Wheat — Yield in Thailand
Thailand: Wheat — Yield was 1,019 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Thailand, 1986–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 1,019 kg/ha for wheat — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Thailand peaked at 1,250 kg/ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 486.1 kg/ha, in 1991.
Thailand ranks 115th of 124 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Thailand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 1,193 kg/ha | — |
| 1987 | 1,250 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 554.6 kg/ha | -55.6% |
| 1989 | 725.4 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 1990 | 610.7 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1991 | 486.1 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1992 | 675.3 kg/ha | +38.9% |
| 1993 | 616.7 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1994 | 700 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1995 | 678.2 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 645.5 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1997 | 685.2 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1998 | 689.4 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 693.1 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 696.9 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 701 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 706.5 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 738.8 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 756.6 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 775.7 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 792.2 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 808.3 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 824.8 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 848.3 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 878.6 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 913.4 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 869.6 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 1,250 kg/ha | +43.7% |
| 2014 | 1,082 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2015 | 1,005 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2016 | 1,036 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 1,072 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 1,031 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 1,021 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 1,023 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,010 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 1,026 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 1,023 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 1,019 kg/ha | -0.4% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 1,019 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,753 kg/ha, 37% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 1,019 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,033 kg/ha, 50% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Yield in Thailand changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | -55.6% | 1,250 kg/ha | 554.6 kg/ha |
| 2013 | +43.7% | 869.6 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha |
| 1992 | +38.9% | 486.1 kg/ha | 675.3 kg/ha |
| 1989 | +30.8% | 554.6 kg/ha | 725.4 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 930.8 kg/ha | 554.6 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha | 4 |
| 1990s | 648.02 kg/ha | 486.1 kg/ha | 700 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 764.91 kg/ha | 696.9 kg/ha | 848.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,016 kg/ha | 869.6 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,020 kg/ha | 1,010 kg/ha | 1,026 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Thailand?
- Wheat — yield in Thailand was 1,019 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 1,250 kg/ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 486.1 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Thailand rank for wheat — yield?
- Thailand ranks 115th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand 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.