Mustard seed — Yield in Germany
Germany: Mustard seed — Yield was 1,348 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Mustard seed — Yield in Germany, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Germany recorded 1,348 kg/ha for mustard seed — yield in 2017.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mustard seed — yield in Germany peaked at 1,658 kg/ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 638.2 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Germany 4th out of 31 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Mustard seed — Yield in Germany, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 654.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 891.1 kg/ha | +36.2% |
| 1963 | 638.2 kg/ha | -28.4% |
| 1964 | 653.6 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 869 kg/ha | +33.0% |
| 1966 | 778.5 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1967 | 1,007 kg/ha | +29.4% |
| 1968 | 997.9 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 961.3 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1970 | 897.7 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1971 | 1,062 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1972 | 1,273 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1973 | 1,270 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 1,459 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1975 | 1,212 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1976 | 1,029 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1977 | 1,188 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1978 | 1,658 kg/ha | +39.6% |
| 1979 | 1,549 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1980 | 1,193 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1981 | 1,213 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 1,616 kg/ha | +33.2% |
| 1983 | 1,112 kg/ha | -31.2% |
| 1984 | 1,223 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1985 | 1,622 kg/ha | +32.6% |
| 1986 | 1,384 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1987 | 1,274 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1988 | 1,411 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1989 | 1,502 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1990 | 1,400 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1991 | 1,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,400 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,399 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 1,400 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 1,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,400 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,400 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,400 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,400 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,401 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,398 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 1,312 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2013 | 1,312 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,324 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 1,357 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 1,351 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 1,348 kg/ha | -0.2% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 1,348 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 806.9 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Germany's 1,348 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 806.9 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Mustard seed — Yield in Germany 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +39.6% | 1,188 kg/ha | 1,658 kg/ha |
| 1962 | +36.2% | 654.4 kg/ha | 891.1 kg/ha |
| 1982 | +33.2% | 1,213 kg/ha | 1,616 kg/ha |
| 1965 | +33.0% | 653.6 kg/ha | 869 kg/ha |
| 1985 | +32.6% | 1,223 kg/ha | 1,622 kg/ha |
| 1983 | -31.2% | 1,616 kg/ha | 1,112 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 827.9 kg/ha | 638.2 kg/ha | 1,007 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,260 kg/ha | 897.7 kg/ha | 1,658 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,355 kg/ha | 1,112 kg/ha | 1,622 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,400 kg/ha | 1,399 kg/ha | 1,400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,400 kg/ha | 1,400 kg/ha | 1,400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,350 kg/ha | 1,312 kg/ha | 1,401 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0087 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 527.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6813 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1786 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mustard seed — yield in Germany?
- Mustard seed — yield in Germany was 1,348 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mustard seed — yield recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 1,658 kg/ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest mustard seed — yield recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 638.2 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Germany rank for mustard seed — yield?
- Germany ranks 4th out of 31 countries with data for 2017.
- Is mustard seed — yield rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Mustard seed — 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.