Cereal yield in OECD members
OECD members: Cereal yield was 6,225 kg per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield in OECD members, 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 OECD members is 6,225 kg per hectare, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.3% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield in OECD members peaked at 6,225 kg per hectare in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,021 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 | 2,357 kg per hectare | 2,021 kg per hectare | 2,669 kg per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,962 kg per hectare | 2,569 kg per hectare | 3,367 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,485 kg per hectare | 3,073 kg per hectare | 3,724 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,048 kg per hectare | 3,701 kg per hectare | 4,377 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,616 kg per hectare | 4,207 kg per hectare | 5,091 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,401 kg per hectare | 4,709 kg per hectare | 5,888 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,844 kg per hectare | 5,701 kg per hectare | 6,225 kg per hectare | 5 |
More agriculture & rural data for OECD members
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
- Rural population 18.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 262.00 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.4% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 977.64 billion current US$ (2024)
- Land under cereal production 107.04 million hectares (2024)
- Cereal production 666.29 million metric tons (2024)
- Fertilizer consumption 132.27 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield in OECD members?
- Cereal yield in OECD members was 6,225 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 OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 6,225 kg per hectare in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereal yield recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,021 kg per hectare in 1961.
- Is cereal yield rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this OECD members 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.