Wheat yield (kg per hectare) by country
Wheat yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land. Production data on relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.
What the numbers show
Wheat yield (kg per hectare) is currently reported for 32 countries. The highest value is 6,543 kg per hectare in Egypt; the lowest is 392.9 kg per hectare in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,601 kg per hectare, and the mean is 1,992 kg per hectare.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 166.2%), and the largest decrease in Botswana (down 52.0%).
Wheat yield: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | 6,543 kg per hectare | 2011 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 2 | Namibia | 5,909 kg per hectare | 2011 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Zambia | 4,088 kg per hectare | 2011 | down 38.7% | rising |
| 4 | Mali | 3,438 kg per hectare | 2011 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 3,419 kg per hectare | 2011 | down 35.5% | rising |
| 6 | South Africa | 3,316 kg per hectare | 2011 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Madagascar | 2,289 kg per hectare | 2011 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 8 | Tunisia | 2,079 kg per hectare | 2011 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 9 | Rwanda | 2,048 kg per hectare | 2011 | up 166.2% | rising |
| 10 | Kenya | 2,042 kg per hectare | 2011 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 11 | Eswatini | 1,915 kg per hectare | 2011 | up 47.1% | falling |
| 12 | Sudan | 1,794 kg per hectare | 2010 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 13 | Uganda | 1,769 kg per hectare | 2011 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 14 | Ethiopia | 1,731 kg per hectare | 2011 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 15 | Chad | 1,660 kg per hectare | 2011 | up 11.2% | flat |
| 16 | Mauritania | 1,602 kg per hectare | 2011 | up 50.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Algeria | 1,600 kg per hectare | 2011 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 18 | Malawi | 1,521 kg per hectare | 2011 | up 69.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Morocco | 1,478 kg per hectare | 2011 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 20 | Cameroon | 1,437 kg per hectare | 2011 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 21 | Nigeria | 1,368 kg per hectare | 2011 | up 39.5% | falling |
| 22 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1,334 kg per hectare | 2011 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 23 | Angola | 1,301 kg per hectare | 2011 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 24 | Niger | 1,169 kg per hectare | 2011 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 25 | Eritrea | 1,122 kg per hectare | 2011 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Tanzania | 1,040 kg per hectare | 2011 | down 39.1% | rising |
| 27 | Lesotho | 996.5 kg per hectare | 2011 | down 51.4% | rising |
| 28 | Mozambique | 930.8 kg per hectare | 2011 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 29 | Burundi | 851 kg per hectare | 2011 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 30 | Botswana | 800 kg per hectare | 2008 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 31 | Libya | 775.3 kg per hectare | 2011 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 32 | Somalia | 392.9 kg per hectare | 2011 | up 7.5% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North Africa 2,612 kg per hectare
- Africa 2,455 kg per hectare
- Sub-Saharan Africa 2,099 kg per hectare
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 2,099 kg per hectare
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria 1,762 kg per hectare
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa 1,755 kg per hectare
About this data
Wheat yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land. Production data on relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Crop harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded.