Wheat — Yield in Western Europe
Western Europe: Wheat — Yield was 6,342 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Western 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 Western Europe is 6,342 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.8% on the previous year and down 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Western Europe peaked at 7,880 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2,608 kg/ha, in 1961.
Western Europe ranks 1st of 31 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,291 kg/ha | 2,608 kg/ha | 3,849 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,291 kg/ha | 3,540 kg/ha | 4,978 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,613 kg/ha | 4,959 kg/ha | 6,274 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,780 kg/ha | 6,257 kg/ha | 7,403 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,097 kg/ha | 6,354 kg/ha | 7,767 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,207 kg/ha | 6,174 kg/ha | 7,880 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,998 kg/ha | 6,342 kg/ha | 7,272 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 1 New Zealand 10,014 kg/ha compare
- 2 Ireland 8,140 kg/ha compare
- 3 Belgium-Luxembourg 8,096 kg/ha compare
- 4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7,281 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Europe
- Bananas — Area harvested 11,010 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 1,412 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 2.01 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 219,568 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 9,144 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 210,920 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 52.45 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 3,406 t (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks 11.91 million An (2024)
- Cabbages — Production 1.38 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Western Europe?
- Wheat — yield in Western Europe was 6,342 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 7,880 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,608 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Western Europe rank for wheat — yield?
- Western Europe ranks 1st out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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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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.