Pears — Yield in Portugal
Portugal: Pears — Yield was 12,240 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pears — Yield in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 12,240 kg/ha for pears — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 12.0% on the previous year and down 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — yield in Portugal peaked at 21,005 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 5,312 kg/ha, in 1978.
Portugal ranks 41st of 87 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pears — Yield in Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,091 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,546 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1963 | 11,600 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1964 | 10,667 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1965 | 12,400 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1966 | 10,750 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1967 | 10,933 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 12,274 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1969 | 9,738 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 1970 | 9,407 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1971 | 6,655 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 1972 | 9,930 kg/ha | +49.2% |
| 1973 | 9,490 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1974 | 7,126 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 1975 | 8,376 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1976 | 8,286 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1977 | 5,406 kg/ha | -34.8% |
| 1978 | 5,312 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 5,593 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 6,378 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1981 | 5,315 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1982 | 7,947 kg/ha | +49.5% |
| 1983 | 7,173 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1984 | 7,478 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 5,947 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 1986 | 7,239 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 1987 | 6,660 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1988 | 5,934 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1989 | 6,290 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1990 | 6,476 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 6,516 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 7,018 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1993 | 7,161 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 9,604 kg/ha | +34.1% |
| 1995 | 5,990 kg/ha | -37.6% |
| 1996 | 8,109 kg/ha | +35.4% |
| 1997 | 14,050 kg/ha | +73.3% |
| 1998 | 9,143 kg/ha | -34.9% |
| 1999 | 10,662 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 2000 | 11,414 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 11,446 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 10,231 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2003 | 7,340 kg/ha | -28.3% |
| 2004 | 15,691 kg/ha | +113.8% |
| 2005 | 11,009 kg/ha | -29.8% |
| 2006 | 15,075 kg/ha | +36.9% |
| 2007 | 12,316 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 2008 | 15,372 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 2009 | 18,161 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2010 | 16,137 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2011 | 21,005 kg/ha | +30.2% |
| 2012 | 10,359 kg/ha | -50.7% |
| 2013 | 16,854 kg/ha | +62.7% |
| 2014 | 17,490 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 11,654 kg/ha | -33.4% |
| 2016 | 11,379 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 16,100 kg/ha | +41.5% |
| 2018 | 12,908 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 2019 | 17,517 kg/ha | +35.7% |
| 2020 | 11,562 kg/ha | -34.0% |
| 2021 | 20,194 kg/ha | +74.7% |
| 2022 | 12,192 kg/ha | -39.6% |
| 2023 | 10,928 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2024 | 12,240 kg/ha | +12.0% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 12,240 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 16,875 kg/ha, 73% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 12,240 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 12,037 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,778 kg/ha | 9,091 kg/ha | 12,400 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,558 kg/ha | 5,312 kg/ha | 9,930 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,636 kg/ha | 5,315 kg/ha | 7,947 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,473 kg/ha | 5,990 kg/ha | 14,050 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,806 kg/ha | 7,340 kg/ha | 18,161 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,140 kg/ha | 10,359 kg/ha | 21,005 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,423 kg/ha | 10,928 kg/ha | 20,194 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pears — yield in Portugal?
- Pears — yield in Portugal was 12,240 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 21,005 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest pears — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,312 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does Portugal rank for pears — yield?
- Portugal ranks 41st out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pears — yield rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pears — 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.