Wheat — Yield in Pakistan
Pakistan: Wheat — Yield was 3,268 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Pakistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Pakistan recorded 3,268 kg/ha for wheat — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.8% on the previous year and up 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Pakistan peaked at 3,268 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 759.7 kg/ha, in 1966.
That places Pakistan 59th out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 822.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 817.8 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 830.3 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 829.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 863.1 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1966 | 759.7 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1967 | 811 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1968 | 1,073 kg/ha | +32.3% |
| 1969 | 1,074 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 1,171 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1971 | 1,083 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1972 | 1,189 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1973 | 1,246 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1974 | 1,248 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 1,320 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1976 | 1,422 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1977 | 1,431 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 1,316 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1979 | 1,488 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1980 | 1,568 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1981 | 1,643 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1982 | 1,565 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1983 | 1,678 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1984 | 1,482 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1985 | 1,612 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1986 | 1,881 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1987 | 1,559 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1988 | 1,734 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1989 | 1,866 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1990 | 1,825 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 1,841 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 1,991 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1993 | 1,947 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 1,894 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 2,081 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1996 | 2,018 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 2,053 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 2,238 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1999 | 2,170 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2000 | 2,491 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2001 | 2,325 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2002 | 2,262 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 2,388 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2004 | 2,373 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 2,586 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2006 | 2,519 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 2,716 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2008 | 2,451 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2009 | 2,657 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 2,553 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 2,833 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2012 | 2,714 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 2,796 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 2,824 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 2,726 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 2,779 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 2,973 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2018 | 2,850 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 2,806 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 2,868 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 2,996 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 2,920 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 3,118 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2024 | 3,268 kg/ha | +4.8% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 3,268 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,768 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 3,268 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,571 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 875.6 kg/ha | 759.7 kg/ha | 1,074 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,291 kg/ha | 1,083 kg/ha | 1,488 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,659 kg/ha | 1,482 kg/ha | 1,881 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,006 kg/ha | 1,825 kg/ha | 2,238 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,477 kg/ha | 2,262 kg/ha | 2,716 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,785 kg/ha | 2,553 kg/ha | 2,973 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,034 kg/ha | 2,868 kg/ha | 3,268 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Pakistan?
- Wheat — yield in Pakistan was 3,268 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 3,268 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 759.7 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Pakistan rank for wheat — yield?
- Pakistan ranks 59th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.