Wheat — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Wheat — Production was 15.76 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) recorded 15.76 million t for wheat — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.9% on the previous year and up 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 15.76 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.02 million t, in 1963.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 23rd of 31 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.43 million t | 3.02 million t | 3.89 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.26 million t | 3.48 million t | 4.65 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.21 million t | 4.92 million t | 5.50 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.36 million t | 5.14 million t | 7.94 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.77 million t | 6.38 million t | 11.88 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.09 million t | 10.42 million t | 14.71 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.05 million t | 14.40 million t | 15.76 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
More agriculture & rural data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.07 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 467,729 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 16,020 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 7.49 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 482,612 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 43.68 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 21.06 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 596,645 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.83 million ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 56.51 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Wheat — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 15.76 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — production recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 15.76 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest wheat — production recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.02 million t in 1963.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for wheat — production?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 23rd out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — production rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.