Rye yields by country
Yields are measured in tonnes per hectare.
Countries reporting
62
Highest
10.11 tonnes per hectare
Uzbekistan
Lowest
0.5 tonnes per hectare
Japan
Median
2.62 tonnes per hectare
Years covered
750
1275–2024
Data points
3,138
What the numbers show
Rye yields is currently reported for 62 countries. The highest value is 10.11 tonnes per hectare in Uzbekistan; the lowest is 0.5 tonnes per hectare in Japan.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.62 tonnes per hectare, and the mean is 2.78 tonnes per hectare.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 20.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Mexico (up 179.7%), and the largest decrease in Japan (down 73.6%).
Rye yields: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 10.11 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Denmark | 5.8 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 3 | Sweden | 5.66 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 4 | Germany | 4.83 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 5 | Chile | 4.74 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Czechia | 4.35 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 8 | Iraq | 4.24 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 9 | Slovenia | 4.09 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 10 | Norway | 4.08 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 34.7% | rising |
| 11 | Austria | 4 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 12 | Estonia | 3.98 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 13 | Serbia | 3.76 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 83.2% | rising |
| 14 | Switzerland | 3.75 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 44.9% | rising |
| 15 | United Kingdom | 3.75 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 33.7% | rising |
| 16 | France | 3.7 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 17 | Canada | 3.6 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 18 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.53 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 19 | Poland | 3.51 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 20 | Belgium | 3.39 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 21 | Latvia | 3.37 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 23 | Italy | 3.24 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 24 | Slovakia | 3.17 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 25 | Ukraine | 3.13 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 26 | Hungary | 3.13 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 27 | Croatia | 3.12 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 28 | China | 3.09 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 29 | Tajikistan | 3 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 77.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.99 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 94.6% | rising |
| 31 | Turkey | 2.85 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 32 | Finland | 2.77 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 33 | Netherlands | 2.63 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 36.3% | rising |
| 34 | Moldova | 2.6 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 35 | South Korea | 2.52 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 36 | Romania | 2.51 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 37 | Albania | 2.5 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 38 | Lithuania | 2.38 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 39 | Belarus | 2.35 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 40 | United States | 2.3 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 41 | Spain | 2.3 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 42 | Bulgaria | 2.1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 43 | Russia | 2.07 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 44 | Egypt | 2 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 45 | Azerbaijan | 2 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 64.8% | rising |
| 46 | Armenia | 1.91 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 40.0% | rising |
| 47 | Greece | 1.91 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 48 | Argentina | 1.84 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 49 | Mexico | 1.82 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 179.7% | falling |
| 50 | Montenegro | 1.72 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 51 | Brazil | 1.56 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 52 | North Macedonia | 1.54 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 43.9% | rising |
| 53 | Kazakhstan | 1.53 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 54 | North Korea | 1.23 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 55 | Georgia | 1.2 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 56 | Peru | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 57 | South Africa | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Portugal | 1.02 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 59 | Iran | 0.9081 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 60 | Bolivia | 0.7912 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 61 | Australia | 0.6939 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 62 | Morocco | 0.6349 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 63 | Ecuador | 0.6298 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 64 | Japan | 0.5 tonnes per hectare | 1991 | down 73.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- USSR 1.71 tonnes per hectare
About this data
Yields are measured in tonnes per hectare.