Wheat — Yield in Italy
Italy: Wheat — Yield was 3,660 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — yield in Italy stood at 3,660 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Italy peaked at 4,225 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,849 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Italy 50th out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Italy, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,910 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,085 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1963 | 1,849 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1964 | 1,948 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 2,280 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1966 | 2,199 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1967 | 2,392 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1968 | 2,256 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1969 | 2,272 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 2,341 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 2,556 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1972 | 2,433 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1973 | 2,454 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 2,580 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1975 | 2,675 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 2,569 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1977 | 2,231 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1978 | 2,647 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1979 | 2,601 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 2,686 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1981 | 2,710 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 2,696 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 2,616 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1984 | 3,072 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1985 | 2,789 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1986 | 2,903 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1987 | 3,039 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 2,765 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1989 | 2,518 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1990 | 2,924 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1991 | 3,509 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1992 | 3,551 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 3,553 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 3,480 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 3,201 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1996 | 3,317 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 2,856 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1998 | 3,582 kg/ha | +25.4% |
| 1999 | 3,243 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2000 | 3,213 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 2,801 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2002 | 3,125 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2003 | 2,748 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2004 | 3,670 kg/ha | +33.5% |
| 2005 | 3,635 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 3,730 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 3,414 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2008 | 3,869 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2009 | 3,586 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2010 | 3,742 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 3,834 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 4,129 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 3,844 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2014 | 3,811 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 3,928 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 4,203 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2017 | 3,856 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2018 | 3,900 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 3,841 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 3,925 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 4,225 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2022 | 3,720 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2023 | 3,692 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 3,660 kg/ha | -0.9% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 3,660 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,807 kg/ha, 76% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Italy's 3,660 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4,432 kg/ha, 83% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,132 kg/ha | 1,849 kg/ha | 2,392 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,509 kg/ha | 2,231 kg/ha | 2,675 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,779 kg/ha | 2,518 kg/ha | 3,072 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,322 kg/ha | 2,856 kg/ha | 3,582 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,379 kg/ha | 2,748 kg/ha | 3,869 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,909 kg/ha | 3,742 kg/ha | 4,203 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,844 kg/ha | 3,660 kg/ha | 4,225 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 47 South Africa 3,809 kg/ha compare
- 48 Bangladesh 3,761 kg/ha compare
- 49 Switzerland 3,669 kg/ha compare
- 51 Spain 3,654 kg/ha compare
- 52 Serbia and Montenegro 3,563 kg/ha compare
- 53 India 3,559 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Italy?
- Wheat — yield in Italy was 3,660 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 4,225 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,849 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Italy rank for wheat — yield?
- Italy ranks 50th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.