Wheat — Production in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe: Wheat — Production was 149.34 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Production in Eastern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Eastern Europe recorded 149.34 million t for wheat — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 7.5% on the previous year and up 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — production in Eastern Europe peaked at 168.64 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 58.82 million t, in 1963.
Eastern Europe ranks 4th of 26 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Production in Eastern Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 74.92 million t | — |
| 1962 | 78.99 million t | +5.4% |
| 1963 | 58.82 million t | -25.5% |
| 1964 | 82.89 million t | +40.9% |
| 1965 | 72.75 million t | -12.2% |
| 1966 | 110.88 million t | +52.4% |
| 1967 | 91.24 million t | -17.7% |
| 1968 | 106.27 million t | +16.5% |
| 1969 | 93.59 million t | -11.9% |
| 1970 | 110.64 million t | +18.2% |
| 1971 | 114.78 million t | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 103.71 million t | -9.6% |
| 1973 | 126.90 million t | +22.4% |
| 1974 | 103.36 million t | -18.6% |
| 1975 | 83.52 million t | -19.2% |
| 1976 | 117.02 million t | +40.1% |
| 1977 | 112.33 million t | -4.0% |
| 1978 | 140.43 million t | +25.0% |
| 1979 | 104.44 million t | -25.6% |
| 1980 | 118.25 million t | +13.2% |
| 1981 | 99.52 million t | -15.8% |
| 1982 | 105.64 million t | +6.1% |
| 1983 | 99.26 million t | -6.0% |
| 1984 | 96.76 million t | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 100.86 million t | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 115.78 million t | +14.8% |
| 1987 | 107.95 million t | -6.8% |
| 1988 | 113.25 million t | +4.9% |
| 1989 | 121.78 million t | +7.5% |
| 1990 | 136.40 million t | +12.0% |
| 1991 | 103.44 million t | -24.2% |
| 1992 | 89.51 million t | -13.5% |
| 1993 | 92.15 million t | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 75.15 million t | -18.4% |
| 1995 | 78.25 million t | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 72.64 million t | -7.2% |
| 1997 | 94.44 million t | +30.0% |
| 1998 | 72.13 million t | -23.6% |
| 1999 | 70.30 million t | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 71.10 million t | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 102.97 million t | +44.8% |
| 2002 | 100.49 million t | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 65.67 million t | -34.7% |
| 2004 | 99.42 million t | +51.4% |
| 2005 | 98.98 million t | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 85.75 million t | -13.4% |
| 2007 | 88.17 million t | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 126.15 million t | +43.1% |
| 2009 | 114.63 million t | -9.1% |
| 2010 | 89.25 million t | -22.1% |
| 2011 | 113.07 million t | +26.7% |
| 2012 | 83.70 million t | -26.0% |
| 2013 | 111.21 million t | +32.9% |
| 2014 | 125.19 million t | +12.6% |
| 2015 | 128.76 million t | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 141.49 million t | +9.9% |
| 2017 | 155.65 million t | +10.0% |
| 2018 | 137.11 million t | -11.9% |
| 2019 | 145.83 million t | +6.4% |
| 2020 | 150.14 million t | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 154.17 million t | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 168.64 million t | +9.4% |
| 2023 | 161.46 million t | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 149.34 million t | -7.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 85.59 million t | 58.82 million t | 110.88 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 111.71 million t | 83.52 million t | 140.43 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 107.90 million t | 96.76 million t | 121.78 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 88.44 million t | 70.30 million t | 136.40 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 95.33 million t | 65.67 million t | 126.15 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 123.13 million t | 83.70 million t | 155.65 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 156.75 million t | 149.34 million t | 168.64 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Europe
- 1 China 140.10 million t compare
- 2 China, mainland 140.10 million t compare
- 2 Türkiye 20.80 million t compare
- 3 India 113.29 million t compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 16.75 million t compare
- 4 Russian Federation 82.59 million t compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 2.43 million t compare
- 5 USSR 71.99 million t compare
- 6 Canada 35.94 million t compare
- 6 Republic of Moldova 1.19 million t compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 292,710 t compare
- 7 Australia and New Zealand 34.57 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Europe
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -1.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -8.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -2.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 4.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -5.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -3.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.646 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) -5.97 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — production in Eastern Europe?
- Wheat — production in Eastern Europe was 149.34 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — production recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 168.64 million t in 2022.
- What is the lowest wheat — production recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.82 million t in 1963.
- How does Eastern Europe rank for wheat — production?
- Eastern Europe ranks 4th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — production rising or falling in Eastern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — Production. 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.