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 26 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,608 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,209 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1963 | 2,942 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1964 | 3,300 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1965 | 3,271 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 2,971 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1967 | 3,786 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 1968 | 3,849 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 3,686 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1970 | 3,540 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1971 | 4,072 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1972 | 4,323 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1973 | 4,436 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 4,624 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1975 | 4,023 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1976 | 3,900 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1977 | 4,259 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1978 | 4,978 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1979 | 4,753 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1980 | 5,014 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1981 | 4,959 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 5,249 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 5,164 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 6,274 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1985 | 5,916 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1986 | 5,662 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1987 | 5,598 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 6,169 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1989 | 6,128 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 6,369 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 6,658 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 6,257 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1993 | 6,484 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 6,679 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 6,627 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 7,192 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1997 | 6,840 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 7,403 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1999 | 7,288 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 7,109 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 7,046 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 7,188 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 6,354 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2004 | 7,767 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2005 | 7,131 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2006 | 6,890 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 6,490 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2008 | 7,444 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2009 | 7,550 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 7,091 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2011 | 6,804 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 7,149 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 7,495 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 7,813 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 7,880 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 6,174 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 2017 | 7,352 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 2018 | 6,717 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2019 | 7,598 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2020 | 7,129 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 7,023 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 7,222 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 7,272 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 6,342 kg/ha | -12.8% |
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
- 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
- 4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7,281 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Europe
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -3.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -14.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.5427 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -0.0607 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 17.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 4.62 % change on previous year (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 26 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.