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 45 countries was 1665 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
South Africa 4964 2 1961 - 2022
Ethiopia 2814 3 1961 - 2022
Madagascar 2793 4 1961 - 2022
Ghana 2504 5 1961 - 2022
Zambia 2457 6 1961 - 2022
Ivory Coast 2292 7 1961 - 2022
Uganda 2290 8 1961 - 2022
S.T.&Principe 2045 9 1961 - 2022
Malawi 2009 10 1961 - 2022
Senegal 1932 11 1961 - 2022
Sierra Leone 1877 12 1961 - 2022
Comoros 1752 13 1961 - 2022
Mauritania 1721 14 1961 - 2022
Cameroon 1694 15 1961 - 2022
Mali 1671 16 1961 - 2022
Nigeria 1656 17 1961 - 2022
Tanzania 1593 18 1961 - 2022
Gabon 1587 19 1961 - 2022
Swaziland 1587 20 1961 - 2022
Rwanda 1511 21 1961 - 2022
Burundi 1484 22 1961 - 2022
G.-Bissau 1456 23 1961 - 2022
Kenya 1449 24 1961 - 2022
Zimbabwe 1412 25 1961 - 2022
Guinea 1380 26 1961 - 2022
Benin 1362 27 1961 - 2022
Burkina Faso 1204 28 1961 - 2022
Togo 1168 29 1961 - 2022
Liberia 1121 30 1961 - 2022
Angola 1033 31 1961 - 2022
Mozambique 1015 32 1961 - 2022
Gambia 930 33 1961 - 2022
R. of Congo 887 34 1961 - 2022
Chad 846 35 1961 - 2022
C.A. Republic 830 36 1961 - 2022
DR Congo 816 37 1961 - 2022
Sudan 760 38 1961 - 2022
Lesotho 729 39 1961 - 2022
Botswana 684 40 1961 - 2022
Namibia 649 41 1961 - 2022
Eritrea 640 42 1993 - 2022
Niger 557 43 1961 - 2022
Somalia 503 44 1961 - 2022
Cape Verde 12 45 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. South Africa
3. Ethiopia
4. Madagascar
5. Ghana
6. Zambia
7. Ivory Coast
8. Uganda
9. S.T.&Principe
10. Malawi
11. Senegal
12. Sierra Leone
13. Comoros
14. Mauritania
15. Cameroon
16. Mali
17. Nigeria
18. Tanzania
19. Gabon
20. Swaziland
21. Rwanda
22. Burundi
23. G.-Bissau
24. Kenya
25. Zimbabwe
26. Guinea
27. Benin
28. Burkina Faso
29. Togo
30. Liberia
31. Angola
32. Mozambique
33. Gambia
34. R. of Congo
35. Chad
36. C.A. Republic
37. DR Congo
38. Sudan
39. Lesotho
40. Botswana
41. Namibia
42. Eritrea
43. Niger
44. Somalia
45. Cape Verde
9247
4964
2814
2793
2504
2457
2292
2290
2045
2009
1932
1877
1752
1721
1694
1671
1656
1593
1587
1587
1511
1484
1456
1449
1412
1380
1362
1204
1168
1121
1033
1015
930
887
846
830
816
760
729
684
649
640
557
503
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