Cereal yield in Pakistan
Pakistan: Cereal yield was 3,634 kg per hectare in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield in Pakistan, 1961–2023
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in kg per hectare.
Analysis
In 2023, cereal yield in Pakistan stood at 3,634 kg per hectare. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.9% on the previous year and up 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield in Pakistan peaked at 3,634 kg per hectare in 2023 and was at its lowest, 840 kg per hectare, in 1966.
That places Pakistan 76th out of 181 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 937 kg per hectare | 840 kg per hectare | 1,192 kg per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,364 kg per hectare | 1,197 kg per hectare | 1,540 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,669 kg per hectare | 1,545 kg per hectare | 1,833 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,982 kg per hectare | 1,766 kg per hectare | 2,218 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,500 kg per hectare | 2,230 kg per hectare | 2,790 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,988 kg per hectare | 2,611 kg per hectare | 3,180 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,485 kg per hectare | 3,353 kg per hectare | 3,634 kg per hectare | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
- Rural population 60.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 154.34 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 93.77 billion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 14.64 million hectares (2023)
- Cereal production 53.19 million metric tons (2023)
- Fertilizer consumption 160.26 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield in Pakistan?
- Cereal yield in Pakistan was 3,634 kg per hectare in 2023, 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 Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 3,634 kg per hectare in 2023.
- What is the lowest cereal yield recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 840 kg per hectare in 1966.
- How does Pakistan rank for cereal yield?
- Pakistan ranks 76th out of 181 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereal yield rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.