Wheat — Yield in Mongolia
Mongolia: Wheat — Yield was 1,250 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Mongolia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — yield in Mongolia stood at 1,250 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 5.3% on the previous year and down 26.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Mongolia peaked at 1,698 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 328.5 kg/ha, in 1969.
Mongolia ranks 112th of 124 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 368.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 901.3 kg/ha | +144.6% |
| 1963 | 836.2 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1964 | 941.6 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1965 | 803.9 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1966 | 661.8 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1967 | 840.1 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 1968 | 543.4 kg/ha | -35.3% |
| 1969 | 328.5 kg/ha | -39.5% |
| 1970 | 719 kg/ha | +118.9% |
| 1971 | 950.2 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 1972 | 540.4 kg/ha | -43.1% |
| 1973 | 1,106 kg/ha | +104.7% |
| 1974 | 820.3 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 1975 | 1,157 kg/ha | +41.1% |
| 1976 | 864.2 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 1977 | 906 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 672.3 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 1979 | 567.4 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1980 | 563.2 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 721.3 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 1982 | 1,021 kg/ha | +41.6% |
| 1983 | 1,458 kg/ha | +42.8% |
| 1984 | 999.2 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 1985 | 1,428 kg/ha | +42.9% |
| 1986 | 1,420 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 1,162 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1988 | 1,371 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1989 | 1,301 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1990 | 1,119 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1991 | 1,014 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1992 | 861.1 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1993 | 903.8 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1994 | 749.5 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1995 | 736.6 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 662.8 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1997 | 761.4 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1998 | 637.1 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1999 | 610.4 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 776.8 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 2001 | 720 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2002 | 589.8 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 2003 | 791.4 kg/ha | +34.2% |
| 2004 | 807.2 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 477.5 kg/ha | -40.8% |
| 2006 | 1,083 kg/ha | +126.8% |
| 2007 | 939.2 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2008 | 1,399 kg/ha | +48.9% |
| 2009 | 1,559 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2010 | 1,380 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2011 | 1,496 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2012 | 1,565 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 1,337 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2014 | 1,698 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 2015 | 571.7 kg/ha | -66.3% |
| 2016 | 1,315 kg/ha | +130.1% |
| 2017 | 853.8 kg/ha | -35.1% |
| 2018 | 1,416 kg/ha | +65.9% |
| 2019 | 1,282 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2020 | 1,235 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 1,443 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2022 | 1,123 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 2023 | 1,320 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2024 | 1,250 kg/ha | -5.3% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 1,250 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,753 kg/ha, 45% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 1,250 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,033 kg/ha, 61% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 691.7 kg/ha | 328.5 kg/ha | 941.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 830.33 kg/ha | 540.4 kg/ha | 1,157 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,144 kg/ha | 563.2 kg/ha | 1,458 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 805.59 kg/ha | 610.4 kg/ha | 1,119 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 914.29 kg/ha | 477.5 kg/ha | 1,559 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,292 kg/ha | 571.7 kg/ha | 1,698 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,274 kg/ha | 1,123 kg/ha | 1,443 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mongolia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 30.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0894 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 635.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5968 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2885 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Mongolia?
- Wheat — yield in Mongolia was 1,250 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,698 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 328.5 kg/ha in 1969.
- How does Mongolia rank for wheat — yield?
- Mongolia ranks 112th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.