Cereal yield in United Kingdom
United Kingdom: Cereal yield was 7,138 kg per hectare in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield in United Kingdom, 1961–2023
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in kg per hectare.
Analysis
United Kingdom recorded 7,138 kg per hectare for cereal yield in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.5% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield in United Kingdom peaked at 7,981 kg per hectare in 2015 and was at its lowest, 3,176 kg per hectare, in 1961.
United Kingdom ranks 14th of 181 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,591 kg per hectare | 3,176 kg per hectare | 3,829 kg per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,097 kg per hectare | 3,569 kg per hectare | 4,522 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,573 kg per hectare | 4,933 kg per hectare | 6,591 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,652 kg per hectare | 6,171 kg per hectare | 7,300 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,015 kg per hectare | 6,291 kg per hectare | 7,420 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,145 kg per hectare | 6,215 kg per hectare | 7,981 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,016 kg per hectare | 6,241 kg per hectare | 7,720 kg per hectare | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for United Kingdom
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2025)
- Rural population 16.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 11.59 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 25.62 billion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 3.09 million hectares (2023)
- Cereal production 22.05 million metric tons (2023)
- Fertilizer consumption 191.44 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield in United Kingdom?
- Cereal yield in United Kingdom was 7,138 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 United Kingdom?
- The highest recorded value was 7,981 kg per hectare in 2015.
- What is the lowest cereal yield recorded in United Kingdom?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,176 kg per hectare in 1961.
- How does United Kingdom rank for cereal yield?
- United Kingdom ranks 14th out of 181 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereal yield rising or falling in United Kingdom?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Kingdom 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.