person | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 0.103 hectares per person | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 0.102 hectares per person | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0999 hectares per person | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0982 hectares per person | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 0.0965 hectares per person | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 0.0948 hectares per person | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 0.0933 hectares per person | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 0.1098 hectares per person | +17.7% |
| 1993 | 0.1058 hectares per person | -3.6% |
| 1994 | 0.1032 hectares per person | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 0.1016 hectares per person | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 0.1021 hectares per person | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0995 hectares per person | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0962 hectares per person | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0941 hectares per person | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0915 hectares per person | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0917 hectares per person | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.0898 hectares per person | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0878 hectares per person | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0895 hectares per person | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0889 hectares per person | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0886 hectares per person | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0897 hectares per person | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0888 hectares per person | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.0894 hectares per person | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0894 hectares per person | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0897 hectares per person | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0892 hectares per person | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0907 hectares per person | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.0894 hectares per person | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0897 hectares per person | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0893 hectares per person | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.089 hectares per person | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0871 hectares per person | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0868 hectares per person | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0877 hectares per person | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0878 hectares per person | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0871 hectares per person | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.087 hectares per person | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.0316 hectares per person | -63.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Upper middle income 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 | -63.6% | 0.087 hectares per person | 0.0316 hectares per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1409 hectares per person | 0.1321 hectares per person | 0.1467 hectares per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1234 hectares per person | 0.1138 hectares per person | 0.1306 hectares per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1043 hectares per person | 0.0965 hectares per person | 0.1126 hectares per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1 hectares per person | 0.0933 hectares per person | 0.1098 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0896 hectares per person | 0.0878 hectares per person | 0.0917 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.089 hectares per person | 0.0868 hectares per person | 0.0907 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0763 hectares per person | 0.0316 hectares per person | 0.0878 hectares per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Upper middle income
- 31 Togo 0.157 hectares per person compare
- 32 Benin 0.1482 hectares per person compare
- 33 Myanmar 0.1463 hectares per person compare
- 34 Croatia 0.1398 hectares per person compare
- 35 Bolivia 0.1363 hectares per person compare
- 36 Eritrea 0.1353 hectares per person compare
- 37 Turkey 0.1331 hectares per person compare
More agriculture & rural data for Upper middle income
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.31 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.4 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population 978.15 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 31.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0687 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 748.69 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9329 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Upper middle income?
- Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita in Upper middle income was 0.0316 hectares per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest land under cereal production (hectares), per capita recorded in Upper middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1467 hectares per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest land under cereal production (hectares), per capita recorded in Upper middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0316 hectares per person in 2024.
- How does Upper middle income rank for land under cereal production (hectares), per capita?
- Upper middle income ranks 34th out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is land under cereal production (hectares), per capita rising or falling in Upper middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Upper middle income 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.