Cereal yield in North America
North America: Cereal yield was 8,414 kg per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield in North America, 1961–2024
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in kg per hectare.
Analysis
In 2024, cereal yield in North America stood at 8,414 kg per hectare. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.4% on the previous year and up 22.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield in North America peaked at 8,414 kg per hectare in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,203 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 | 2,649 kg per hectare | 2,203 kg per hectare | 3,109 kg per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,331 kg per hectare | 2,734 kg per hectare | 3,934 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,778 kg per hectare | 3,179 kg per hectare | 4,180 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,533 kg per hectare | 3,896 kg per hectare | 5,126 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,595 kg per hectare | 4,847 kg per hectare | 6,416 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,765 kg per hectare | 5,422 kg per hectare | 7,774 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,431 kg per hectare | 7,112 kg per hectare | 8,414 kg per hectare | 5 |
More agriculture & rural data for North America
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Rural population 19.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 74.83 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.0% (2021)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 256.06 billion current US$ (2021)
- Land under cereal production 54.08 million hectares (2024)
- Cereal production 454.99 million metric tons (2024)
- Fertilizer consumption 128.81 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield in North America?
- Cereal yield in North America was 8,414 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 North America?
- The highest recorded value was 8,414 kg per hectare in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereal yield recorded in North America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,203 kg per hectare in 1961.
- Is cereal yield rising or falling in North America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this North America 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.