Cereal yield in High income
High income: Cereal yield was 6,563 kg per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield in High income, 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 High income is 6,563 kg per hectare, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 21.7% on the previous year and up 28.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield in High income peaked at 6,563 kg per hectare in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,120 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 | 2,483 kg per hectare | 2,120 kg per hectare | 2,818 kg per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,131 kg per hectare | 2,724 kg per hectare | 3,531 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,667 kg per hectare | 3,233 kg per hectare | 3,913 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,752 kg per hectare | 3,251 kg per hectare | 4,088 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,227 kg per hectare | 3,867 kg per hectare | 4,645 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,958 kg per hectare | 4,262 kg per hectare | 5,375 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,561 kg per hectare | 5,222 kg per hectare | 6,563 kg per hectare | 5 |
More agriculture & rural data for High income
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
- Rural population 19.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 281.21 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.3% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 904.10 billion current US$ (2024)
- Land under cereal production 95.62 million hectares (2024)
- Cereal production 627.53 million metric tons (2024)
- Fertilizer consumption 104.48 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield in High income?
- Cereal yield in High income was 6,563 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 High income?
- The highest recorded value was 6,563 kg per hectare in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereal yield recorded in High income?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,120 kg per hectare in 1961.
- Is cereal yield rising or falling in High income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this High income 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.