Rye — Yield in Europe
Europe: Rye — Yield was 3,358 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rye — Yield in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Europe recorded 3,358 kg/ha for rye — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rye — yield in Europe peaked at 3,602 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,111 kg/ha, in 1963.
Europe ranks 5th of 23 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rye — Yield in Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,194 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,177 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 1,111 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1964 | 1,117 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 1,261 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1966 | 1,237 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1967 | 1,361 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1968 | 1,471 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1969 | 1,526 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 1,440 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1971 | 1,666 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1972 | 1,674 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 1,900 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1974 | 1,856 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1975 | 1,553 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1976 | 1,780 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1977 | 1,679 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1978 | 2,026 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1979 | 1,600 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 1980 | 1,588 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 1,659 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 1,813 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1983 | 1,940 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1984 | 1,964 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 1,963 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 2,027 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 2,034 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 1,974 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1989 | 2,098 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1990 | 2,364 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1991 | 2,115 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1992 | 2,120 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 2,093 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 2,145 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 2,287 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1996 | 2,152 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1997 | 2,416 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1998 | 2,125 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1999 | 2,191 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 2,112 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2001 | 2,479 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2002 | 2,396 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 2,239 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2004 | 2,682 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 2005 | 2,281 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2006 | 2,271 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 2,432 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 2,777 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2009 | 2,835 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 2,408 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2011 | 2,567 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2012 | 2,824 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2013 | 3,002 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 3,007 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 3,055 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 3,100 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 3,134 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 2,738 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2019 | 3,146 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2020 | 3,602 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2021 | 3,234 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2022 | 3,495 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2023 | 3,379 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2024 | 3,358 kg/ha | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,273 kg/ha | 1,111 kg/ha | 1,526 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,717 kg/ha | 1,440 kg/ha | 2,026 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,906 kg/ha | 1,588 kg/ha | 2,098 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,201 kg/ha | 2,093 kg/ha | 2,416 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,450 kg/ha | 2,112 kg/ha | 2,835 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,898 kg/ha | 2,408 kg/ha | 3,146 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,413 kg/ha | 3,234 kg/ha | 3,602 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 2 Denmark 5,801 kg/ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 2,845 kg/ha compare
- 3 Republic of Moldova 2,605 kg/ha compare
- 3 Sweden 5,659 kg/ha compare
- 4 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,226 kg/ha compare
- 4 Germany 4,825 kg/ha compare
- 5 Chile 4,740 kg/ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 908.1 kg/ha compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 791.2 kg/ha compare
- 6 Luxembourg 4,697 kg/ha compare
- 7 Czechia 4,347 kg/ha compare
- 8 Iraq 4,236 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rye — yield in Europe?
- Rye — yield in Europe was 3,358 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rye — yield recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 3,602 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest rye — yield recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,111 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Europe rank for rye — yield?
- Europe ranks 5th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rye — yield rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe 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.