Yields of key staple crops in Bolivia
Bolivia: Yields of key staple crops was 1.44 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yields of key staple crops in Bolivia, 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
Bolivia recorded 1.44 tonnes per hectare for yields of key staple crops in 2024.
That represents a change of up 13.7% on the previous year and up 35.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yields of key staple crops in Bolivia peaked at 1.72 tonnes per hectare in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.5 tonnes per hectare, in 1962.
Bolivia ranks 105th of 125 countries on this measure, in the bottom 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 | 0.6025 tonnes per hectare | 0.5 tonnes per hectare | 0.873 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.7653 tonnes per hectare | 0.6456 tonnes per hectare | 0.8639 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7153 tonnes per hectare | 0.5992 tonnes per hectare | 0.8079 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8734 tonnes per hectare | 0.648 tonnes per hectare | 1.06 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.05 tonnes per hectare | 0.8492 tonnes per hectare | 1.29 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.22 tonnes per hectare | 0.8848 tonnes per hectare | 1.72 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.47 tonnes per hectare | 1.27 tonnes per hectare | 1.68 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bolivia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.84 billion current US$ (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.8% (2024)
- Rural population 3.58 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 28.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.8% (2024)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.8% (2024)
- Land under cereal production 1.69 million hectares (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yields of key staple crops in Bolivia?
- Yields of key staple crops in Bolivia was 1.44 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 Bolivia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.72 tonnes per hectare in 2015.
- What is the lowest yields of key staple crops recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5 tonnes per hectare in 1962.
- How does Bolivia rank for yields of key staple crops?
- Bolivia ranks 105th out of 125 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yields of key staple crops rising or falling in Bolivia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bolivia 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.