Wheat — Yield in Finland
Finland: Wheat — Yield was 3,536 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Finland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — yield in Finland stood at 3,536 kg/ha.
The figure is up 8.2% on the previous year and down 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Finland peaked at 4,626 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,475 kg/ha, in 1962.
Finland ranks 54th 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 Finland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,944 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,475 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 1963 | 1,662 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1964 | 1,724 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1965 | 1,875 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1966 | 1,762 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1967 | 2,011 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1968 | 2,142 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1969 | 2,366 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1970 | 2,332 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1971 | 2,563 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1972 | 2,586 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 2,461 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1974 | 2,731 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1975 | 2,840 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 2,977 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1977 | 2,315 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1978 | 2,081 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1979 | 2,103 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 2,870 kg/ha | +36.5% |
| 1981 | 2,184 kg/ha | -23.9% |
| 1982 | 3,047 kg/ha | +39.5% |
| 1983 | 3,443 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1984 | 3,106 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1985 | 3,007 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 3,191 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1987 | 2,021 kg/ha | -36.7% |
| 1988 | 2,604 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 1989 | 3,349 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1990 | 3,485 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 3,639 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1992 | 2,415 kg/ha | -33.6% |
| 1993 | 3,621 kg/ha | +49.9% |
| 1994 | 3,795 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 3,769 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 4,083 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1997 | 3,719 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1998 | 2,893 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1999 | 2,159 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 2000 | 3,601 kg/ha | +66.8% |
| 2001 | 3,381 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2002 | 3,258 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 3,549 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2004 | 3,474 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 3,730 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2006 | 3,558 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 3,933 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2008 | 3,641 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2009 | 4,103 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2010 | 3,430 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 2011 | 3,847 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2012 | 3,903 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 3,822 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 4,070 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 4,103 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 3,830 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2017 | 4,128 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2018 | 2,821 kg/ha | -31.7% |
| 2019 | 4,626 kg/ha | +64.0% |
| 2020 | 3,454 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 2021 | 3,235 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2022 | 3,844 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 2023 | 3,269 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2024 | 3,536 kg/ha | +8.2% |
Finland compared with similar countries
- Finland's 3,536 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,807 kg/ha, 74% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Finland's 3,536 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4,432 kg/ha, 80% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,884 kg/ha | 1,475 kg/ha | 2,366 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,499 kg/ha | 2,081 kg/ha | 2,977 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,882 kg/ha | 2,021 kg/ha | 3,443 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,358 kg/ha | 2,159 kg/ha | 4,083 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,623 kg/ha | 3,258 kg/ha | 4,103 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,858 kg/ha | 2,821 kg/ha | 4,626 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,467 kg/ha | 3,235 kg/ha | 3,844 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Finland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0261 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,466 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5476 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2548 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 7.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Finland?
- Wheat — yield in Finland was 3,536 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 4,626 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,475 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Finland rank for wheat — yield?
- Finland ranks 54th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland 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.