Wheat — Yield in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Wheat — Yield was 7,281 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — yield in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is 7,281 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 10.4% on the previous year and down 15.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 8,976 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 3,537 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4th out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,537 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,353 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1963 | 3,905 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1964 | 4,248 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1965 | 4,065 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1966 | 3,836 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1967 | 4,183 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1968 | 3,547 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1969 | 4,038 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1970 | 4,194 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1971 | 4,389 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1972 | 4,241 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1973 | 4,365 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 4,971 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1975 | 4,334 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1976 | 3,850 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1977 | 4,901 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 1978 | 5,253 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1979 | 5,229 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 5,878 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1981 | 5,842 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 6,206 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1983 | 6,372 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 7,720 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1985 | 6,333 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1986 | 6,966 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1987 | 5,988 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1988 | 6,214 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 6,737 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1990 | 6,971 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 7,252 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 6,819 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1993 | 7,328 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1994 | 7,352 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 7,699 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1996 | 8,132 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 7,378 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1998 | 7,554 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 8,050 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2000 | 8,008 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 7,083 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2002 | 8,003 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2003 | 7,780 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 7,775 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 7,961 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 8,036 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 7,224 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2008 | 8,281 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2009 | 7,928 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 7,675 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 7,747 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 6,657 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2013 | 7,384 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2014 | 8,579 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2015 | 8,976 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 7,890 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2017 | 8,280 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 7,755 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 8,934 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2020 | 6,963 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 2021 | 7,814 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2022 | 8,590 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2023 | 8,128 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2024 | 7,281 kg/ha | -10.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,968 kg/ha | 3,537 kg/ha | 4,353 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,573 kg/ha | 3,850 kg/ha | 5,253 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,426 kg/ha | 5,842 kg/ha | 7,720 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,453 kg/ha | 6,819 kg/ha | 8,132 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,808 kg/ha | 7,083 kg/ha | 8,281 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,988 kg/ha | 6,657 kg/ha | 8,976 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,755 kg/ha | 6,963 kg/ha | 8,590 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- 1 New Zealand 10,014 kg/ha compare
- 2 Ireland 8,140 kg/ha compare
- 2 Republic of Moldova 3,244 kg/ha compare
- 3 Belgium-Luxembourg 8,096 kg/ha compare
- 3 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,078 kg/ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 3,004 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Wheat — yield in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 7,281 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 8,976 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,537 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for wheat — yield?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 4th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.