Wheat — Yield in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Wheat — Yield was 5,303 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — yield in European Union (27) is 5,303 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.7% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in European Union (27) peaked at 5,814 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1,807 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places European Union (27) 5th out of 26 groups 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 European Union (27), year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,807 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,053 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1963 | 1,897 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1964 | 2,044 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1965 | 2,279 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1966 | 2,141 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1967 | 2,536 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1968 | 2,499 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 2,431 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1970 | 2,368 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1971 | 2,836 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1972 | 2,899 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 3,025 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1974 | 3,176 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 2,969 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1976 | 3,102 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1977 | 3,154 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 3,509 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1979 | 3,257 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1980 | 3,653 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1981 | 3,509 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1982 | 3,768 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1983 | 3,607 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1984 | 4,521 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 1985 | 4,083 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1986 | 4,039 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 4,115 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 4,446 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1989 | 4,467 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 4,616 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 4,693 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 4,283 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1993 | 4,268 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 4,419 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 4,432 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 4,661 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1997 | 4,537 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 4,914 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1999 | 4,711 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2000 | 4,726 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 4,634 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 4,726 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 4,322 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2004 | 5,439 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 2005 | 4,900 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2006 | 4,848 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 4,655 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 5,438 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2009 | 5,211 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 5,068 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 5,147 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 5,056 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 5,459 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2014 | 5,674 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 5,814 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 5,168 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2017 | 5,678 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2018 | 5,242 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2019 | 5,759 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2020 | 5,550 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 5,739 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 5,547 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 5,508 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 5,303 kg/ha | -3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,188 kg/ha | 1,807 kg/ha | 2,536 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,029 kg/ha | 2,368 kg/ha | 3,509 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,021 kg/ha | 3,509 kg/ha | 4,521 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,553 kg/ha | 4,268 kg/ha | 4,914 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,890 kg/ha | 4,322 kg/ha | 5,439 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,406 kg/ha | 5,056 kg/ha | 5,814 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,530 kg/ha | 5,303 kg/ha | 5,739 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 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
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in European Union (27)?
- Wheat — yield in European Union (27) was 5,303 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 5,814 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,807 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does European Union (27) rank for wheat — yield?
- European Union (27) ranks 5th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.