Cereal yield in Euro area
Euro area: Cereal yield was 5,368 kg per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield in Euro area, 1961–2024
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in kg per hectare.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereal yield in Euro area is 5,368 kg per hectare, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.2% on the previous year and down 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield in Euro area peaked at 6,037 kg per hectare in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,938 kg per hectare, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,384 kg per hectare | 1,938 kg per hectare | 2,746 kg per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,175 kg per hectare | 2,654 kg per hectare | 3,582 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,072 kg per hectare | 3,554 kg per hectare | 4,460 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,715 kg per hectare | 4,301 kg per hectare | 5,145 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,276 kg per hectare | 4,668 kg per hectare | 5,773 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,679 kg per hectare | 5,434 kg per hectare | 6,037 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,639 kg per hectare | 5,368 kg per hectare | 5,937 kg per hectare | 5 |
More agriculture & rural data for Euro area
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 22.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 80.79 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 278.51 billion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 16.86 million hectares (2024)
- Cereal production 90.52 million metric tons (2024)
- Fertilizer consumption 130.16 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield in Euro area?
- Cereal yield in Euro area was 5,368 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 Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 6,037 kg per hectare in 2014.
- What is the lowest cereal yield recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,938 kg per hectare in 1961.
- Is cereal yield rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Euro area 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.