Cereal crop yield by hectar - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Cereal yield, kg per hectar, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 51 countries was 1750 kg per hectar. The highest value was in Mauritius: 9247 kg per hectar and the lowest value was in Cape Verde: 12 kg per hectar. The indicator is available from 1961 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: kg per hectar; Source: FAO
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Countries Cereal crop yield by hectar, 2022 Global rank Available data
Mauritius 9247 1 1961 - 2022
Egypt 7419 2 1961 - 2022
South Africa 4964 3 1961 - 2022
Ethiopia 2814 4 1961 - 2022
Madagascar 2793 5 1961 - 2022
Ghana 2504 6 1961 - 2022
Zambia 2457 7 1961 - 2022
Ivory Coast 2292 8 1961 - 2022
Uganda 2290 9 1961 - 2022
Djibouti 2062 10 1981 - 2022
S.T.&Principe 2045 11 1961 - 2022
Malawi 2009 12 1961 - 2022
Senegal 1932 13 1961 - 2022
Sierra Leone 1877 14 1961 - 2022
Comoros 1752 15 1961 - 2022
Mauritania 1721 16 1961 - 2022
Cameroon 1694 17 1961 - 2022
Mali 1671 18 1961 - 2022
Nigeria 1656 19 1961 - 2022
Tunisia 1641 20 1961 - 2022
Algeria 1610 21 1961 - 2022
Tanzania 1593 22 1961 - 2022
Gabon 1587 23 1961 - 2022
Swaziland 1587 24 1961 - 2022
Rwanda 1511 25 1961 - 2022
Burundi 1484 26 1961 - 2022
G.-Bissau 1456 27 1961 - 2022
Kenya 1449 28 1961 - 2022
Zimbabwe 1412 29 1961 - 2022
Guinea 1380 30 1961 - 2022
Benin 1362 31 1961 - 2022
Burkina Faso 1204 32 1961 - 2022
Togo 1168 33 1961 - 2022
Liberia 1121 34 1961 - 2022
Angola 1033 35 1961 - 2022
Mozambique 1015 36 1961 - 2022
Morocco 943 37 1961 - 2022
Gambia 930 38 1961 - 2022
R. of Congo 887 39 1961 - 2022
Chad 846 40 1961 - 2022
C.A. Republic 830 41 1961 - 2022
DR Congo 816 42 1961 - 2022
Sudan 760 43 1961 - 2022
Lesotho 729 44 1961 - 2022
Botswana 684 45 1961 - 2022
Libya 670 46 1961 - 2022
Namibia 649 47 1961 - 2022
Eritrea 640 48 1993 - 2022
Niger 557 49 1961 - 2022
Somalia 503 50 1961 - 2022
Cape Verde 12 51 1961 - 2022



Definition: 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.

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1. Mauritius
2. Egypt
3. South Africa
4. Ethiopia
5. Madagascar
6. Ghana
7. Zambia
8. Ivory Coast
9. Uganda
10. Djibouti
11. S.T.&Principe
12. Malawi
13. Senegal
14. Sierra Leone
15. Comoros
16. Mauritania
17. Cameroon
18. Mali
19. Nigeria
20. Tunisia
21. Algeria
22. Tanzania
23. Gabon
24. Swaziland
25. Rwanda
26. Burundi
27. G.-Bissau
28. Kenya
29. Zimbabwe
30. Guinea
31. Benin
32. Burkina Faso
33. Togo
34. Liberia
35. Angola
36. Mozambique
37. Morocco
38. Gambia
39. R. of Congo
40. Chad
41. C.A. Republic
42. DR Congo
43. Sudan
44. Lesotho
45. Botswana
46. Libya
47. Namibia
48. Eritrea
49. Niger
50. Somalia
51. Cape Verde
9247
7419
4964
2814
2793
2504
2457
2292
2290
2062
2045
2009
1932
1877
1752
1721
1694
1671
1656
1641
1610
1593
1587
1587
1511
1484
1456
1449
1412
1380
1362
1204
1168
1121
1033
1015
943
930
887
846
830
816
760
729
684
670
649
640
557
503
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