Wheat — Yield in Argentina
Argentina: Wheat — Yield was 2,919 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — yield in Argentina stood at 2,919 kg/ha.
The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Argentina peaked at 3,503 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 983.3 kg/ha, in 1968.
Argentina ranks 72nd 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 Argentina, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,295 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,522 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1963 | 1,575 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1964 | 1,835 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1965 | 1,321 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 1966 | 1,198 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1967 | 1,260 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1968 | 983.3 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1969 | 1,352 kg/ha | +37.5% |
| 1970 | 1,329 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1971 | 1,267 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1972 | 1,591 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 1973 | 1,657 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 1,410 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1975 | 1,626 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1976 | 1,704 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1977 | 1,361 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1978 | 1,740 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 1979 | 1,693 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1980 | 1,560 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1981 | 1,401 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1982 | 2,050 kg/ha | +46.3% |
| 1983 | 1,840 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1984 | 2,307 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 1985 | 1,618 kg/ha | -29.9% |
| 1986 | 1,782 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1987 | 1,885 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1988 | 1,834 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1989 | 1,895 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 1,895 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 2,174 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1992 | 2,321 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1993 | 2,022 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1994 | 2,166 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1995 | 1,936 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1996 | 2,242 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1997 | 2,596 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1998 | 2,305 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1999 | 2,487 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2000 | 2,490 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 2,235 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2002 | 2,033 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2003 | 2,539 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 2004 | 2,627 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 2,531 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 2,626 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 2,831 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2008 | 1,963 kg/ha | -30.6% |
| 2009 | 2,757 kg/ha | +40.4% |
| 2010 | 3,503 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 2011 | 3,225 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2012 | 2,658 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2013 | 2,662 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,810 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 2,862 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 3,305 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2017 | 3,181 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 3,216 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 2,939 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2020 | 2,760 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2021 | 3,382 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 2022 | 2,288 kg/ha | -32.4% |
| 2023 | 2,843 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 2024 | 2,919 kg/ha | +2.7% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 2,919 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,753 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 2,919 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,753 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,371 kg/ha | 983.3 kg/ha | 1,835 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,538 kg/ha | 1,267 kg/ha | 1,740 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,817 kg/ha | 1,401 kg/ha | 2,307 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,214 kg/ha | 1,895 kg/ha | 2,596 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,463 kg/ha | 1,963 kg/ha | 2,831 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,036 kg/ha | 2,658 kg/ha | 3,503 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,838 kg/ha | 2,288 kg/ha | 3,382 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0765 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Argentina?
- Wheat — yield in Argentina was 2,919 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 3,503 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 983.3 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Argentina rank for wheat — yield?
- Argentina ranks 72nd out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina 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.