Cereal yield in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Cereal yield was 3,366 kg per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield in Lower 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
Lower middle income recorded 3,366 kg per hectare for cereal yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield in Lower middle income peaked at 3,366 kg per hectare in 2024 and was at its lowest, 939.05 kg per hectare, in 1966.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,032 kg per hectare | 939.05 kg per hectare | 1,117 kg per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,253 kg per hectare | 1,164 kg per hectare | 1,399 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,609 kg per hectare | 1,430 kg per hectare | 1,858 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,985 kg per hectare | 1,840 kg per hectare | 2,209 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,376 kg per hectare | 2,203 kg per hectare | 2,578 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,828 kg per hectare | 2,615 kg per hectare | 3,060 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,211 kg per hectare | 3,071 kg per hectare | 3,366 kg per hectare | 5 |
More agriculture & rural data for Lower middle income
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2024)
- Rural population 58.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 1.71 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 17.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.30 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 161.35 million hectares (2024)
- Cereal production 543.12 million metric tons (2024)
- Fertilizer consumption 130.84 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield in Lower middle income?
- Cereal yield in Lower middle income was 3,366 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 Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 3,366 kg per hectare in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereal yield recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 939.05 kg per hectare in 1966.
- Is cereal yield rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lower 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.