Wheat — Yield in Europe
Europe: Wheat — Yield was 4,213 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — yield in Europe is 4,213 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.4% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Europe peaked at 4,514 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,100 kg/ha, in 1963.
Europe ranks 6th of 26 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,256 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,327 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1963 | 1,100 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1964 | 1,352 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1965 | 1,247 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1966 | 1,604 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1967 | 1,532 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1968 | 1,674 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1969 | 1,561 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1970 | 1,734 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1971 | 1,897 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1972 | 1,886 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 2,070 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1974 | 1,948 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1975 | 1,595 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1976 | 2,048 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 1977 | 1,943 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1978 | 2,335 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1979 | 2,040 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1980 | 2,189 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1981 | 2,000 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1982 | 2,186 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1983 | 2,276 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 2,477 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1985 | 2,422 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 2,658 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1987 | 2,618 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 2,700 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 2,856 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1990 | 3,087 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1991 | 2,801 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1992 | 3,209 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1993 | 3,211 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 3,132 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 3,161 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 3,207 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 3,316 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 3,407 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 3,304 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2000 | 3,320 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 3,459 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 3,512 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 3,240 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2004 | 3,859 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 2005 | 3,495 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2006 | 3,467 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 3,378 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 4,025 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 2009 | 3,742 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 3,608 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 3,779 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 3,553 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2013 | 3,907 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 4,245 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2015 | 4,188 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 4,029 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 4,402 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2018 | 3,996 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2019 | 4,266 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 4,141 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 4,283 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 4,514 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2023 | 4,405 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 4,213 kg/ha | -4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,406 kg/ha | 1,100 kg/ha | 1,674 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,950 kg/ha | 1,595 kg/ha | 2,335 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,438 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,856 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,184 kg/ha | 2,801 kg/ha | 3,407 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,550 kg/ha | 3,240 kg/ha | 4,025 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,997 kg/ha | 3,553 kg/ha | 4,402 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,311 kg/ha | 4,141 kg/ha | 4,514 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 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
- 5 Zambia 7,090 kg/ha compare
- 6 Germany 7,084 kg/ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,592 kg/ha compare
- 7 Namibia 7,066 kg/ha compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 1,905 kg/ha compare
- 8 Denmark 7,040 kg/ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,441 kg/ha compare
- 9 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 6,971 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Europe?
- Wheat — yield in Europe was 4,213 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 4,514 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,100 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Europe rank for wheat — yield?
- Europe ranks 6th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe 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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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.