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Cereal yield (kg per hectare)

Harvested production of cereal crops (wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats and other cereals) per hectare of harvested land.

Unit
kg per hectare
Latest
3,955 (2024)
Coverage
1961–2023
Sources
1 in this build
Data table
Year World (kg per hectare)
1990 2871
1991 2861
1992 2782
1993 2732
1994 2811
1995 2763
1996 2922
1997 2987
1998 3046
1999 3107
2000 3061
2001 3133
2002 3076
2003 3119
2004 3359
2005 3276
2006 3281
2007 3371
2008 3545
2009 3558
2010 3563
2011 3656
2012 3612
2013 3830
2014 3894
2015 3932
2016 4017
2017 4066
2018 4023
2019 4124
2020 4119
2021 4174
2022 4185
2023 4231
2024 3955
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Per-source values, 2024

Source Dataset Value Year Snapshot
World Bank WDI 3955 2024 2026-08-08

Caveats

Verified live: Nepal at 3,063-3,344 kg/ha for 2019-2023, well below the global frontier (intensive systems in Western Europe exceed 8,000-9,000 kg/ha) but rising.