Cereal yield in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Cereal yield was 3,176 kg per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield in Low & middle 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 Low & middle income is 3,176 kg per hectare, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 17.0% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield in Low & middle income peaked at 3,828 kg per hectare in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,097 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 | 1,255 kg per hectare | 1,097 kg per hectare | 1,362 kg per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,616 kg per hectare | 1,460 kg per hectare | 1,822 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,131 kg per hectare | 1,865 kg per hectare | 2,312 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,519 kg per hectare | 2,398 kg per hectare | 2,726 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,882 kg per hectare | 2,668 kg per hectare | 3,126 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,472 kg per hectare | 3,159 kg per hectare | 3,743 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,657 kg per hectare | 3,176 kg per hectare | 3,828 kg per hectare | 5 |
More agriculture & rural data for Low & middle income
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
- Rural population 46.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 3.18 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.77 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 320.08 million hectares (2024)
- Cereal production 1.02 billion metric tons (2024)
- Fertilizer consumption 154.34 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield in Low & middle income?
- Cereal yield in Low & middle income was 3,176 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 Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 3,828 kg per hectare in 2023.
- What is the lowest cereal yield recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,097 kg per hectare in 1961.
- Is cereal yield rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low & middle 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.