Wheat — Yield in Kuwait
Kuwait: Wheat — Yield was 4,807 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Yield in Kuwait, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 4,807 kg/ha for wheat — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 6.8% on the previous year and up 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Kuwait peaked at 10,364 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 250 kg/ha, in 1985.
Kuwait ranks 33rd of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Yield in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 250 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 333.3 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1987 | 428.6 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1988 | 2,875 kg/ha | +570.8% |
| 1989 | 3,160 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1990 | 3,125 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 3,000 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1992 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 3,130 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 3,071 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 3,364 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1996 | 3,500 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 3,149 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1998 | 2,381 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1999 | 2,392 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 2,386 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 2,391 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 2,391 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,390 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 2,375 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 4,802 kg/ha | +102.2% |
| 2006 | 4,722 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 2,390 kg/ha | -49.4% |
| 2008 | 2,341 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 2,333 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 2,348 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 4,133 kg/ha | +76.0% |
| 2012 | 4,143 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 4,111 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 4,308 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 3,750 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2016 | 3,000 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2017 | 3,143 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 3,000 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 10,364 kg/ha | +245.5% |
| 2020 | 7,000 kg/ha | -32.5% |
| 2021 | 4,000 kg/ha | -42.9% |
| 2022 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 4,500 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2024 | 4,807 kg/ha | +6.8% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 4,807 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,807 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 4,807 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,571 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Yield in Kuwait changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +570.8% | 428.6 kg/ha | 2,875 kg/ha |
| 2019 | +245.5% | 3,000 kg/ha | 10,364 kg/ha |
| 2005 | +102.2% | 2,375 kg/ha | 4,802 kg/ha |
| 2011 | +76.0% | 2,348 kg/ha | 4,133 kg/ha |
| 2007 | -49.4% | 4,722 kg/ha | 2,390 kg/ha |
| 2021 | -42.9% | 7,000 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,409 kg/ha | 250 kg/ha | 3,160 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 3,011 kg/ha | 2,381 kg/ha | 3,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,852 kg/ha | 2,333 kg/ha | 4,802 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,230 kg/ha | 2,348 kg/ha | 10,364 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,861 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 7,000 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Kuwait
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0053 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 171.42 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2005)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Kuwait?
- Wheat — yield in Kuwait was 4,807 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 10,364 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 250 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Kuwait rank for wheat — yield?
- Kuwait ranks 33rd out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kuwait 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.