Wheat — Yield in Germany
Germany: Wheat — Yield was 7,084 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Germany, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — yield in Germany is 7,084 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.7% on the previous year and down 17.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Germany peaked at 8,630 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 2,861 kg/ha, in 1961.
Germany ranks 6th of 124 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Germany, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,861 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,390 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1963 | 3,393 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1964 | 3,484 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 3,232 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1966 | 3,232 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 4,022 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 1968 | 4,216 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1969 | 3,888 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1970 | 3,726 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1971 | 4,423 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1972 | 4,038 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1973 | 4,348 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1974 | 4,626 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1975 | 4,319 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1976 | 3,934 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1977 | 4,355 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1978 | 4,887 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1979 | 4,778 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1980 | 4,739 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 4,880 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 5,243 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1983 | 5,208 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 5,933 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1985 | 5,830 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 6,092 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 5,776 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1988 | 6,227 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1989 | 5,682 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1990 | 6,273 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1991 | 6,771 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1992 | 5,981 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1993 | 6,584 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1994 | 6,768 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 6,888 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 7,293 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1997 | 7,290 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 7,204 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 7,541 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 7,283 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2001 | 7,883 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2002 | 6,906 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2003 | 6,498 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2004 | 8,172 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 2005 | 7,465 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2006 | 7,201 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 6,961 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 8,087 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2009 | 7,809 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 7,212 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2011 | 7,014 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 7,331 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 7,998 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 8,630 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2015 | 8,088 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2016 | 7,641 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2017 | 7,644 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 6,674 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2019 | 7,396 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2020 | 7,820 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 7,302 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2022 | 7,577 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 7,432 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 7,084 kg/ha | -4.7% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 7,084 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,807 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Germany's 7,084 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4,432 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,524 kg/ha | 2,861 kg/ha | 4,216 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,343 kg/ha | 3,726 kg/ha | 4,887 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,561 kg/ha | 4,739 kg/ha | 6,227 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,859 kg/ha | 5,981 kg/ha | 7,541 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,426 kg/ha | 6,498 kg/ha | 8,172 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,563 kg/ha | 6,674 kg/ha | 8,630 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,443 kg/ha | 7,084 kg/ha | 7,820 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
- 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 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
More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0087 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 527.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6813 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1786 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Germany?
- Wheat — yield in Germany was 7,084 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 8,630 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,861 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Germany rank for wheat — yield?
- Germany ranks 6th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany 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.