North Macedonia: Cereal production (metric tons)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, North Macedonia's cereal production (metric tons) rose 1.8% on 2023 (from 522,972 to 532,134).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +2.1% and a typical year strayed about 19.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 44.6% in 2004 and the biggest yearly fall was 30.1% in 2017. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

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

How it compares

In 2024, North Macedonia had the 119th highest value of the 177 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to North Macedonia in the 2024 ranking

• Albania — 115th of 177: 649,919
• Switzerland — 116th of 177: 628,070
• Mauritania — 117th of 177: 570,227
• Panama — 119th of 177: 461,850
• Mongolia — 120th of 177: 443,153
• Yemen, Rep. — 121st of 177: 421,000

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 33 values

Cereal production (metric tons) in nearby economies

• Albania — 649,919 (2024)
• Armenia — 215,133 (2024)
• Austria — 4.88 million (2024)
• Azerbaijan — 3.31 million (2024)
• Belarus — 7.73 million (2024)
• Belgium — 1.93 million (2024)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 1.2 million (2024)
• Bulgaria — 10.04 million (2024)
• Croatia — 3.29 million (2024)
• Cyprus — 28,890 (2024)
• Czechia — 7.52 million (2024)

More environment data for North Macedonia

• Population in largest city — 620,825 (2025)
• Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 54.21% (2025)
• Rural population — 675,721 (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 37.11% (2025)
• Urban population — 1.15 million (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 62.89% (2025)
• Rural population growth (annual %) — -1.07% (2025)
• Urban population growth (annual %) — 0.33% (2025)
• Agricultural land (sq. km) — 12,410 (2024)
• Surface area (sq. km)

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Questions people ask

What is North Macedonia's cereal production (metric tons)?

532,134 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1992?

It is down 14.68% from 623,663 in 1992 (0.49% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 724,919 in 1995 and the lowest 447,777 in 2017.

How does North Macedonia rank?

119th highest of 177 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in cereal production (metric tons) unusual for North Macedonia?

In 2024, North Macedonia's cereal production (metric tons) rose 1.8% on 2023 (from 522,972 to 532,134). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +2.1% and a typical year strayed about 19.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

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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