Wheat — Yield in Western Asia
Western Asia: Wheat — Yield was 2,835 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Western Asia recorded 2,835 kg/ha for wheat — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.9% on the previous year and up 20.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Western Asia peaked at 3,043 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 849.9 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Western Asia 21st out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 849.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,015 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1963 | 1,125 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1964 | 969.9 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1965 | 1,017 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1966 | 1,080 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1967 | 1,136 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1968 | 1,088 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1969 | 1,150 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1970 | 1,038 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1971 | 1,374 kg/ha | +32.4% |
| 1972 | 1,394 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 1,050 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 1974 | 1,186 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1975 | 1,389 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1976 | 1,574 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1977 | 1,573 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,550 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1979 | 1,628 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 1,675 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 1,701 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 1,753 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 1,645 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1984 | 1,820 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1985 | 1,746 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1986 | 1,974 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1987 | 2,004 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 2,178 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1989 | 1,790 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1990 | 2,112 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1991 | 2,057 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1992 | 2,047 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 2,091 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 1,828 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1995 | 1,938 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 1,960 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 1,891 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 2,139 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1999 | 1,857 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2000 | 2,102 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2001 | 2,164 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 2,243 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 2,203 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 2,293 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 2,200 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 2,400 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2007 | 2,241 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2008 | 2,254 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 2,549 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2010 | 2,341 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2011 | 2,622 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2012 | 2,612 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 2,709 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 2,361 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2015 | 2,858 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 2016 | 2,674 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2017 | 2,698 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 2,600 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 2,754 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2020 | 2,872 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 2,496 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2022 | 2,803 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2023 | 3,043 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2024 | 2,835 kg/ha | -6.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,048 kg/ha | 849.9 kg/ha | 1,150 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,376 kg/ha | 1,038 kg/ha | 1,628 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,828 kg/ha | 1,645 kg/ha | 2,178 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,992 kg/ha | 1,828 kg/ha | 2,139 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,265 kg/ha | 2,102 kg/ha | 2,549 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,623 kg/ha | 2,341 kg/ha | 2,858 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,810 kg/ha | 2,496 kg/ha | 3,043 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
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- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 10.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -9.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -9.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 4.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 1.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Western Asia?
- Wheat — yield in Western Asia was 2,835 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,043 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 849.9 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Western Asia rank for wheat — yield?
- Western Asia ranks 21st out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.