Rye — Yield in Italy
Italy: Rye — Yield was 3,244 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rye — Yield in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rye — yield in Italy is 3,244 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 6.3% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rye — yield in Italy peaked at 3,317 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,460 kg/ha, in 1963.
Italy ranks 24th of 65 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.
Rye — Yield in Italy, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,608 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,666 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1963 | 1,460 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1964 | 1,676 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1965 | 1,744 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1966 | 1,794 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 1,780 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 1,798 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 1,860 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 1,940 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 1,864 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1972 | 2,120 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1973 | 2,113 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 2,078 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 2,187 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 2,206 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 2,096 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1978 | 2,324 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1979 | 2,421 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1980 | 2,379 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1981 | 2,178 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1982 | 2,417 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1983 | 2,371 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1984 | 2,618 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1985 | 2,519 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1986 | 2,653 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 2,674 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 2,396 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1989 | 2,591 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1990 | 2,566 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 2,478 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1992 | 2,741 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1993 | 2,850 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 2,867 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 2,783 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 2,550 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1997 | 2,375 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1998 | 1,827 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1999 | 2,817 kg/ha | +54.2% |
| 2000 | 2,958 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 2,857 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 2,866 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 2,562 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2004 | 2,749 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2005 | 2,968 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2006 | 3,017 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 2,947 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 2,282 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 2009 | 2,544 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2010 | 3,086 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 2011 | 2,965 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 3,224 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2013 | 2,965 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2014 | 3,005 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 3,205 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 3,157 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 3,089 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 3,096 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 3,294 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2020 | 3,302 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 3,317 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 3,119 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2023 | 3,053 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 3,244 kg/ha | +6.3% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 3,244 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 3,381 kg/ha, 96% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Italy's 3,244 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,150 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rye — Yield in Italy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +54.2% | 1,827 kg/ha | 2,817 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,710 kg/ha | 1,460 kg/ha | 1,860 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,135 kg/ha | 1,864 kg/ha | 2,421 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,480 kg/ha | 2,178 kg/ha | 2,674 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,585 kg/ha | 1,827 kg/ha | 2,867 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,775 kg/ha | 2,282 kg/ha | 3,017 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,109 kg/ha | 2,965 kg/ha | 3,294 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,207 kg/ha | 3,053 kg/ha | 3,317 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rye — yield in Italy?
- Rye — yield in Italy was 3,244 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rye — yield recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 3,317 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest rye — yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,460 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Italy rank for rye — yield?
- Italy ranks 24th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rye — yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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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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.