Land use vs. yield change in cereal production in Mongolia
Mongolia: Land use vs. yield change in cereal production was 101 in 2014. ▼ Falling
Land use vs. yield change in cereal production in Mongolia, 1961–2014
Source: World Bank (2017) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 101 for land use vs. yield change in cereal production in 2014.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.4% on the previous year and up 80.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land use vs. yield change in cereal production in Mongolia peaked at 216 in 1989 and was at its lowest, 39, in 2007.
Mongolia ranks 89th of 147 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 54 years of available data.
Land use vs. yield change in cereal production in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100 | — |
| 1962 | 122 | +22.0% |
| 1963 | 127 | +4.1% |
| 1964 | 133 | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 134 | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 128 | -4.5% |
| 1967 | 131 | +2.3% |
| 1968 | 132 | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 133 | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 134 | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 133 | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 133 | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 135 | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 135 | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 139 | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 143 | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 155 | +8.4% |
| 1978 | 182 | +17.4% |
| 1979 | 188 | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 178 | -5.3% |
| 1981 | 174 | -2.2% |
| 1982 | 170 | -2.3% |
| 1983 | 188 | +10.6% |
| 1984 | 199 | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 204 | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 202 | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 200 | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 206 | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 216 | +4.9% |
| 1990 | 210 | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 197 | -6.2% |
| 1992 | 191 | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 176 | -7.9% |
| 1994 | 144 | -18.2% |
| 1995 | 115 | -20.1% |
| 1996 | 108 | -6.1% |
| 1997 | 103 | -4.6% |
| 1998 | 99 | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 90 | -9.1% |
| 2000 | 60 | -33.3% |
| 2001 | 65 | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 70 | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 68 | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 56 | -17.6% |
| 2005 | 52 | -7.1% |
| 2006 | 41 | -21.2% |
| 2007 | 39 | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 50 | +28.2% |
| 2009 | 81 | +62.0% |
| 2010 | 83 | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 96 | +15.7% |
| 2012 | 98 | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 94 | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 101 | +7.4% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 101 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 131.5, 77% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 101 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 132.5, 76% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Land use vs. yield change in cereal production in Mongolia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +62.0% | 50 | 81 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 126.67 | 100 | 134 | 9 |
| 1970s | 147.7 | 133 | 188 | 10 |
| 1980s | 193.7 | 170 | 216 | 10 |
| 1990s | 143.3 | 90 | 210 | 10 |
| 2000s | 58.2 | 39 | 81 | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.4 | 83 | 101 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More agriculture & rural data for Mongolia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 30.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0894 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 635.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5968 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2885 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land use vs. yield change in cereal production in Mongolia?
- Land use vs. yield change in cereal production in Mongolia was 101 in 2014, according to World Bank (2017) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest land use vs. yield change in cereal production recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 216 in 1989.
- What is the lowest land use vs. yield change in cereal production recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 39 in 2007.
- How does Mongolia rank for land use vs. yield change in cereal production?
- Mongolia ranks 89th out of 147 countries with data for 2014.
- Is land use vs. yield change in cereal production rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 80.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mongolia data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank (2017) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Land use vs. yield change in cereal production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Indexed change in land used for cereal production versus cereal yields, from 1961 to 2014. Both indexes are measured relative to values in 1961 (i.e. 1961 = 100).