Wheat — Yield in Hungary
Hungary: Wheat — Yield was 5,713 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Hungary, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — yield in Hungary is 5,713 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Hungary peaked at 5,925 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,571 kg/ha, in 1963.
Hungary ranks 22nd of 124 countries 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 Hungary, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,910 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,789 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1963 | 1,571 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1964 | 1,856 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1965 | 2,170 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1966 | 2,171 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,590 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 1968 | 2,524 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1969 | 2,714 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1970 | 2,137 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1971 | 3,081 kg/ha | +44.2% |
| 1972 | 3,109 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 3,479 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1974 | 3,752 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1975 | 3,204 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1976 | 3,884 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 1977 | 4,057 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1978 | 4,287 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1979 | 3,267 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 1980 | 4,764 kg/ha | +45.8% |
| 1981 | 4,010 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1982 | 4,400 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1983 | 4,417 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 5,433 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1985 | 4,845 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1986 | 4,362 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1987 | 4,419 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 5,486 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1989 | 5,264 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 5,077 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1991 | 5,190 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 4,070 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1993 | 3,065 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 1994 | 4,603 kg/ha | +50.2% |
| 1995 | 4,164 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1996 | 3,278 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1997 | 4,215 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1998 | 4,139 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 3,595 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2000 | 3,604 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 4,310 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 2002 | 3,521 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 2003 | 2,641 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 2004 | 5,117 kg/ha | +93.8% |
| 2005 | 4,500 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2006 | 4,072 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2007 | 3,588 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2008 | 5,002 kg/ha | +39.4% |
| 2009 | 3,855 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 2010 | 3,704 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 4,199 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2012 | 3,748 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2013 | 4,639 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 2014 | 4,729 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 5,180 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2016 | 5,365 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 5,429 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 5,124 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2019 | 5,295 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 5,468 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 5,925 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2022 | 4,448 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 2023 | 5,642 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 2024 | 5,713 kg/ha | +1.3% |
Hungary compared with similar countries
- Hungary's 5,713 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,807 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Hungary's 5,713 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 | 2,144 kg/ha | 1,571 kg/ha | 2,714 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,426 kg/ha | 2,137 kg/ha | 4,287 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,740 kg/ha | 4,010 kg/ha | 5,486 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,140 kg/ha | 3,065 kg/ha | 5,190 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,021 kg/ha | 2,641 kg/ha | 5,117 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,741 kg/ha | 3,704 kg/ha | 5,429 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,439 kg/ha | 4,448 kg/ha | 5,925 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Hungary
More agriculture & rural data for Hungary
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2931 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Hungary?
- Wheat — yield in Hungary was 5,713 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 5,925 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,571 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Hungary rank for wheat — yield?
- Hungary ranks 22nd out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Hungary 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.