Wheat — Yield in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Wheat — Yield was 3,887 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — yield in Southern Europe is 3,887 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 19.8% on the previous year and up 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Southern Europe peaked at 4,270 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,396 kg/ha, in 1961.
Southern Europe ranks 7th of 26 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,396 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,563 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1963 | 1,514 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1964 | 1,489 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1965 | 1,698 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1966 | 1,769 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 1,915 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1968 | 1,805 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1969 | 1,824 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 1,770 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1971 | 2,163 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1972 | 1,964 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1973 | 2,030 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 2,283 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1975 | 2,264 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 2,380 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1977 | 2,159 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1978 | 2,402 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1979 | 2,303 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1980 | 2,633 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1981 | 2,280 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1982 | 2,468 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1983 | 2,373 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1984 | 2,991 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 1985 | 2,756 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1986 | 2,710 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 2,918 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1988 | 3,000 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 2,745 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1990 | 2,873 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1991 | 3,233 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1992 | 2,751 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1993 | 2,966 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1994 | 2,959 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 2,601 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1996 | 2,955 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1997 | 2,683 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1998 | 3,182 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1999 | 2,676 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2000 | 3,060 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2001 | 2,674 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2002 | 2,937 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2003 | 2,618 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2004 | 3,416 kg/ha | +30.5% |
| 2005 | 2,738 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 2006 | 3,199 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2007 | 3,318 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 3,577 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2009 | 3,220 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2010 | 3,283 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 3,600 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2012 | 3,274 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2013 | 3,712 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2014 | 3,395 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2015 | 3,474 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 3,896 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2017 | 3,228 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2018 | 3,966 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 2019 | 3,613 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2020 | 4,180 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2021 | 4,270 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 3,591 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2023 | 3,244 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2024 | 3,887 kg/ha | +19.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,664 kg/ha | 1,396 kg/ha | 1,915 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,172 kg/ha | 1,770 kg/ha | 2,402 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,687 kg/ha | 2,280 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,888 kg/ha | 2,601 kg/ha | 3,233 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,076 kg/ha | 2,618 kg/ha | 3,577 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,544 kg/ha | 3,228 kg/ha | 3,966 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,834 kg/ha | 3,244 kg/ha | 4,270 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 4 Türkiye 3,004 kg/ha compare
- 4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7,281 kg/ha compare
- 5 Zambia 7,090 kg/ha compare
- 6 Germany 7,084 kg/ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,592 kg/ha compare
- 7 Namibia 7,066 kg/ha compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 1,905 kg/ha compare
- 8 Denmark 7,040 kg/ha compare
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Southern Europe?
- Wheat — yield in Southern Europe was 3,887 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 4,270 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,396 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Europe rank for wheat — yield?
- Southern Europe ranks 7th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.