Cereal yield — all countries

Cereal yield — Low-income countries

Cereal yield in low-income countries in 2023 — 1,391 kg/ha. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 61.5%.

2023 1,391 kg/ha −1.65% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 1,427 kg/ha2020
Period minimum 861 kg/ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Cereal yield — Low-income countries, 1961–20238001,0001,2001,4001,60019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 861 kg/ha1963: 886 kg/ha1965: 883 kg/ha1967: 934 kg/ha1969: 965 kg/ha1971: 914 kg/ha1973: 908 kg/ha1975: 985 kg/ha1977: 968 kg/ha1979: 1,012 kg/ha1981: 1,083 kg/ha1983: 991 kg/ha1985: 946 kg/ha1987: 963 kg/ha1989: 899 kg/ha1991: 1,039 kg/ha1993: 1,077 kg/ha1995: 908 kg/ha1997: 886 kg/ha1999: 959 kg/ha2001: 988 kg/ha2003: 1,034 kg/ha2005: 1,023 kg/ha2007: 1,131 kg/ha2009: 1,229 kg/ha2011: 1,172 kg/ha2013: 1,264 kg/ha2015: 1,368 kg/ha2017: 1,327 kg/ha2019: 1,427 kg/ha2021: 1,360 kg/ha2023: 1,391 kg/ha
Change over the period: +530 (+61.5%) Average annual rate: 0.78 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Low-income countries

Low-income countries 1,391 kg/ha
World 4,231 kg/ha
Cereal yield — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 1,391 −23 −1.65%
2022 1,414 +54 +3.96%
2021 1,360 −67 −4.67%
2020 1,427 +0 +0.01%
2019 1,427 +123 +9.44%
2018 1,304 −24 −1.77%
2017 1,327 +53 +4.18%
2016 1,274 −94 −6.86%
2015 1,368 +78 +6.03%
2014 1,290 +26 +2.08%
2013 1,264 −88 −6.49%
2012 1,351 +179 +15.26%
2011 1,172 −30 −2.49%
2010 1,202 −27 −2.18%
2009 1,229 +159 +14.84%
2008 1,070 −61 −5.39%
2007 1,131 −11 −0.96%
2006 1,142 +119 +11.64%
2005 1,023 −5 −0.49%
2004 1,028 −6 −0.53%
2003 1,034 +24 +2.36%
2002 1,010 +22 +2.24%
2001 988 +93 +10.34%
2000 895 −64 −6.63%
1999 959 −29 −2.98%
1998 988 +103 +11.58%
1997 886 −74 −7.76%
1996 960 +52 +5.78%
1995 908 −13 −1.43%
1994 921 −156 −14.45%
1993 1,077 +103 +10.59%
1992 973 −66 −6.35%
1991 1,039 +120 +12.99%
1990 920 +21 +2.36%
1989 899 −148 −14.1%
1988 1,046 +83 +8.62%
1987 963 −24 −2.45%
1986 987 +41 +4.36%
1985 946 +44 +4.89%
1984 902 −89 −8.98%
1983 991 +35 +3.62%
1982 956 −126 −11.66%
1981 1,083 +1 +0.08%
1980 1,082 +69 +6.85%
1979 1,012 +4 +0.38%
1978 1,009 +40 +4.18%
1977 968 −64 −6.19%
1976 1,032 +47 +4.74%
1975 985 +8 +0.82%
1974 977 +69 +7.61%
1973 908 −35 −3.67%
1972 943 +29 +3.16%
1971 914 +19 +2.12%
1970 895 −70 −7.24%
1969 965 +53 +5.78%
1968 912 −21 −2.29%
1967 934 +57 +6.47%
1966 877 −6 −0.69%
1965 883 −32 −3.45%
1964 915 +29 +3.27%
1963 886 −11 −1.2%
1962 896 +35 +4.08%
1961 861

About the indicator

The yield of cereal crops in kilograms per hectare of harvested area. The gap between countries reaches tenfold and is explained by climate, varieties, fertilizer application and the level of farming technique. Rising yields are the main source of the growth in world food production, with the area under cereals almost unchanged.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by the land under cereal production: it is the whole harvest of the group divided by all of its harvested area. Yield depends not only on technology but also on climate and on the mix of crops grown.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.