Countries ranked by Cereal yield (per hectare of farmland)

How it has changed (1961–2024)

See how cereal yield (per hectare of farmland) has changed across the world’s countries from 1961 to 2024.

• The country ranked first was Japan (4,174 kg/ha) in 1961 and is Oman (27,672 kg/ha) in 2024. In between, the country ranked first changed 16 times. This is the first place among today’s countries: regions that later split, such as the former Soviet Union, have no values from before the split.
• Japan’s cereal yield (per hectare of farmland) went from 4,174 kg/ha in 1961 to 6,248 kg/ha in 2024 (up about 50%).
• Japan ranked #1 of 143 countries in 1961 and #24 of 174 in 2024. The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.

Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024

Country	1961	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2020	2024
Oman	1,115 kg/ha	1,219 kg/ha	905 kg/ha	2,160 kg/ha	5,154 kg/ha	9,832 kg/ha	15,341 kg/ha	27,672 kg/ha
United Arab Emirates	–	–	2,410 kg/ha	4,361 kg/ha	17,505 kg/ha	18,070 kg/ha	18,983 kg/ha	22,474 kg/ha
Qatar	–	–	2,623 kg/ha	2,897 kg/ha	4,099 kg/ha	7,593 kg/ha	7,125 kg/ha	14,977 kg/ha
Kuwait	–	2,000 kg/ha	3,188 kg/ha	3,653 kg/ha	5,611 kg/ha	10,806 kg/ha	15,627 kg/ha	14,196 kg/ha
St. Vincent & Grenadines	4,000 kg/ha	3,185 kg/ha	3,313 kg/ha	3,567 kg/ha	15,000 kg/ha	18,774 kg/ha	29,241 kg/ha	13,344 kg/ha
Japan	4,174 kg/ha	5,125 kg/ha	4,843 kg/ha	5,846 kg/ha	6,257 kg/ha	5,854 kg/ha	6,230 kg/ha	6,248 kg/ha
Countries with data	143	145	146	147	172	174	175	174

See the full history, year by year