Wheat — Production in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Wheat — Production was 18.58 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Production in Kazakhstan, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — production in Kazakhstan stood at 18.58 million t.
That represents a change of up 53.4% on the previous year and up 42.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — production in Kazakhstan peaked at 22.73 million t in 2011 and was at its lowest, 4.75 million t, in 1998.
Kazakhstan ranks 12th of 124 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Wheat — Production in Kazakhstan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 18.28 million t | — |
| 1993 | 11.59 million t | -36.6% |
| 1994 | 9.05 million t | -21.9% |
| 1995 | 6.49 million t | -28.3% |
| 1996 | 7.68 million t | +18.3% |
| 1997 | 8.96 million t | +16.6% |
| 1998 | 4.75 million t | -47.0% |
| 1999 | 11.24 million t | +136.9% |
| 2000 | 9.07 million t | -19.3% |
| 2001 | 12.71 million t | +40.0% |
| 2002 | 12.70 million t | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 11.54 million t | -9.2% |
| 2004 | 9.94 million t | -13.9% |
| 2005 | 11.20 million t | +12.7% |
| 2006 | 13.46 million t | +20.2% |
| 2007 | 16.47 million t | +22.3% |
| 2008 | 12.54 million t | -23.9% |
| 2009 | 17.05 million t | +36.0% |
| 2010 | 9.64 million t | -43.5% |
| 2011 | 22.73 million t | +135.8% |
| 2012 | 9.84 million t | -56.7% |
| 2013 | 13.94 million t | +41.7% |
| 2014 | 13.00 million t | -6.8% |
| 2015 | 13.75 million t | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 14.99 million t | +9.0% |
| 2017 | 14.80 million t | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 13.94 million t | -5.8% |
| 2019 | 11.45 million t | -17.9% |
| 2020 | 14.26 million t | +24.5% |
| 2021 | 11.81 million t | -17.1% |
| 2022 | 16.40 million t | +38.9% |
| 2023 | 12.11 million t | -26.2% |
| 2024 | 18.58 million t | +53.4% |
Kazakhstan compared with similar countries
- Kazakhstan's 18.58 million t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 397,258 t, 46.8× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Kazakhstan's 18.58 million t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.45 million t, 12.8× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.75 million t | 4.75 million t | 18.28 million t | 8 |
| 2000s | 12.67 million t | 9.07 million t | 17.05 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.81 million t | 9.64 million t | 22.73 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.63 million t | 11.81 million t | 18.58 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kazakhstan
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 90,073 t compare
- 9 Pakistan 31.81 million t compare
- 10 France 26.61 million t compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9,000 t compare
- 11 Ukraine 22.44 million t compare
- 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,015 t compare
- 13 Germany 18.53 million t compare
- 13 Melanesia 28.82 t compare
- 14 Argentina 18.51 million t compare
- 15 Poland 12.18 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Kazakhstan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0374 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 550.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.3844 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3761 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — production in Kazakhstan?
- Wheat — production in Kazakhstan was 18.58 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — production recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The highest recorded value was 22.73 million t in 2011.
- What is the lowest wheat — production recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.75 million t in 1998.
- How does Kazakhstan rank for wheat — production?
- Kazakhstan ranks 12th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — production rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kazakhstan 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.