Wheat — Yield in Austria
Austria: Wheat — Yield was 5,747 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Austria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — yield in Austria stood at 5,747 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.1% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Austria peaked at 6,253 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2,397 kg/ha, in 1965.
That places Austria 21st out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Austria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,580 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,612 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 2,510 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1964 | 2,652 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1965 | 2,397 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1966 | 2,858 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1967 | 3,305 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1968 | 3,418 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 3,317 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1970 | 2,944 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1971 | 3,558 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1972 | 3,146 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1973 | 3,527 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1974 | 4,094 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1975 | 3,506 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1976 | 4,263 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1977 | 3,759 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1978 | 4,177 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1979 | 3,146 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 1980 | 4,467 kg/ha | +42.0% |
| 1981 | 3,737 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1982 | 4,277 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1983 | 4,530 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1984 | 4,763 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1985 | 4,886 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 4,360 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1987 | 4,528 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 5,344 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1989 | 4,902 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1990 | 5,048 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 5,074 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 5,394 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1993 | 4,225 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 1994 | 5,209 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 1995 | 5,086 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 5,007 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 5,204 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 5,075 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 5,435 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 4,469 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 2001 | 5,241 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2002 | 4,967 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2003 | 4,380 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2004 | 5,923 kg/ha | +35.2% |
| 2005 | 5,029 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2006 | 4,907 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 4,776 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 5,694 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 2009 | 4,930 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2010 | 5,012 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 5,855 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2012 | 4,139 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 2013 | 5,374 kg/ha | +29.9% |
| 2014 | 5,922 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2015 | 5,696 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 6,253 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2017 | 4,871 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 2018 | 4,645 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 5,737 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 2020 | 5,923 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 5,530 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2022 | 5,795 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 6,188 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2024 | 5,747 kg/ha | -7.1% |
Austria compared with similar countries
- Austria's 5,747 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,807 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Austria's 5,747 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4,432 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,850 kg/ha | 2,397 kg/ha | 3,418 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,612 kg/ha | 2,944 kg/ha | 4,263 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,579 kg/ha | 3,737 kg/ha | 5,344 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,076 kg/ha | 4,225 kg/ha | 5,435 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,031 kg/ha | 4,380 kg/ha | 5,923 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,350 kg/ha | 4,139 kg/ha | 6,253 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,837 kg/ha | 5,530 kg/ha | 6,188 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Austria
More agriculture & rural data for Austria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0126 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 791 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.4906 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3028 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Austria?
- Wheat — yield in Austria was 5,747 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 6,253 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,397 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Austria rank for wheat — yield?
- Austria ranks 21st out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Austria 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
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.