Vegetables Primary — Yield in Canada
Canada: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 26,575 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — yield in Canada stood at 26,575 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 4.1% on the previous year and up 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Canada peaked at 26,575 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11,171 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Canada 43rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Canada, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,187 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,637 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1963 | 11,877 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1964 | 11,171 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1965 | 11,967 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1966 | 11,705 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 11,724 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 12,272 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1969 | 11,536 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1970 | 13,373 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1971 | 14,152 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1972 | 12,224 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1973 | 13,378 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1974 | 12,933 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1975 | 13,876 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1976 | 14,504 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1977 | 15,800 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1978 | 16,631 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 17,280 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1980 | 16,366 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1981 | 16,825 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 17,064 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 17,212 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 18,221 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 17,939 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 18,060 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 19,114 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1988 | 16,744 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1989 | 18,093 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1990 | 19,588 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 16,474 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1992 | 17,035 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 18,445 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1994 | 19,243 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 18,394 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1996 | 18,533 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 18,333 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 19,199 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1999 | 18,666 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 16,754 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2001 | 17,026 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 17,611 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 18,099 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 19,551 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2005 | 20,070 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 20,270 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 19,980 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 20,730 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 22,020 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 23,358 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 22,771 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 23,523 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 23,019 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 22,939 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 23,236 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 23,879 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 25,079 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 25,035 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 25,628 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 24,427 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 24,512 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 24,772 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 25,526 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 26,575 kg/ha | +4.1% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 26,575 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 25,362 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,897 kg/ha | 11,171 kg/ha | 12,637 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,415 kg/ha | 12,224 kg/ha | 17,280 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,564 kg/ha | 16,366 kg/ha | 19,114 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,391 kg/ha | 16,474 kg/ha | 19,588 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,211 kg/ha | 16,754 kg/ha | 22,020 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,847 kg/ha | 22,771 kg/ha | 25,628 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,163 kg/ha | 24,427 kg/ha | 26,575 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Canada
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 31.61 % change on previous year (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0193 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,092 current US$ per person (2022)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0803 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1712 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.9% (2022)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.9% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — yield in Canada?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Canada was 26,575 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 26,575 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,171 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Canada rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Canada ranks 43rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetables Primary — 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.