Cereal yield in Pre-demographic dividend
Pre-demographic dividend: Cereal yield was 1,142 kg per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield in Pre-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 Pre-demographic dividend stood at 1,142 kg per hectare.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.1% on the previous year and down 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield in Pre-demographic dividend peaked at 1,376 kg per hectare in 2020 and was at its lowest, 753.21 kg per hectare, in 1966.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 802.4 kg per hectare | 753.21 kg per hectare | 825.63 kg per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 872.02 kg per hectare | 804.57 kg per hectare | 926.72 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 967.25 kg per hectare | 906.81 kg per hectare | 1,013 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 951.93 kg per hectare | 889.72 kg per hectare | 1,024 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,093 kg per hectare | 958.26 kg per hectare | 1,197 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,262 kg per hectare | 1,146 kg per hectare | 1,326 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,314 kg per hectare | 1,142 kg per hectare | 1,376 kg per hectare | 5 |
More agriculture & rural data for Pre-demographic dividend
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.3% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2019)
- Rural population 54.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.6% (2025)
- Rural population 612.45 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 19.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 321.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 71.94 million hectares (2024)
- Cereal production 82.14 million metric tons (2024)
- Fertilizer consumption 13.94 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield in Pre-demographic dividend?
- Cereal yield in Pre-demographic dividend was 1,142 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 Pre-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 1,376 kg per hectare in 2020.
- What is the lowest cereal yield recorded in Pre-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 753.21 kg per hectare in 1966.
- Is cereal yield rising or falling in Pre-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pre-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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.