Wheat — Yield in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Wheat — Yield was 2,261 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — yield in Afghanistan stood at 2,261 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.1% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Afghanistan peaked at 2,261 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 724 kg/ha, in 2000.
Afghanistan ranks 87th of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,022 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 973.5 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1963 | 831.7 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1964 | 951 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1965 | 972.3 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 866.6 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1967 | 1,123 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 1968 | 1,156 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 1,186 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 956.3 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1971 | 814.9 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1972 | 845.7 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 1,174 kg/ha | +38.8% |
| 1974 | 1,207 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 1,213 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 1,249 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 1,131 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1978 | 1,198 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1979 | 1,232 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 1,255 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 1,235 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 1,230 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 1,258 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 1,232 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1985 | 1,228 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 1,189 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1987 | 1,285 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1988 | 1,173 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1989 | 1,118 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1990 | 1,051 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1991 | 1,021 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 1,031 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 1,021 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 1,025 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 1,090 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1996 | 1,122 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 1,276 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1998 | 1,296 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 1,233 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 724 kg/ha | -41.3% |
| 2001 | 897.7 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 2002 | 1,542 kg/ha | +71.8% |
| 2003 | 1,500 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 1,266 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2005 | 1,822 kg/ha | +43.9% |
| 2006 | 1,376 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 2007 | 1,818 kg/ha | +32.1% |
| 2008 | 1,226 kg/ha | -32.6% |
| 2009 | 1,967 kg/ha | +60.4% |
| 2010 | 1,925 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 1,518 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 2012 | 2,010 kg/ha | +32.4% |
| 2013 | 2,025 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 2,024 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,196 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2016 | 1,980 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2017 | 2,034 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 2,210 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2019 | 2,095 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 1,943 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2021 | 1,963 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 2,045 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 2,151 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2024 | 2,261 kg/ha | +5.1% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 2,261 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,628 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 2,261 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,571 kg/ha, 88% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Yield in Afghanistan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +71.8% | 897.7 kg/ha | 1,542 kg/ha |
| 2009 | +60.4% | 1,226 kg/ha | 1,967 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,009 kg/ha | 831.7 kg/ha | 1,186 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,102 kg/ha | 814.9 kg/ha | 1,249 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,220 kg/ha | 1,118 kg/ha | 1,285 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,117 kg/ha | 1,021 kg/ha | 1,296 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,414 kg/ha | 724 kg/ha | 1,967 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,002 kg/ha | 1,518 kg/ha | 2,210 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,073 kg/ha | 1,943 kg/ha | 2,261 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Afghanistan?
- Wheat — yield in Afghanistan was 2,261 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 2,261 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 724 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Afghanistan rank for wheat — yield?
- Afghanistan ranks 87th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.