{
  "meta": {
    "key": "world_cereal_yield",
    "title": "World Cereal Yield",
    "unit": "kg/ha",
    "category": "Biology",
    "source": "FAOSTAT Production: Crops and Livestock Products",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL",
    "verified": "2026-10-20",
    "url": "https://exponentialtracker.com/curve/world_cereal_yield",
    "csv": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/world_cereal_yield.csv",
    "json": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/world_cereal_yield.json",
    "retrievedFrom": "Compiled by Exponential Tracker and re-derived from the source named above. Rebuilt on every deploy, so re-fetch rather than trusting a saved copy to be current.",
    "rights": "The underlying data belongs to FAOSTAT Production: Crops and Livestock Products. This compilation may be reused with attribution to Exponential Tracker. No licence is claimed or implied over the source data.",
    "citation": "Exponential Tracker, \"World Cereal Yield\", exponentialtracker.com/curve/world_cereal_yield, data verified 2026-10-20. Underlying source: FAOSTAT Production: Crops and Livestock Products."
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "year": 1961,
      "value": 1353.2,
      "label": "1,353.2 kg of grain per hectare harvested"
    },
    {
      "year": 1962,
      "value": 1427.5
    },
    {
      "year": 1963,
      "value": 1440.1
    },
    {
      "year": 1964,
      "value": 1493.8
    },
    {
      "year": 1965,
      "value": 1496.7
    },
    {
      "year": 1966,
      "value": 1610.2
    },
    {
      "year": 1967,
      "value": 1653.3
    },
    {
      "year": 1968,
      "value": 1696.4
    },
    {
      "year": 1969,
      "value": 1708.8
    },
    {
      "year": 1970,
      "value": 1765.5
    },
    {
      "year": 1971,
      "value": 1892.2
    },
    {
      "year": 1972,
      "value": 1858.2
    },
    {
      "year": 1973,
      "value": 1940.4
    },
    {
      "year": 1974,
      "value": 1892.6
    },
    {
      "year": 1975,
      "value": 1912.6
    },
    {
      "year": 1976,
      "value": 2025.9,
      "label": "Two tonnes a hectare for the first time"
    },
    {
      "year": 1977,
      "value": 2025.3
    },
    {
      "year": 1978,
      "value": 2212.6
    },
    {
      "year": 1979,
      "value": 2176.1
    },
    {
      "year": 1980,
      "value": 2161.1
    },
    {
      "year": 1981,
      "value": 2246.8
    },
    {
      "year": 1982,
      "value": 2369.3
    },
    {
      "year": 1983,
      "value": 2308.6
    },
    {
      "year": 1984,
      "value": 2499.1
    },
    {
      "year": 1985,
      "value": 2528.8
    },
    {
      "year": 1986,
      "value": 2556.7
    },
    {
      "year": 1987,
      "value": 2539.7
    },
    {
      "year": 1988,
      "value": 2459.9,
      "label": "Deepest one-year fall in the series: 3.1%"
    },
    {
      "year": 1989,
      "value": 2629.2
    },
    {
      "year": 1990,
      "value": 2757.6
    },
    {
      "year": 1991,
      "value": 2683.4
    },
    {
      "year": 1992,
      "value": 2789.1
    },
    {
      "year": 1993,
      "value": 2737.7
    },
    {
      "year": 1994,
      "value": 2814.1
    },
    {
      "year": 1995,
      "value": 2767.3
    },
    {
      "year": 1996,
      "value": 2925.6
    },
    {
      "year": 1997,
      "value": 2993.8
    },
    {
      "year": 1998,
      "value": 3051.1,
      "label": "Three tonnes a hectare, 22 years on"
    },
    {
      "year": 1999,
      "value": 3112.6
    },
    {
      "year": 2000,
      "value": 3058.9
    },
    {
      "year": 2001,
      "value": 3135
    },
    {
      "year": 2002,
      "value": 3078.3
    },
    {
      "year": 2003,
      "value": 3118.3
    },
    {
      "year": 2004,
      "value": 3363.5
    },
    {
      "year": 2005,
      "value": 3279.8
    },
    {
      "year": 2006,
      "value": 3281.1
    },
    {
      "year": 2007,
      "value": 3370.1
    },
    {
      "year": 2008,
      "value": 3544.9
    },
    {
      "year": 2009,
      "value": 3558.9
    },
    {
      "year": 2010,
      "value": 3561.4
    },
    {
      "year": 2011,
      "value": 3655.3
    },
    {
      "year": 2012,
      "value": 3612.1
    },
    {
      "year": 2013,
      "value": 3830.2
    },
    {
      "year": 2014,
      "value": 3893.5
    },
    {
      "year": 2015,
      "value": 3932.5
    },
    {
      "year": 2016,
      "value": 4017,
      "label": "Four tonnes a hectare, 18 years after that"
    },
    {
      "year": 2017,
      "value": 4066.1
    },
    {
      "year": 2018,
      "value": 4022.5
    },
    {
      "year": 2019,
      "value": 4124.6
    },
    {
      "year": 2020,
      "value": 4113.5
    },
    {
      "year": 2021,
      "value": 4171.9
    },
    {
      "year": 2022,
      "value": 4182.6
    },
    {
      "year": 2023,
      "value": 4228.3,
      "label": "Series high: 4,228.3 kg/ha"
    },
    {
      "year": 2024,
      "value": 4205.8,
      "label": "4,205.8 kg/ha, 0.5% below the 2023 high"
    }
  ]
}