Cereal yield in IDA & IBRD total
IDA & IBRD total: Cereal yield was 3,183 kg per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield in IDA & IBRD total, 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 IDA & IBRD total is 3,183 kg per hectare, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.4% on the previous year and down 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield in IDA & IBRD total peaked at 3,806 kg per hectare in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,121 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 | 1,278 kg per hectare | 1,121 kg per hectare | 1,390 kg per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,650 kg per hectare | 1,479 kg per hectare | 1,849 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,161 kg per hectare | 1,894 kg per hectare | 2,346 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,460 kg per hectare | 2,339 kg per hectare | 2,650 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,821 kg per hectare | 2,577 kg per hectare | 3,080 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,418 kg per hectare | 3,101 kg per hectare | 3,695 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,638 kg per hectare | 3,183 kg per hectare | 3,806 kg per hectare | 5 |
More agriculture & rural data for IDA & IBRD total
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2024)
- Rural population 46.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 3.24 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.91 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 320.06 million hectares (2024)
- Cereal production 1.02 billion metric tons (2024)
- Fertilizer consumption 140.39 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield in IDA & IBRD total?
- Cereal yield in IDA & IBRD total was 3,183 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 IDA & IBRD total?
- The highest recorded value was 3,806 kg per hectare in 2023.
- What is the lowest cereal yield recorded in IDA & IBRD total?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,121 kg per hectare in 1961.
- Is cereal yield rising or falling in IDA & IBRD total?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA & IBRD total 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.