Cereal yield in Early-demographic dividend
Early-demographic dividend: Cereal yield was 3,742 kg per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield in Early-demographic dividend, 1961–2024
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in kg per hectare.
Analysis
Early-demographic dividend recorded 3,742 kg per hectare for cereal yield in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield in Early-demographic dividend peaked at 3,759 kg per hectare in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,056 kg per hectare, in 1965.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,123 kg per hectare | 1,056 kg per hectare | 1,225 kg per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,404 kg per hectare | 1,276 kg per hectare | 1,587 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,814 kg per hectare | 1,619 kg per hectare | 2,013 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,270 kg per hectare | 2,074 kg per hectare | 2,483 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,731 kg per hectare | 2,540 kg per hectare | 2,947 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,318 kg per hectare | 3,034 kg per hectare | 3,638 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,725 kg per hectare | 3,656 kg per hectare | 3,759 kg per hectare | 5 |
More agriculture & rural data for Early-demographic dividend
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
- Rural population 52.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 1.88 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.76 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 184.38 million hectares (2024)
- Cereal production 689.95 million metric tons (2024)
- Fertilizer consumption 147.08 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield in Early-demographic dividend?
- Cereal yield in Early-demographic dividend was 3,742 kg per hectare in 2024, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- What is the highest cereal yield recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 3,759 kg per hectare in 2023.
- What is the lowest cereal yield recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,056 kg per hectare in 1965.
- Is cereal yield rising or falling in Early-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Early-demographic dividend data come from?
- The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Cereal yield (kg per hectare). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Cereal yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land, includes wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed, or silage and those used for grazing are excluded. The FAO allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.