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 23rd out of 31 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
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
More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia
- Bananas — Production 1.37 million t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 788,652 An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 172,662 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 31,503 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 66,983 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 110,431 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 19.50 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 291,165 ha (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production 35.84 million t (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Yield 13,182 kg/ha (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 23rd out of 31 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.