Cereal yield in Eritrea
Eritrea: Cereal yield was 638 kg per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in kg per hectare.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 638 kg per hectare for cereal yield in 2024.
The figure is down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield in Eritrea peaked at 959.7 kg per hectare in 1998 and was at its lowest, 158.2 kg per hectare, in 2002.
Eritrea ranks 175th of 181 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 525.19 kg per hectare | 256.6 kg per hectare | 959.7 kg per hectare | 7 |
| 2000s | 495.63 kg per hectare | 158.2 kg per hectare | 938.5 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 638.81 kg per hectare | 511.7 kg per hectare | 689.4 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 638.14 kg per hectare | 637.7 kg per hectare | 638.6 kg per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
- Rural population 2.36 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 14.1% (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 262.24 million current US$ (2009)
- Land under cereal production 478,367 hectares (2024)
- Cereal production 305,210 metric tons (2024)
- Fertilizer consumption 1.87 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
- Land area 121,178 sq. km (2023)
- Agricultural land 75,920 sq. km (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield in Eritrea?
- Cereal yield in Eritrea was 638 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 Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 959.7 kg per hectare in 1998.
- What is the lowest cereal yield recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 158.2 kg per hectare in 2002.
- How does Eritrea rank for cereal yield?
- Eritrea ranks 175th out of 181 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereal yield rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.