Wheat — Yield in Romania
Romania: Wheat — Yield was 4,091 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Romania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — yield in Romania is 4,091 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and up 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Romania peaked at 4,891 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,292 kg/ha, in 1964.
Romania ranks 42nd of 124 countries 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 Romania, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,344 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,332 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 1,322 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1964 | 1,292 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1965 | 1,990 kg/ha | +54.0% |
| 1966 | 1,669 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1967 | 1,998 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1968 | 1,721 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1969 | 1,576 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1970 | 1,446 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1971 | 2,237 kg/ha | +54.7% |
| 1972 | 2,394 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1973 | 2,327 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1974 | 2,089 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1975 | 2,073 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 2,809 kg/ha | +35.5% |
| 1977 | 2,836 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 2,671 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1979 | 2,170 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1980 | 2,791 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1981 | 2,501 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1982 | 2,840 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1983 | 2,216 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1984 | 3,130 kg/ha | +41.3% |
| 1985 | 2,338 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 1986 | 2,511 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1987 | 2,813 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1988 | 3,594 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 1989 | 3,381 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1990 | 3,235 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1991 | 2,541 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 1992 | 2,195 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1993 | 2,329 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1994 | 2,544 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1995 | 3,090 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1996 | 1,764 kg/ha | -42.9% |
| 1997 | 3,010 kg/ha | +70.6% |
| 1998 | 2,596 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1999 | 2,799 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 2,300 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 2001 | 3,045 kg/ha | +32.4% |
| 2002 | 2,058 kg/ha | -32.4% |
| 2003 | 1,757 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2004 | 3,478 kg/ha | +97.9% |
| 2005 | 2,998 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2006 | 2,774 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2007 | 1,610 kg/ha | -42.0% |
| 2008 | 3,422 kg/ha | +112.6% |
| 2009 | 2,430 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 2010 | 2,700 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2011 | 3,665 kg/ha | +35.7% |
| 2012 | 2,659 kg/ha | -27.4% |
| 2013 | 3,479 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 2014 | 3,598 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 3,787 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 3,948 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 4,891 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 2018 | 4,794 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 4,749 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 2,966 kg/ha | -37.5% |
| 2021 | 4,797 kg/ha | +61.7% |
| 2022 | 4,004 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2023 | 4,152 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 4,091 kg/ha | -1.5% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 4,091 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,807 kg/ha, 85% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Romania's 4,091 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4,432 kg/ha, 92% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,583 kg/ha | 1,292 kg/ha | 1,998 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,305 kg/ha | 1,446 kg/ha | 2,836 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,812 kg/ha | 2,216 kg/ha | 3,594 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,610 kg/ha | 1,764 kg/ha | 3,235 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,587 kg/ha | 1,610 kg/ha | 3,478 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,827 kg/ha | 2,659 kg/ha | 4,891 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,002 kg/ha | 2,966 kg/ha | 4,797 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Romania?
- Wheat — yield in Romania was 4,091 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 4,891 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,292 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Romania rank for wheat — yield?
- Romania ranks 42nd out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Romania 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.