Yields of key staple crops in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan: Yields of key staple crops was 1.63 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▼ Falling
Yields of key staple crops in Turkmenistan, 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
Turkmenistan recorded 1.63 tonnes per hectare for yields of key staple crops in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yields of key staple crops in Turkmenistan peaked at 3.52 tonnes per hectare in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.7759 tonnes per hectare, in 1996.
Turkmenistan ranks 100th of 125 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.9 tonnes per hectare | 0.7759 tonnes per hectare | 2.58 tonnes per hectare | 8 |
| 2000s | 2.49 tonnes per hectare | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | 3.52 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.68 tonnes per hectare | 1.36 tonnes per hectare | 2.17 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.83 tonnes per hectare | 1.63 tonnes per hectare | 2.14 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Turkmenistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.16 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 12.4% (2025)
- Rural population 4.03 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.6% (2025)
- Rural population 52.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 12.4% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 12.4% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 800,694 hectares (2023)
- Cereal production 1.47 million metric tons (2023)
- Cereal yield 1,834 kg per hectare (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yields of key staple crops in Turkmenistan?
- Yields of key staple crops in Turkmenistan was 1.63 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 Turkmenistan?
- The highest recorded value was 3.52 tonnes per hectare in 2006.
- What is the lowest yields of key staple crops recorded in Turkmenistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7759 tonnes per hectare in 1996.
- How does Turkmenistan rank for yields of key staple crops?
- Turkmenistan ranks 100th out of 125 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yields of key staple crops rising or falling in Turkmenistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Turkmenistan 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.