Cereal yield in Post-demographic dividend
Post-demographic dividend: Cereal yield was 6,371 kg per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield in Post-demographic dividend, 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 Post-demographic dividend stood at 6,371 kg per hectare. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield in Post-demographic dividend peaked at 6,371 kg per hectare in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,178 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 | 2,564 kg per hectare | 2,178 kg per hectare | 2,916 kg per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,208 kg per hectare | 2,824 kg per hectare | 3,645 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,740 kg per hectare | 3,274 kg per hectare | 4,004 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,252 kg per hectare | 3,896 kg per hectare | 4,544 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,764 kg per hectare | 4,357 kg per hectare | 5,218 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,619 kg per hectare | 4,789 kg per hectare | 6,179 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,072 kg per hectare | 5,878 kg per hectare | 6,371 kg per hectare | 5 |
More agriculture & rural data for Post-demographic dividend
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
- Rural population 18.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 212.43 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.2% (2021)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 690.78 billion current US$ (2021)
- Land under cereal production 106.44 million hectares (2024)
- Cereal production 678.10 million metric tons (2024)
- Fertilizer consumption 121.51 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield in Post-demographic dividend?
- Cereal yield in Post-demographic dividend was 6,371 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 Post-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 6,371 kg per hectare in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereal yield recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,178 kg per hectare in 1961.
- Is cereal yield rising or falling in Post-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Post-demographic dividend 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.