Wheat — Yield in Algeria
Algeria: Wheat — Yield was 1,667 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Algeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — yield in Algeria is 1,667 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.0% on the previous year and up 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Algeria peaked at 2,043 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 406 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Algeria 98th out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Algeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 406 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 804.5 kg/ha | +98.2% |
| 1963 | 832.6 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1964 | 531.7 kg/ha | -36.1% |
| 1965 | 605.7 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1966 | 425.2 kg/ha | -29.8% |
| 1967 | 633.3 kg/ha | +48.9% |
| 1968 | 689.9 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1969 | 603.4 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1970 | 624.5 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1971 | 613.3 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 670.1 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1973 | 493.4 kg/ha | -26.4% |
| 1974 | 495.7 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 831.3 kg/ha | +67.7% |
| 1976 | 710.1 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1977 | 433.7 kg/ha | -38.9% |
| 1978 | 580.9 kg/ha | +33.9% |
| 1979 | 555.3 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1980 | 729.7 kg/ha | +31.4% |
| 1981 | 672 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1982 | 596.5 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1983 | 563.5 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1984 | 573 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 886.1 kg/ha | +54.6% |
| 1986 | 808.4 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1987 | 777.7 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1988 | 600.6 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 1989 | 782.1 kg/ha | +30.2% |
| 1990 | 631.5 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1991 | 1,081 kg/ha | +71.2% |
| 1992 | 993.9 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1993 | 809.7 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1994 | 799.9 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 892.4 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1996 | 1,309 kg/ha | +46.7% |
| 1997 | 801.6 kg/ha | -38.8% |
| 1998 | 884.7 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1999 | 1,071 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 2000 | 919.4 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2001 | 1,110 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 2002 | 1,074 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 1,448 kg/ha | +34.8% |
| 2004 | 1,358 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2005 | 1,506 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2006 | 1,507 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,274 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2008 | 1,104 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2009 | 1,598 kg/ha | +44.7% |
| 2010 | 1,484 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 1,740 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2012 | 1,764 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 1,910 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2014 | 1,475 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 2015 | 1,464 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 1,183 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 2017 | 1,150 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 2,043 kg/ha | +77.7% |
| 2019 | 1,963 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 1,681 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2021 | 1,584 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 1,667 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 1,389 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2024 | 1,667 kg/ha | +20.0% |
Algeria compared with similar countries
- Algeria's 1,667 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,753 kg/ha, 61% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Algeria's 1,667 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,571 kg/ha, 65% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 614.7 kg/ha | 406 kg/ha | 832.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 600.83 kg/ha | 433.7 kg/ha | 831.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 698.96 kg/ha | 563.5 kg/ha | 886.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 927.47 kg/ha | 631.5 kg/ha | 1,309 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,290 kg/ha | 919.4 kg/ha | 1,598 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,618 kg/ha | 1,150 kg/ha | 2,043 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,598 kg/ha | 1,389 kg/ha | 1,681 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Algeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1451 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 878.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.884 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2418 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Algeria?
- Wheat — yield in Algeria was 1,667 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 2,043 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 406 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Algeria rank for wheat — yield?
- Algeria ranks 98th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Algeria 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.