Oats — Yield in Canada
Canada: Oats — Yield was 3,380 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oats — Yield in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oats — yield in Canada is 3,380 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — yield in Canada peaked at 3,728 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,267 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Canada 21st out of 78 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oats — Yield in Canada, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,267 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,776 kg/ha | +40.2% |
| 1963 | 1,820 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 1,656 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1965 | 1,823 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1966 | 1,802 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 1,558 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1968 | 1,829 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1969 | 1,853 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 1,955 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1971 | 2,028 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 1,874 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1973 | 1,860 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 1,610 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1975 | 1,856 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1976 | 2,005 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1977 | 2,020 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 1,980 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1979 | 1,929 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 2,006 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 2,043 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 2,255 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1983 | 1,980 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1984 | 1,928 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1985 | 2,166 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1986 | 2,526 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1987 | 2,372 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1988 | 2,182 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1989 | 2,065 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1990 | 2,333 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1991 | 2,131 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1992 | 2,276 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1993 | 2,648 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1994 | 2,440 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1995 | 2,372 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1996 | 2,590 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1997 | 2,326 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1998 | 2,486 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1999 | 2,604 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 2,608 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 2,173 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2002 | 2,111 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 2,387 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2004 | 2,809 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2005 | 2,582 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2006 | 2,507 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 2,590 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 2,950 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2009 | 2,970 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 2,749 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2011 | 2,914 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 2,816 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 3,480 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 2014 | 3,172 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2015 | 3,268 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 3,495 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2017 | 3,549 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 3,419 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 3,622 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 3,482 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 2,388 kg/ha | -31.4% |
| 2022 | 3,728 kg/ha | +56.1% |
| 2023 | 3,201 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2024 | 3,380 kg/ha | +5.6% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 3,380 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,136 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,709 kg/ha | 1,267 kg/ha | 1,853 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,912 kg/ha | 1,610 kg/ha | 2,028 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,152 kg/ha | 1,928 kg/ha | 2,526 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,421 kg/ha | 2,131 kg/ha | 2,648 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,569 kg/ha | 2,111 kg/ha | 2,970 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,248 kg/ha | 2,749 kg/ha | 3,622 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,236 kg/ha | 2,388 kg/ha | 3,728 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More agriculture & rural data for Canada
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 31.61 % change on previous year (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0193 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,092 current US$ per person (2022)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0803 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1712 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.9% (2022)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.9% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oats — yield in Canada?
- Oats — yield in Canada was 3,380 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — yield recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 3,728 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest oats — yield recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,267 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Canada rank for oats — yield?
- Canada ranks 21st out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — yield rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oats — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
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.