Cereal yield in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC): Cereal yield was 1,326 kg per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), 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 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) is 1,326 kg per hectare, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.6% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) peaked at 1,516 kg per hectare in 2022 and was at its lowest, 793.64 kg per hectare, in 1963.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 814.98 kg per hectare | 793.64 kg per hectare | 857.01 kg per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 874.47 kg per hectare | 819.86 kg per hectare | 928.83 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 922.77 kg per hectare | 875.02 kg per hectare | 955.64 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 924.22 kg per hectare | 829.16 kg per hectare | 1,002 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,072 kg per hectare | 958.65 kg per hectare | 1,238 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,358 kg per hectare | 1,212 kg per hectare | 1,467 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,469 kg per hectare | 1,326 kg per hectare | 1,516 kg per hectare | 5 |
More agriculture & rural data for Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.8% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
- Rural population 61.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.8% (2025)
- Rural population 595.18 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 272.81 billion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 67.97 million hectares (2024)
- Cereal production 90.14 million metric tons (2024)
- Fertilizer consumption 18.49 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- Cereal yield in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 1,326 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 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The highest recorded value was 1,516 kg per hectare in 2022.
- What is the lowest cereal yield recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The lowest recorded value was 793.64 kg per hectare in 1963.
- Is cereal yield rising or falling in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 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.