Wheat — Yield in North Macedonia
North Macedonia: Wheat — Yield was 3,411 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in North Macedonia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — yield in North Macedonia stood at 3,411 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.2% on the previous year and down 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in North Macedonia peaked at 3,838 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2,130 kg/ha, in 2001.
North Macedonia ranks 55th 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 North Macedonia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2,675 kg/ha | — |
| 1993 | 2,135 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1994 | 2,754 kg/ha | +29.0% |
| 1995 | 2,930 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1996 | 2,292 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1997 | 2,548 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1998 | 2,962 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1999 | 2,803 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2000 | 2,472 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2001 | 2,130 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2002 | 2,647 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 2003 | 2,176 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 2004 | 3,522 kg/ha | +61.8% |
| 2005 | 3,081 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2006 | 3,010 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 2,402 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 2008 | 3,410 kg/ha | +42.0% |
| 2009 | 3,076 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2010 | 3,044 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 3,346 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2012 | 2,696 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 2013 | 3,198 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 2014 | 3,755 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2015 | 2,754 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 2016 | 3,838 kg/ha | +39.4% |
| 2017 | 2,746 kg/ha | -28.5% |
| 2018 | 3,396 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 2019 | 3,485 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 3,527 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 3,463 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 3,204 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2023 | 3,095 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 3,411 kg/ha | +10.2% |
North Macedonia compared with similar countries
- North Macedonia's 3,411 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,753 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- North Macedonia's 3,411 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4,432 kg/ha, 77% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,638 kg/ha | 2,135 kg/ha | 2,962 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 2,793 kg/ha | 2,130 kg/ha | 3,522 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,226 kg/ha | 2,696 kg/ha | 3,838 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,340 kg/ha | 3,095 kg/ha | 3,527 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near North Macedonia
More agriculture & rural data for North Macedonia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0598 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 626.97 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3711 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in North Macedonia?
- Wheat — yield in North Macedonia was 3,411 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in North Macedonia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,838 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in North Macedonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,130 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does North Macedonia rank for wheat — yield?
- North Macedonia ranks 55th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in North Macedonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this North Macedonia 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.