Wheat — Yield in Mexico
Mexico: Wheat — Yield was 5,658 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — yield in Mexico is 5,658 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 8.8% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Mexico peaked at 6,203 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,676 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Mexico 23rd out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Mexico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,676 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,946 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1963 | 2,079 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1964 | 2,692 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 1965 | 2,506 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1966 | 2,254 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1967 | 2,727 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 1968 | 2,632 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1969 | 2,765 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1970 | 3,020 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1971 | 2,981 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 2,634 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1973 | 3,265 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 1974 | 3,602 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1975 | 3,596 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 3,762 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 3,464 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1978 | 3,666 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1979 | 3,914 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1980 | 3,848 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1981 | 3,714 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1982 | 4,356 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1983 | 4,041 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1984 | 4,358 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1985 | 4,284 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 3,967 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1987 | 4,469 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1988 | 4,015 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1989 | 3,824 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1990 | 4,214 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1991 | 4,127 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 3,953 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1993 | 4,082 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 4,303 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1995 | 3,732 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1996 | 4,171 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1997 | 4,735 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1998 | 4,208 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1999 | 4,631 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2000 | 4,936 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2001 | 4,766 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 5,100 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2003 | 4,491 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2004 | 4,487 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 4,752 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 5,227 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2007 | 5,082 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 5,013 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 4,969 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 5,418 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2011 | 5,478 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 5,657 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 5,293 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2014 | 5,194 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 4,526 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2016 | 5,339 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 2017 | 5,297 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 5,437 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 5,531 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 5,321 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 5,994 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2022 | 6,060 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 6,203 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 5,658 kg/ha | -8.8% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 5,658 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,753 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 5,658 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,753 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,364 kg/ha | 1,676 kg/ha | 2,765 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,390 kg/ha | 2,634 kg/ha | 3,914 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,088 kg/ha | 3,714 kg/ha | 4,469 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,216 kg/ha | 3,732 kg/ha | 4,735 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,882 kg/ha | 4,487 kg/ha | 5,227 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,317 kg/ha | 4,526 kg/ha | 5,657 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,848 kg/ha | 5,321 kg/ha | 6,203 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Mexico?
- Wheat — yield in Mexico was 5,658 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 6,203 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,676 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Mexico rank for wheat — yield?
- Mexico ranks 23rd out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.