Vegetables Primary — Yield in Portugal
Portugal: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 51,142 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — yield in Portugal stood at 51,142 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.6% on the previous year and up 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Portugal peaked at 55,979 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 16,283 kg/ha, in 1981.
That places Portugal 6th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,479 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,337 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 18,670 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1964 | 19,979 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1965 | 21,141 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1966 | 21,810 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1967 | 23,410 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1968 | 22,167 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1969 | 22,308 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 23,558 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1971 | 21,111 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1972 | 25,256 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1973 | 26,312 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 22,246 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1975 | 28,042 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 1976 | 25,317 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1977 | 20,246 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1978 | 18,919 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1979 | 18,189 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1980 | 17,373 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1981 | 16,283 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1982 | 18,013 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1983 | 18,207 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 20,341 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1985 | 23,362 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1986 | 23,376 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 22,574 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1988 | 22,583 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 24,386 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1990 | 25,950 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1991 | 25,415 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 23,411 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1993 | 29,917 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 1994 | 26,938 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1995 | 26,374 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 27,373 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 25,271 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1998 | 28,515 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1999 | 28,896 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 28,174 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 28,766 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 28,294 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 28,620 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 31,975 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2005 | 30,832 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 28,843 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2007 | 31,301 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2008 | 30,406 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 32,097 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 33,497 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 42,772 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 2012 | 44,674 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 40,202 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2014 | 42,873 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 51,401 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 2016 | 47,280 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2017 | 47,471 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 48,512 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 53,281 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2020 | 46,506 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2021 | 51,989 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2022 | 48,815 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 55,979 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2024 | 51,142 kg/ha | -8.6% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 51,142 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 25,362 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 51,142 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 25,926 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,256 kg/ha | 16,337 kg/ha | 23,410 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,920 kg/ha | 18,189 kg/ha | 28,042 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,650 kg/ha | 16,283 kg/ha | 24,386 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,806 kg/ha | 23,411 kg/ha | 29,917 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 29,931 kg/ha | 28,174 kg/ha | 32,097 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 45,196 kg/ha | 33,497 kg/ha | 53,281 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 50,886 kg/ha | 46,506 kg/ha | 55,979 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 3 Kuwait 63,199 kg/ha compare
- 4 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 55,606 kg/ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 20,453 kg/ha compare
- 5 Ireland 53,003 kg/ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 19,800 kg/ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 17,478 kg/ha compare
- 7 United Arab Emirates 50,937 kg/ha compare
- 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 12,136 kg/ha compare
- 8 Palestine 46,175 kg/ha compare
- 9 Jordan 44,947 kg/ha compare
- 9 Micronesia 11,713 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — yield in Portugal?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Portugal was 51,142 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 55,979 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,283 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Portugal rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Portugal ranks 6th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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.