Millet — Yield in Western Asia
Western Asia: Millet — Yield was 764.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Millet — Yield in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for millet — yield in Western Asia is 764.7 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 5.2% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — yield in Western Asia peaked at 1,346 kg/ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 404.3 kg/ha, in 1991.
That places Western Asia 19th out of 26 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.
Millet — Yield in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,012 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,025 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 1,003 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1964 | 1,047 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1965 | 1,056 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 977.2 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1967 | 1,136 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1968 | 1,016 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1969 | 1,346 kg/ha | +32.4% |
| 1970 | 1,179 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1971 | 1,220 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1972 | 1,185 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 1,135 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1974 | 1,002 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1975 | 1,068 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1976 | 1,030 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1977 | 1,111 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1978 | 1,104 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 1,082 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 1,046 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1981 | 953.7 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1982 | 842.1 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1983 | 777.6 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1984 | 762 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 519.7 kg/ha | -31.8% |
| 1986 | 636 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1987 | 557 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1988 | 528.3 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1989 | 511.5 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1990 | 444.1 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1991 | 404.3 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1992 | 706.7 kg/ha | +74.8% |
| 1993 | 699.5 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 680.4 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 707.5 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 691.8 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 723.1 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1998 | 770.6 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1999 | 697.1 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2000 | 712.7 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 738.2 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 682.7 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2003 | 624.5 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2004 | 764.4 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 2005 | 764.1 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 811 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2007 | 828.5 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 737.4 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2009 | 745.4 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 862.2 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2011 | 667.7 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 2012 | 742.5 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2013 | 756.3 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 754.9 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 692.5 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2016 | 633.1 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2017 | 659 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 654.9 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 737.3 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2020 | 789.5 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 734.5 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2022 | 713.7 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 806.9 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2024 | 764.7 kg/ha | -5.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — Yield in Western Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +74.8% | 404.3 kg/ha | 706.7 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,069 kg/ha | 977.2 kg/ha | 1,346 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,112 kg/ha | 1,002 kg/ha | 1,220 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 713.41 kg/ha | 511.5 kg/ha | 1,046 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 652.51 kg/ha | 404.3 kg/ha | 770.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 740.89 kg/ha | 624.5 kg/ha | 828.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 716.04 kg/ha | 633.1 kg/ha | 862.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 761.86 kg/ha | 713.7 kg/ha | 806.9 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 16 Czechoslovakia 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 17 Saudi Arabia 1,955 kg/ha compare
- 18 Côte d'Ivoire 803.1 kg/ha compare
- 18 Poland 1,817 kg/ha compare
- 19 Bulgaria 1,802 kg/ha compare
- 20 Kyrgyzstan 1,778 kg/ha compare
- 21 Portugal 1,724 kg/ha compare
- 22 Ukraine 1,694 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -4.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -10.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.6534 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 10.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -9.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -9.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 4.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 1.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is millet — yield in Western Asia?
- Millet — yield in Western Asia was 764.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — yield recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,346 kg/ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest millet — yield recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 404.3 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Western Asia rank for millet — yield?
- Western Asia ranks 19th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is millet — yield rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Millet — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.