Wheat — Yield in Asia
Asia: Wheat — Yield was 3,630 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Asia recorded 3,630 kg/ha for wheat — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.0% on the previous year and up 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Asia peaked at 3,630 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 748.6 kg/ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 748.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 844.8 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1963 | 853.2 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 843.1 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1965 | 975.5 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1966 | 966.1 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1967 | 1,034 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1968 | 1,084 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 1,099 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 1,113 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 1,226 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1972 | 1,296 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1973 | 1,216 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1974 | 1,276 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 1,420 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1976 | 1,538 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1977 | 1,412 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1978 | 1,571 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1979 | 1,738 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1980 | 1,612 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1981 | 1,742 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1982 | 1,897 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1983 | 2,053 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1984 | 2,145 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1985 | 2,132 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 2,290 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1987 | 2,189 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1988 | 2,249 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 2,298 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 2,384 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 2,392 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 2,349 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 2,339 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 2,260 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 2,376 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 2,418 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 2,616 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1998 | 2,517 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 2,650 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 2,598 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 2,601 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 2,622 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 2,594 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 2,680 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 2,685 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 2,830 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 2,865 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 2,821 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 2,946 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 2,852 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 3,051 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 3,055 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 3,114 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 3,162 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 3,191 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 3,272 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 3,368 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 3,411 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 3,481 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 3,472 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 3,465 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 3,565 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 3,525 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 3,630 kg/ha | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 938.82 kg/ha | 748.6 kg/ha | 1,099 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,381 kg/ha | 1,113 kg/ha | 1,738 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,061 kg/ha | 1,612 kg/ha | 2,298 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,430 kg/ha | 2,260 kg/ha | 2,650 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,724 kg/ha | 2,594 kg/ha | 2,946 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,196 kg/ha | 2,852 kg/ha | 3,481 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,532 kg/ha | 3,465 kg/ha | 3,630 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Asia
- 1 New Zealand 10,014 kg/ha compare
- 2 Ireland 8,140 kg/ha compare
- 2 Republic of Moldova 3,244 kg/ha compare
- 3 Belgium-Luxembourg 8,096 kg/ha compare
- 3 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,078 kg/ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 3,004 kg/ha compare
- 4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7,281 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Asia?
- Wheat — yield in Asia was 3,630 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,630 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 748.6 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Asia rank for wheat — yield?
- Asia ranks 1st out of 14 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Asia 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.