Rye — Yield in Belgium
Belgium: Rye — Yield was 3,393 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rye — Yield in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 3,393 kg/ha for rye — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.9% on the previous year and down 24.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rye — yield in Belgium peaked at 5,360 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 3,307 kg/ha, in 2016.
That places Belgium 21st out of 65 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Rye — Yield in Belgium, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4,364 kg/ha | — |
| 2001 | 3,625 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2002 | 4,154 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2003 | 4,748 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2004 | 4,377 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2005 | 4,414 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 4,552 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 3,483 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 2008 | 4,775 kg/ha | +37.1% |
| 2009 | 4,901 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 4,290 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2011 | 4,762 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2012 | 5,126 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2013 | 5,360 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 4,508 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2015 | 4,552 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 3,307 kg/ha | -27.4% |
| 2017 | 4,639 kg/ha | +40.3% |
| 2018 | 3,806 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 2019 | 4,364 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2020 | 3,571 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 2021 | 4,146 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2022 | 3,974 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 3,766 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2024 | 3,393 kg/ha | -9.9% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 3,393 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,381 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 3,393 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,150 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4,339 kg/ha | 3,483 kg/ha | 4,901 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,471 kg/ha | 3,307 kg/ha | 5,360 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,770 kg/ha | 3,393 kg/ha | 4,146 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rye — yield in Belgium?
- Rye — yield in Belgium was 3,393 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rye — yield recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 5,360 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest rye — yield recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,307 kg/ha in 2016.
- How does Belgium rank for rye — yield?
- Belgium ranks 21st out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rye — yield rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rye — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.