Cereal yield in Middle income
Middle income: Cereal yield was 3,613 kg per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield in 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
Middle income recorded 3,613 kg per hectare for cereal yield in 2024.
The figure is down 14.0% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield in Middle income peaked at 4,199 kg per hectare in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,117 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 | 1,284 kg per hectare | 1,117 kg per hectare | 1,395 kg per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,672 kg per hectare | 1,510 kg per hectare | 1,892 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,240 kg per hectare | 1,933 kg per hectare | 2,457 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,687 kg per hectare | 2,548 kg per hectare | 2,922 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,112 kg per hectare | 2,859 kg per hectare | 3,405 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,790 kg per hectare | 3,442 kg per hectare | 4,098 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,033 kg per hectare | 3,613 kg per hectare | 4,199 kg per hectare | 5 |
More agriculture & rural data for Middle income
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
- Rural population 44.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.0% (2025)
- Rural population 2.69 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.60 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 258.43 million hectares (2024)
- Cereal production 933.63 million metric tons (2024)
- Fertilizer consumption 178.98 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield in Middle income?
- Cereal yield in Middle income was 3,613 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 Middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 4,199 kg per hectare in 2023.
- What is the lowest cereal yield recorded in Middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,117 kg per hectare in 1961.
- Is cereal yield rising or falling in Middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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.