Qatar: Cereal yield (kg per hectare)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Qatar's cereal yield (kg per hectare) fell 3,298 on 2023 (from 18,275 to 14,977).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +507.54 and a typical year strayed about 1,663 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 7,033 in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 3,298 in 2024. 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 upward, about 1,262 a year. A straight line explains 73% 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

In 2024, Qatar had the 3rd highest value of the 176 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 Qatar in the 2024 ranking

• Oman — 1st of 176: 27,672
• United Arab Emirates — 2nd of 176: 22,474
• Kuwait — 4th of 176: 14,196
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines — 5th of 176: 13,344
• Mauritius — 6th of 176: 11,890

What this measures

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.

Limitations: Cereals production data 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. The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) through annual questionnaires. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible.

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

All 54 values

Cereal yield (kg per hectare) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 2,359 (2024)
• Algeria — 1,537 (2024)
• Djibouti — 2,041 (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 7,360 (2024)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 2,725 (2024)
• Iraq — 2,651 (2024)
• Israel — 2,619 (2024)
• Jordan — 1,611 (2024)
• Kuwait — 14,196 (2024)
• Lebanon — 2,661 (2024)
• Libya — 659.7 (2024)
• Malta

More environment data for Qatar

• Population in largest city — 831,689 (2025)
• Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 28.16% (2025)
• Rural population — 19,042 (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 0.64% (2025)
• Urban population — 2.95 million (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 99.36% (2025)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 739.07 (2024)
• Capture fisheries production (metric tons) — 20,377 (2024)
• Total fisheries production (metric tons) — 21,116 (2024)
• Rural population growth (annual %) — -1.74% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Qatar's cereal yield (kg per hectare)?

14,977 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1971?

It is up 365.11% from 3,220 in 1971 (2.94% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 18,275 in 2023 and the lowest 2,164 in 1977.

How does Qatar rank?

3rd highest of 176 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in cereal yield (kg per hectare) unusual for Qatar?

In 2024, Qatar's cereal yield (kg per hectare) fell 3,298 on 2023 (from 18,275 to 14,977). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +507.54 and a typical year strayed about 1,663 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator AG.YLD.CREL.KG, 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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