Wheat — Yield in Morocco
Morocco: Wheat — Yield was 1,388 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — yield in Morocco is 1,388 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.7% on the previous year and down 19.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Morocco peaked at 2,634 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 452.8 kg/ha, in 1961.
Morocco ranks 108th 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 Morocco, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 452.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,027 kg/ha | +126.9% |
| 1963 | 872.7 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1964 | 941.2 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1965 | 951.8 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 610.1 kg/ha | -35.9% |
| 1967 | 739.9 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 1968 | 1,321 kg/ha | +78.6% |
| 1969 | 749.9 kg/ha | -43.2% |
| 1970 | 951.6 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 1971 | 1,091 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1972 | 1,081 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 771.8 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1974 | 966.6 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 1975 | 931.2 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1976 | 1,139 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1977 | 634.5 kg/ha | -44.3% |
| 1978 | 1,070 kg/ha | +68.7% |
| 1979 | 1,084 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 1,056 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1981 | 541.6 kg/ha | -48.7% |
| 1982 | 1,295 kg/ha | +139.1% |
| 1983 | 997.1 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1984 | 1,072 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1985 | 1,245 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1986 | 1,714 kg/ha | +37.7% |
| 1987 | 1,061 kg/ha | -38.1% |
| 1988 | 1,735 kg/ha | +63.6% |
| 1989 | 1,493 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1990 | 1,329 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1991 | 1,870 kg/ha | +40.7% |
| 1992 | 701.1 kg/ha | -62.5% |
| 1993 | 680.8 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 1,811 kg/ha | +166.0% |
| 1995 | 554.3 kg/ha | -69.4% |
| 1996 | 1,842 kg/ha | +232.2% |
| 1997 | 929.2 kg/ha | -49.5% |
| 1998 | 1,418 kg/ha | +52.6% |
| 1999 | 800.4 kg/ha | -43.6% |
| 2000 | 475.8 kg/ha | -40.6% |
| 2001 | 1,228 kg/ha | +158.1% |
| 2002 | 1,279 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 1,722 kg/ha | +34.6% |
| 2004 | 1,808 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 1,026 kg/ha | -43.3% |
| 2006 | 2,036 kg/ha | +98.5% |
| 2007 | 615.4 kg/ha | -69.8% |
| 2008 | 1,319 kg/ha | +114.3% |
| 2009 | 2,140 kg/ha | +62.2% |
| 2010 | 1,710 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 2011 | 1,949 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2012 | 1,234 kg/ha | -36.7% |
| 2013 | 2,164 kg/ha | +75.3% |
| 2014 | 1,713 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 2015 | 2,466 kg/ha | +44.0% |
| 2016 | 1,132 kg/ha | -54.1% |
| 2017 | 2,095 kg/ha | +85.2% |
| 2018 | 2,575 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 2019 | 1,606 kg/ha | -37.6% |
| 2020 | 900.4 kg/ha | -43.9% |
| 2021 | 2,634 kg/ha | +192.5% |
| 2022 | 1,111 kg/ha | -57.8% |
| 2023 | 1,708 kg/ha | +53.7% |
| 2024 | 1,388 kg/ha | -18.7% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 1,388 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,768 kg/ha, 50% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 1,388 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,571 kg/ha, 54% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 851.91 kg/ha | 452.8 kg/ha | 1,321 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 972.13 kg/ha | 634.5 kg/ha | 1,139 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,221 kg/ha | 541.6 kg/ha | 1,735 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,194 kg/ha | 554.3 kg/ha | 1,870 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,365 kg/ha | 475.8 kg/ha | 2,140 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,864 kg/ha | 1,132 kg/ha | 2,575 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,548 kg/ha | 900.4 kg/ha | 2,634 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Morocco?
- Wheat — yield in Morocco was 1,388 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 2,634 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 452.8 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Morocco rank for wheat — yield?
- Morocco ranks 108th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.