Vegetables Primary — Yield in Germany
Germany: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 35,720 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Germany, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — yield in Germany stood at 35,720 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Germany peaked at 35,720 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 12,448 kg/ha, in 1962.
Germany ranks 20th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Germany, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,075 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,448 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1963 | 13,885 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1964 | 13,356 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1965 | 13,276 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 15,993 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 1967 | 16,395 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 15,838 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1969 | 15,116 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1970 | 17,236 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1971 | 16,329 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1972 | 17,645 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1973 | 18,383 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 18,378 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 17,396 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1976 | 16,346 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1977 | 20,573 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 1978 | 19,265 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1979 | 19,288 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 18,234 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1981 | 20,412 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1982 | 20,157 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1983 | 20,645 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 22,517 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1985 | 23,376 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 23,076 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 23,359 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 22,690 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1989 | 23,128 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 22,446 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 27,993 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 1992 | 27,482 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 30,971 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1994 | 29,635 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 30,040 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 28,778 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1997 | 30,389 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 30,654 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 31,984 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 31,080 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 30,550 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 28,928 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2003 | 28,136 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 30,612 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2005 | 30,112 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 29,244 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 30,901 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 30,386 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 32,462 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2010 | 31,102 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2011 | 33,372 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 34,241 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 31,286 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2014 | 33,817 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2015 | 31,246 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2016 | 31,976 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 32,372 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 29,322 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2019 | 33,221 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2020 | 33,345 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 34,994 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 32,325 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2023 | 34,639 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2024 | 35,720 kg/ha | +3.1% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 35,720 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 25,362 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Germany's 35,720 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 25,926 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,376 kg/ha | 12,448 kg/ha | 16,395 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,084 kg/ha | 16,329 kg/ha | 20,573 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,759 kg/ha | 18,234 kg/ha | 23,376 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 29,037 kg/ha | 22,446 kg/ha | 31,984 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 30,241 kg/ha | 28,136 kg/ha | 32,462 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 32,196 kg/ha | 29,322 kg/ha | 34,241 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,205 kg/ha | 32,325 kg/ha | 35,720 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
- 17 Belgium-Luxembourg 37,852 kg/ha compare
- 18 Austria 36,496 kg/ha compare
- 18 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5,568 kg/ha compare
- 19 Qatar 36,240 kg/ha compare
- 19 Polynesia 4,002 kg/ha compare
- 20 Timor-Leste 2,002 kg/ha compare
- 21 Armenia 35,570 kg/ha compare
- 22 Belgium 35,473 kg/ha compare
- 22 Caribbean 13,131 kg/ha compare
- 23 Tajikistan 35,006 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0087 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 527.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6813 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1786 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — yield in Germany?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Germany was 35,720 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 35,720 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,448 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Germany rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Germany ranks 20th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany 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.