Wheat — Yield in Latvia
Latvia: Wheat — Yield was 4,566 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Latvia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 4,566 kg/ha for wheat — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.2% on the previous year and up 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Latvia peaked at 5,338 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2,001 kg/ha, in 1993.
Latvia ranks 37th of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Latvia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2,585 kg/ha | — |
| 1993 | 2,001 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 1994 | 2,108 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1995 | 2,224 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 2,396 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1997 | 2,591 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1998 | 2,553 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 2,410 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 2,703 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2001 | 2,708 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 3,384 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2003 | 2,791 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 2004 | 2,942 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 3,610 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 2006 | 2,782 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 2007 | 3,594 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 2008 | 3,857 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2009 | 3,628 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 3,285 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2011 | 3,061 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2012 | 4,370 kg/ha | +42.7% |
| 2013 | 3,886 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2014 | 3,747 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 5,030 kg/ha | +34.2% |
| 2016 | 4,304 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2017 | 4,787 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2018 | 3,431 kg/ha | -28.3% |
| 2019 | 4,812 kg/ha | +40.2% |
| 2020 | 5,338 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2021 | 4,481 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2022 | 4,724 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2023 | 4,070 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 2024 | 4,566 kg/ha | +12.2% |
Latvia compared with similar countries
- Latvia's 4,566 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,807 kg/ha, 95% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Latvia's 4,566 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4,432 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,358 kg/ha | 2,001 kg/ha | 2,591 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 3,200 kg/ha | 2,703 kg/ha | 3,857 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,071 kg/ha | 3,061 kg/ha | 5,030 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,636 kg/ha | 4,070 kg/ha | 5,338 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
More agriculture & rural data for Latvia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,055 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3137 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Latvia?
- Wheat — yield in Latvia was 4,566 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 5,338 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,001 kg/ha in 1993.
- How does Latvia rank for wheat — yield?
- Latvia ranks 37th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latvia 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.