Millet yields by country
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.
Countries reporting
88
Highest
69.36 tonnes per hectare
Azerbaijan
Lowest
0.045 tonnes per hectare
Namibia
Median
1.11 tonnes per hectare
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
4,540
What the numbers show
Millet yields is currently reported for 88 countries. The highest value is 69.36 tonnes per hectare in Azerbaijan; the lowest is 0.045 tonnes per hectare in Namibia.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.11 tonnes per hectare, and the mean is 2.21 tonnes per hectare.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,541.
Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Azerbaijan (up 7,557.0%), and the largest decrease in Iraq (down 64.1%).
Millet yields: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 69.36 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 7,557.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Mexico | 12.76 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Austria | 4.29 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | up 129.1% | rising |
| 4 | Turkey | 3.8 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 5 | France | 3.79 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 6 | China | 3.15 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 7 | Tajikistan | 2.9 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 119.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Uzbekistan | 2.84 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 9 | Vietnam | 2.67 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 67.5% | rising |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 2.47 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 11 | Switzerland | 2.34 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 12 | Spain | 2.31 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | up 10.1% | flat |
| 13 | Greece | 2.24 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 14 | Morocco | 2.07 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 1.96 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 24.5% | rising |
| 16 | United States | 1.85 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 17 | Syria | 1.84 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 18 | Poland | 1.82 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 19 | Bulgaria | 1.8 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | up 58.8% | rising |
| 20 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.78 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 21 | Iran | 1.74 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 22 | Portugal | 1.72 tonnes per hectare | 1972 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 23 | Ukraine | 1.69 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 24 | Belarus | 1.67 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 25 | Taiwan | 1.6 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 26 | Ghana | 1.55 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 62.2% | rising |
| 27 | Afghanistan | 1.46 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Libya | 1.44 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 29 | India | 1.43 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 30 | Cameroon | 1.39 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 31 | Uganda | 1.36 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 32 | Nepal | 1.34 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 33 | Hungary | 1.34 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 34 | North Macedonia | 1.34 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 35 | Russia | 1.27 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 36 | Croatia | 1.22 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 37 | Slovakia | 1.22 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | up 35.4% | falling |
| 38 | Czechia | 1.19 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 39 | Argentina | 1.17 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 40 | Jordan | 1.17 tonnes per hectare | 2007 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Sri Lanka | 1.14 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 42 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.13 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 43 | Bangladesh | 1.13 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 92.2% | rising |
| 44 | Bhutan | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 61.2% | rising |
| 45 | Senegal | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 93.6% | rising |
| 46 | Guinea | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 46 | Burundi | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 48 | Pakistan | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 72.2% | rising |
| 49 | Tanzania | 1.08 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 50 | Kazakhstan | 1.07 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 68.8% | rising |
| 51 | North Korea | 1.06 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 52 | Slovenia | 1.06 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 53 | Moldova | 1.05 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 131.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Gambia | 1.05 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 37.8% | falling |
| 55 | Australia | 1.02 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 56 | Central African Republic | 1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 56 | South Korea | 1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 58 | Serbia | 0.998 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 59 | Iraq | 0.9914 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 64.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Mali | 0.935 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 61 | Myanmar | 0.9125 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 62 | South Sudan | 0.9 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 21.5% | flat |
| 63 | Japan | 0.8941 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 64 | Congo | 0.8504 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 65 | Burkina Faso | 0.8485 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 66 | Zambia | 0.8446 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 67 | Maldives | 0.8375 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 68 | Rwanda | 0.8241 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 126.7% | rising |
| 69 | Nigeria | 0.8158 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 30.4% | rising |
| 70 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.8031 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 71 | Benin | 0.732 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 72 | Malawi | 0.7261 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 73 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.6699 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 74 | Togo | 0.5957 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 75 | Mozambique | 0.5937 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 76 | Kenya | 0.5867 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Niger | 0.5637 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 78 | Chad | 0.5354 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 15.0% | flat |
| 79 | Yemen | 0.5238 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 80 | Sierra Leone | 0.5039 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 81 | South Africa | 0.4894 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 82 | Eritrea | 0.3333 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 83 | Botswana | 0.2995 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Zimbabwe | 0.2932 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 85 | Sudan | 0.2751 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 86 | Mauritania | 0.2308 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Angola | 0.1667 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 88 | Namibia | 0.045 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 48.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- USSR 0.533 tonnes per hectare
About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.