Wheat — Production in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Wheat — Production was 170.26 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Production in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 170.26 million t for wheat — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.5% on the previous year and up 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — production in Southern Asia peaked at 170.26 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 19.05 million t, in 1964.
Southern Asia ranks 3rd of 26 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Production in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20.13 million t | — |
| 1962 | 21.31 million t | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 19.55 million t | -8.3% |
| 1964 | 19.05 million t | -2.6% |
| 1965 | 22.94 million t | +20.5% |
| 1966 | 20.91 million t | -8.9% |
| 1967 | 22.03 million t | +5.3% |
| 1968 | 29.98 million t | +36.1% |
| 1969 | 32.16 million t | +7.3% |
| 1970 | 34.11 million t | +6.1% |
| 1971 | 36.23 million t | +6.2% |
| 1972 | 40.64 million t | +12.2% |
| 1973 | 39.89 million t | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 37.28 million t | -6.5% |
| 1975 | 40.59 million t | +8.9% |
| 1976 | 47.13 million t | +16.1% |
| 1977 | 46.95 million t | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 49.36 million t | +5.1% |
| 1979 | 55.06 million t | +11.6% |
| 1980 | 52.36 million t | -4.9% |
| 1981 | 57.49 million t | +9.8% |
| 1982 | 59.31 million t | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 65.23 million t | +10.0% |
| 1984 | 66.62 million t | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 66.49 million t | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 72.11 million t | +8.4% |
| 1987 | 68.04 million t | -5.6% |
| 1988 | 69.80 million t | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 78.20 million t | +12.0% |
| 1990 | 75.58 million t | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 82.06 million t | +8.6% |
| 1992 | 85.03 million t | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 87.99 million t | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 90.01 million t | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 98.27 million t | +9.2% |
| 1996 | 93.72 million t | -4.6% |
| 1997 | 101.30 million t | +8.1% |
| 1998 | 102.65 million t | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 103.33 million t | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 110.03 million t | +6.5% |
| 2001 | 102.60 million t | -6.8% |
| 2002 | 109.00 million t | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 104.72 million t | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 111.26 million t | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 111.25 million t | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 110.80 million t | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 121.73 million t | +9.9% |
| 2008 | 111.57 million t | -8.3% |
| 2009 | 124.07 million t | +11.2% |
| 2010 | 123.25 million t | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 126.88 million t | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 135.07 million t | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 135.18 million t | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 140.97 million t | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 131.14 million t | -7.0% |
| 2016 | 140.16 million t | +6.9% |
| 2017 | 145.06 million t | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 144.91 million t | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 149.57 million t | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 155.05 million t | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 155.41 million t | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 154.27 million t | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 162.89 million t | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 170.26 million t | +4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23.12 million t | 19.05 million t | 32.16 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 42.72 million t | 34.11 million t | 55.06 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 65.56 million t | 52.36 million t | 78.20 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 91.99 million t | 75.58 million t | 103.33 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 111.70 million t | 102.60 million t | 124.07 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 137.22 million t | 123.25 million t | 149.57 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 159.58 million t | 154.27 million t | 170.26 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 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
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- Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 6.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 7.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 5.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 4.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 7.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Chickens — Stocks, annual growth rate 4.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 4.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 2.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 3.89 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — production in Southern Asia?
- Wheat — production in Southern Asia was 170.26 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — production recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 170.26 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest wheat — production recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.05 million t in 1964.
- How does Southern Asia rank for wheat — production?
- Southern Asia ranks 3rd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — production rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.