Yields of key staple crops in Austria
Austria: Yields of key staple crops was 5.75 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yields of key staple crops in Austria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
Austria recorded 5.75 tonnes per hectare for yields of key staple crops in 2024.
That represents a change of down 7.1% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yields of key staple crops in Austria peaked at 6.25 tonnes per hectare in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2.4 tonnes per hectare, in 1965.
Austria ranks 19th of 125 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.85 tonnes per hectare | 2.4 tonnes per hectare | 3.42 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.61 tonnes per hectare | 2.94 tonnes per hectare | 4.26 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.58 tonnes per hectare | 3.74 tonnes per hectare | 5.34 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.08 tonnes per hectare | 4.22 tonnes per hectare | 5.43 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.03 tonnes per hectare | 4.38 tonnes per hectare | 5.92 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.35 tonnes per hectare | 4.14 tonnes per hectare | 6.25 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.84 tonnes per hectare | 5.53 tonnes per hectare | 6.19 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Austria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.28 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.3% (2025)
- Rural population 2.79 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 30.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 726,060 hectares (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yields of key staple crops in Austria?
- Yields of key staple crops in Austria was 5.75 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest yields of key staple crops recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 6.25 tonnes per hectare in 2016.
- What is the lowest yields of key staple crops recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.4 tonnes per hectare in 1965.
- How does Austria rank for yields of key staple crops?
- Austria ranks 19th out of 125 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yields of key staple crops rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Yields of key staple crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.