Cereal yield in Italy
Italy: Cereal yield was 5,059 kg per hectare in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield in Italy, 1961–2023
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in kg per hectare.
Analysis
In 2023, cereal yield in Italy stood at 5,059 kg per hectare.
The figure is up 6.5% on the previous year and down 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield in Italy peaked at 5,718 kg per hectare in 2014 and was at its lowest, 2,115 kg per hectare, in 1963.
Italy ranks 43rd of 181 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,377 kg per hectare | 2,115 kg per hectare | 2,676 kg per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,136 kg per hectare | 2,755 kg per hectare | 3,438 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,727 kg per hectare | 3,521 kg per hectare | 3,927 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,703 kg per hectare | 3,945 kg per hectare | 5,078 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,082 kg per hectare | 4,307 kg per hectare | 5,444 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,416 kg per hectare | 5,175 kg per hectare | 5,718 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,250 kg per hectare | 4,750 kg per hectare | 5,626 kg per hectare | 4 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
- Rural population 30.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 17.86 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 52.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 3.05 million hectares (2023)
- Cereal production 15.45 million metric tons (2023)
- Fertilizer consumption 114.11 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield in Italy?
- Cereal yield in Italy was 5,059 kg per hectare in 2023, 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 5,718 kg per hectare in 2014.
- What is the lowest cereal yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,115 kg per hectare in 1963.
- How does Italy rank for cereal yield?
- Italy ranks 43rd out of 181 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereal yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.