Wheat — Yield in Northern America
Northern America: Wheat — Yield was 3,417 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — yield in Northern America is 3,417 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 6.5% on the previous year and up 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Northern America peaked at 3,554 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1,326 kg/ha, in 1961.
Northern America ranks 12th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Northern America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,326 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,581 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1963 | 1,721 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1964 | 1,595 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1965 | 1,697 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1966 | 1,808 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1967 | 1,597 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1968 | 1,763 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1969 | 1,972 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1970 | 2,020 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 2,153 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1972 | 2,037 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1973 | 1,992 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 1,746 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1975 | 1,994 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1976 | 2,054 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 2,036 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1978 | 2,077 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 2,103 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 2,103 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,233 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1982 | 2,314 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 2,396 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 2,281 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 2,261 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 2,276 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 2,307 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 1,892 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1989 | 2,063 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1990 | 2,529 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 1991 | 2,286 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1992 | 2,473 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1993 | 2,450 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 2,407 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 2,357 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 2,436 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 2,494 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 2,703 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1999 | 2,784 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 2,696 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2001 | 2,436 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2002 | 2,189 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2003 | 2,741 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 2004 | 2,820 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 2,796 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 2,602 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2007 | 2,595 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 2,968 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2009 | 2,925 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 3,024 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 2,947 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 3,037 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 3,324 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2014 | 2,986 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2015 | 2,917 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 3,554 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 2017 | 3,216 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2018 | 3,229 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 3,439 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2020 | 3,420 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 2,774 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 2022 | 3,260 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2023 | 3,207 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 3,417 kg/ha | +6.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,673 kg/ha | 1,326 kg/ha | 1,972 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,021 kg/ha | 1,746 kg/ha | 2,153 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,213 kg/ha | 1,892 kg/ha | 2,396 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,492 kg/ha | 2,286 kg/ha | 2,784 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,677 kg/ha | 2,189 kg/ha | 2,968 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,167 kg/ha | 2,917 kg/ha | 3,554 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,216 kg/ha | 2,774 kg/ha | 3,420 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,441 kg/ha compare
- 9 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 6,971 kg/ha compare
- 10 Egypt 6,778 kg/ha compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 1,376 kg/ha compare
- 11 Belgium 6,625 kg/ha compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,201 kg/ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,125 kg/ha compare
- 12 Saudi Arabia 6,350 kg/ha compare
- 13 Sweden 6,169 kg/ha compare
- 13 Melanesia 673.2 kg/ha compare
- 14 Chile 6,002 kg/ha compare
- 15 France 5,974 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Northern America
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual -0.3573 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -3.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual 0.5317 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 1.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 0.7404 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 7.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass 2.96 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Northern America?
- Wheat — yield in Northern America was 3,417 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 3,554 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,326 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Northern America rank for wheat — yield?
- Northern America ranks 12th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America 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.