Euro area: Cereal production (metric tons)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Euro area's cereal production (metric tons) fell 4.8% on 2023 (from 181.19 million to 172.47 million).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.7% and a typical year strayed about 8.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 26.8% in 2004 and the biggest yearly fall was 14.4% in 2003. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 2.29 million a year. A straight line explains 42% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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What this measures

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.

Limitations: Data on cereal production may be affected by a variety of reporting and timing differences. Millet and sorghum, which are grown as feed for livestock and poultry in Europe and North America, are used as food in Africa, Asia, and countries of the former Soviet Union. So some cereal crops are excluded from the data for some countries and included elsewhere, depending on their use. The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations through annual questionnaires and are supplemented with information from official secondary data sources.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 64 values

Cereal production (metric tons) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 6.22 million (2024)
• Algeria — 4.12 million (2024)
• Djibouti — 17.41 (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 24 million (2024)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 24.51 million (2024)
• Iraq — 6.45 million (2024)
• Israel — 175,077 (2024)
• Jordan — 84,012 (2024)
• Kuwait — 35,266 (2024)
• Lebanon — 119,830 (2024)
• Libya — 164,800 (2024)

More environment data for Euro area

• Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 16.13% (2025)
• Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 19.77% (2025)
• Rural population — 80.79 million (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 22.52% (2025)
• Urban population — 277.88 million (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 77.48% (2025)
• Electric power transmission and distribution losses (% of output) — 6.26% (2024)
• Fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total) — 65.12% (2024)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 888,468 (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Euro area's cereal production (metric tons)?

172.47 million in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1961?

It is up 129.26% from 75.23 million in 1961 (1.33% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 214.36 million in 2014 and the lowest 75.23 million in 1961.

Is the latest change in cereal production (metric tons) unusual for Euro area?

In 2024, Euro area's cereal production (metric tons) fell 4.8% on 2023 (from 181.19 million to 172.47 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.7% and a typical year strayed about 8.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Where does this data come from?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator AG.PRD.CREL.MT, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), uri: https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL, publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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