Wheat — Yield by country

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...

Countries reporting
133
Highest
10,014 kg/ha
New Zealand
Lowest
312.5 kg/ha
Mozambique
Median
3,064 kg/ha
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
9,087

What the numbers show

Wheat — Yield is currently reported for 133 countries. The highest value is 10,014 kg/ha in New Zealand; the lowest is 312.5 kg/ha in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 3,064 kg/ha, and the mean is 3,396 kg/ha.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 32.

Over the past decade 83 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 132.8%), and the largest decrease in Mozambique (down 71.3%).

Wheat — Yield: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 New Zealand 10,014 kg/ha 2024 up 16.1% rising
2 Ireland 8,140 kg/ha 2024 down 18.7% rising
3 Belgium-Luxembourg 8,096 kg/ha 1999 up 20.0% rising
4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7,281 kg/ha 2024 down 15.1% rising
5 Zambia 7,090 kg/ha 2024 down 0.9% rising
6 Germany 7,084 kg/ha 2024 down 17.9% rising
7 Namibia 7,066 kg/ha 2024 up 6.0% rising
8 Denmark 7,040 kg/ha 2024 down 9.6% rising
9 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 6,971 kg/ha 2024 down 24.0% rising
10 Egypt 6,778 kg/ha 2024 up 9.8% rising
11 Belgium 6,625 kg/ha 2024 down 29.6% flat
12 Saudi Arabia 6,350 kg/ha 2024 up 8.0% rising
13 Sweden 6,169 kg/ha 2024 down 9.4% rising
14 Chile 6,002 kg/ha 2024 up 12.6% rising
15 France 5,974 kg/ha 2024 down 18.8% rising
16 Czechia 5,957 kg/ha 2024 down 8.5% rising
17 China, mainland 5,940 kg/ha 2024 up 13.3% rising
18 China 5,939 kg/ha 2024 up 13.3% rising
19 Bulgaria 5,931 kg/ha 2024 up 40.6% rising
20 Croatia 5,882 kg/ha 2024 up 41.5% rising
21 Austria 5,747 kg/ha 2024 down 3.0% rising
22 Hungary 5,713 kg/ha 2024 up 20.8% rising
23 Mexico 5,658 kg/ha 2024 up 9.0% rising
24 Slovenia 5,470 kg/ha 2024 up 4.6% rising
25 Slovakia 5,446 kg/ha 2024 down 0.3% rising
26 Uzbekistan 5,410 kg/ha 2024 up 13.1% rising
27 Serbia 5,283 kg/ha 2024 up 33.8% rising
28 Luxembourg 5,182 kg/ha 2024 down 15.8% flat
29 Poland 5,107 kg/ha 2024 up 2.7% rising
30 Lithuania 5,041 kg/ha 2024 up 10.5% rising
31 Malta 5,031 kg/ha 2017 up 17.4% rising
32 Zimbabwe 4,863 kg/ha 2024 up 119.5% rising
33 Kuwait 4,807 kg/ha 2024 up 11.6% volatile
34 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,720 kg/ha 2024 up 64.8% rising
35 Czechoslovakia 4,596 kg/ha 1992 up 6.6% rising
36 Ukraine 4,595 kg/ha 2024 up 14.5% rising
37 Latvia 4,566 kg/ha 2024 up 21.9% rising
38 Japan 4,439 kg/ha 2024 up 10.7% rising
39 Estonia 4,297 kg/ha 2024 up 7.8% rising
40 Uruguay 4,277 kg/ha 2024 up 28.9% volatile
41 Yugoslav SFR 4,266 kg/ha 1991 up 38.5% rising
42 Romania 4,091 kg/ha 2024 up 13.7% rising
43 Albania 3,933 kg/ha 2024 down 1.7% rising
44 Republic of Korea 3,920 kg/ha 2024 up 20.2% rising
45 Norway 3,886 kg/ha 2024 down 21.0% rising
46 Belarus 3,819 kg/ha 2024 down 3.1% rising
47 Bangladesh 3,761 kg/ha 2024 up 24.1% rising
48 Switzerland 3,669 kg/ha 2024 down 42.2% rising
49 Italy 3,660 kg/ha 2024 down 4.0% rising
50 Spain 3,654 kg/ha 2024 up 22.6% rising
51 Serbia and Montenegro 3,563 kg/ha 2005 up 4.3% rising
52 India 3,559 kg/ha 2024 up 13.1% rising
53 Finland 3,536 kg/ha 2024 down 13.1% rising
54 North Macedonia 3,411 kg/ha 2024 down 9.2% rising
55 Portugal 3,374 kg/ha 2024 up 63.3% rising
56 Canada 3,374 kg/ha 2024 up 9.5% rising
57 Azerbaijan 3,348 kg/ha 2024 up 43.8% rising
58 Pakistan 3,268 kg/ha 2024 up 15.7% rising
59 Tajikistan 3,254 kg/ha 2024 up 9.6% rising
60 Republic of Moldova 3,244 kg/ha 2024 up 2.5% rising
61 Greece 3,208 kg/ha 2024 up 16.8% rising
62 Sudan 3,146 kg/ha 2024 up 48.3% rising
63 Oman 3,132 kg/ha 2024 down 14.5% rising
64 Colombia 3,111 kg/ha 2024 up 110.4% rising
65 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,078 kg/ha 2024 up 3.2% volatile
66 Niger 3,069 kg/ha 2024 up 22.1% rising
67 Russian Federation 3,064 kg/ha 2024 up 22.7% rising
68 Kenya 3,044 kg/ha 2024 up 95.8% rising
69 Türkiye 3,004 kg/ha 2024 up 23.6% rising
70 United Arab Emirates 3,000 kg/ha 2008 down 58.3% volatile
71 Nepal 2,985 kg/ha 2024 up 19.6% rising
72 Lebanon 2,970 kg/ha 2024 down 21.9% rising
73 Mali 2,965 kg/ha 2024 down 33.2% volatile
74 Argentina 2,919 kg/ha 2024 up 3.9% rising
75 Ethiopia 2,904 kg/ha 2024 up 14.2% rising
76 Georgia 2,851 kg/ha 2024 up 110.7% rising
77 Montenegro 2,840 kg/ha 2024 down 2.8% falling
78 Kyrgyzstan 2,768 kg/ha 2024 up 63.9% flat
79 Guatemala 2,753 kg/ha 2024 up 26.5% rising
80 Australia and New Zealand 2,638 kg/ha 2024 up 35.8% rising
81 Brazil 2,613 kg/ha 2024 up 18.3% rising
82 Australia 2,612 kg/ha 2024 up 36.2% rising
83 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,592 kg/ha 2024 up 48.5% rising
84 Iraq 2,579 kg/ha 2024 up 7.6% volatile
85 Palestine 2,571 kg/ha 2022 up 28.6% rising
86 China, Taiwan Province of 2,500 kg/ha 2024 down 18.9% rising
87 Madagascar 2,407 kg/ha 2024 up 0.5% rising
88 Ecuador 2,396 kg/ha 2024 up 113.8% rising
89 Qatar 2,369 kg/ha 2024 down 5.2% rising
90 Afghanistan 2,261 kg/ha 2024 up 11.7% rising
91 Jordan 2,204 kg/ha 2024 up 84.8% rising
92 Mauritania 2,197 kg/ha 2024 up 8.8% volatile
93 Armenia 2,148 kg/ha 2024 down 33.4% rising
94 Tunisia 2,146 kg/ha 2024 up 2.5% rising
95 Syrian Arab Republic 1,905 kg/ha 2024 up 21.2% rising
96 Eswatini 1,854 kg/ha 2024 down 4.4% falling
97 Peru 1,778 kg/ha 2024 up 14.3% rising
98 Angola 1,725 kg/ha 2024 up 76.4% rising
99 Paraguay 1,706 kg/ha 2024 up 13.7% rising
100 Cyprus 1,687 kg/ha 2024 up 132.8% rising
101 Israel 1,676 kg/ha 2024 down 26.2% rising
102 Algeria 1,667 kg/ha 2024 up 13.0% rising
102 Uganda 1,667 kg/ha 2024 up 5.7% falling
104 Turkmenistan 1,632 kg/ha 2024 down 0.6% falling
105 Chad 1,628 kg/ha 2024 up 25.2% rising
106 Sudan (former) 1,598 kg/ha 2011 down 36.6% rising
107 Nigeria 1,574 kg/ha 2024 up 20.7% falling
108 USSR 1,569 kg/ha 1991 up 21.2% rising
109 Yemen 1,537 kg/ha 2024 down 10.7% rising
110 Myanmar 1,454 kg/ha 2024 down 21.3% rising
111 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,441 kg/ha 2024 up 35.3% rising
112 Kazakhstan 1,422 kg/ha 2024 up 30.4% rising
113 Morocco 1,388 kg/ha 2024 down 19.0% rising
114 United Republic of Tanzania 1,376 kg/ha 2024 down 17.0% rising
115 Ethiopia PDR 1,350 kg/ha 1992 up 30.8% rising
116 Cameroon 1,337 kg/ha 2024 up 0.7% rising
117 Rwanda 1,272 kg/ha 2024 up 35.2% rising
118 Mongolia 1,250 kg/ha 2024 down 26.4% rising
119 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,201 kg/ha 2024 down 19.9% rising
120 Botswana 1,144 kg/ha 2024 down 14.1% falling
121 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,125 kg/ha 2024 down 13.7% rising
122 Bhutan 1,124 kg/ha 2024 down 49.7% rising
123 Thailand 1,019 kg/ha 2024 down 5.9% rising
124 Eritrea 1,000 kg/ha 2024 down 16.7% rising
125 Libya 767.7 kg/ha 2024 down 0.6% rising
126 Burundi 730.4 kg/ha 2024 up 26.7% rising
127 Lesotho 719.5 kg/ha 2024 down 21.0% rising
128 New Caledonia 673.2 kg/ha 2024 down 64.9% falling
128 Melanesia 673.2 kg/ha 2024 down 64.9% falling
130 Honduras 533.6 kg/ha 2024 down 1.6% falling
131 Malawi 487.7 kg/ha 2024 down 60.2% volatile
132 Somalia 400.6 kg/ha 2024 up 1.4% volatile
133 Mozambique 312.5 kg/ha 2024 down 71.3% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Wheat — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
164 places, 9,087 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.