Yields of key staple crops in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Yields of key staple crops was 1.42 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yields of key staple crops in Kazakhstan, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
Kazakhstan recorded 1.42 tonnes per hectare for yields of key staple crops in 2024.
That represents a change of up 54.1% on the previous year and up 30.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yields of key staple crops in Kazakhstan peaked at 1.66 tonnes per hectare in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.52 tonnes per hectare, in 1998.
That places Kazakhstan 106th out of 125 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8637 tonnes per hectare | 0.52 tonnes per hectare | 1.33 tonnes per hectare | 8 |
| 2000s | 1.06 tonnes per hectare | 0.8432 tonnes per hectare | 1.3 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.12 tonnes per hectare | 0.7336 tonnes per hectare | 1.66 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.15 tonnes per hectare | 0.9224 tonnes per hectare | 1.42 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Kazakhstan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 11.46 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.7% (2025)
- Rural population 7.84 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 37.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.7% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.7% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 16.06 million hectares (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yields of key staple crops in Kazakhstan?
- Yields of key staple crops in Kazakhstan was 1.42 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 Kazakhstan?
- The highest recorded value was 1.66 tonnes per hectare in 2011.
- What is the lowest yields of key staple crops recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.52 tonnes per hectare in 1998.
- How does Kazakhstan rank for yields of key staple crops?
- Kazakhstan ranks 106th out of 125 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yields of key staple crops rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kazakhstan 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.