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 126 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Yields of key staple crops in Turkmenistan, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1.91 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 1993 | 1.96 tonnes per hectare | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 2.58 tonnes per hectare | +31.6% |
| 1995 | 1.59 tonnes per hectare | -38.3% |
| 1996 | 0.7759 tonnes per hectare | -51.2% |
| 1997 | 1.43 tonnes per hectare | +83.7% |
| 1998 | 2.49 tonnes per hectare | +74.7% |
| 1999 | 2.51 tonnes per hectare | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 2.41 tonnes per hectare | -3.8% |
| 2001 | 2.51 tonnes per hectare | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 3.19 tonnes per hectare | +26.7% |
| 2003 | 2.93 tonnes per hectare | -8.2% |
| 2004 | 3.17 tonnes per hectare | +8.4% |
| 2005 | 3.15 tonnes per hectare | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 3.52 tonnes per hectare | +11.9% |
| 2007 | 1.3 tonnes per hectare | -63.1% |
| 2008 | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | -15.4% |
| 2009 | 1.6 tonnes per hectare | +45.5% |
| 2010 | 1.7 tonnes per hectare | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 1.36 tonnes per hectare | -19.9% |
| 2012 | 1.45 tonnes per hectare | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 1.57 tonnes per hectare | +8.2% |
| 2014 | 1.64 tonnes per hectare | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 1.81 tonnes per hectare | +10.3% |
| 2016 | 1.83 tonnes per hectare | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 1.8 tonnes per hectare | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 1.43 tonnes per hectare | -20.6% |
| 2019 | 2.17 tonnes per hectare | +52.3% |
| 2020 | 2.14 tonnes per hectare | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 2.01 tonnes per hectare | -6.3% |
| 2022 | 1.72 tonnes per hectare | -14.4% |
| 2023 | 1.66 tonnes per hectare | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 1.63 tonnes per hectare | -1.6% |
Turkmenistan compared with similar countries
- Turkmenistan's 1.63 tonnes per hectare is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.8 tonnes per hectare, 58% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Turkmenistan's 1.63 tonnes per hectare is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4.3 tonnes per hectare, 38% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yields of key staple crops in Turkmenistan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +83.7% | 0.7759 tonnes per hectare | 1.43 tonnes per hectare |
| 1998 | +74.7% | 1.43 tonnes per hectare | 2.49 tonnes per hectare |
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 |
Countries ranked near Turkmenistan
More agriculture & rural data for Turkmenistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1236 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 808.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5289 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 12.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 12.4% (2025)
- Rural population 52.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.6% (2025)
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 126 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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Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.