Table 1 Yield status globally and for the top 10 producers.

From: Recent patterns of crop yield growth and stagnation

Maize

Rice

Wheat

Soybean

  

m. ha

%

  

m. ha

%

  

m. ha

%

  

m. ha

%

 

NI

43.7

29.9

 

NI

57.4

37.5

 

NI

82.8

38.8

 

NI

20.1

24.3

 

a

0.9

0.6

 

a

1.6

1.0

 

a

2.8

1.3

 

a

0.8

1.0

Global

b

38.2

26.1

Global

b

53.7

35.1

Global

b

78.4

36.8

Global

b

19.0

23.0

 

c

4.7

3.2

 

c

2.1

1.4

 

c

1.6

0.8

 

c

0.2

0.2

 

IM

102.7

70.1

 

IM

95.6

62.5

 

IM

130.4

61.2

 

IM

62.6

75.7

USA

NI

2.4

7.6

China

NI

22.7

78.7

China

NI

12.8

55.5

USA

NI

2.6

9.0

 

IM

28.8

92.4

 

IM

6.1

21.3

 

IM

10.3

44.5

 

IM

26.3

91.0

China

NI

14.6

52.2

India

NI

16.0

37.1

India

NI

18.9

69.9

Brazil

NI

2.1

14.1

 

IM

13.3

47.8

 

IM

27.1

62.9

 

IM

8.1

30.1

 

IM

12.5

85.9

Brazil

NI

1.8

18.8

Indonesia

NI

9.8

81.4

USA

NI

7.4

35.9

Argentina

NI

1.7

12.4

 

IM

7.8

81.2

 

IM

2.2

18.6

 

IM

13.2

64.1

 

IM

12.2

87.6

Mexico

NI

2.2

31.0

Bangladesh*

NI

0.0

0.0

Russian Federation*

NI

China

NI

5.4

58.1

 

IM

4.8

69.0

 

IM

10.6

100

 

IM

24.0

100

 

IM

3.9

41.9

Argentina

NI

0.1

5.2

Vietnam

NI

0.2

2.1

France

NI

4.2

79.2

India

NI

3.8

51.4

 

IM

2.6

94.8

 

IM

7.2

97.9

 

IM

1.1

20.8

 

IM

3.6

48.6

France

NI

0.2

10.5

Thailand

NI

0.3

2.6

Canada

NI

0.08

0.8

Paraguay

NI

2.2

98.4

 

IM

1.5

89.5

 

IM

10.0

97.4

 

IM

9.3

99.2

 

IM

0.04

1.6

India

NI

2.9

37.1

Myanmar*

NI

0.0

0

Germany

NI

1.5

80.4

Canada

NI

0.0

0.0

 

IM

4.9

62.9

 

IM

7.6

100

 

IM

0.4

19.6

 

IM

0.9

100

Indonesia

NI

0.07

1.9

Philippines

NI

0.5

11.9

Pakistan

NI

1.1

13.4

Bolivia

NI

0.9

99.8

 

IM

3.5

98.1

 

IM

3.7

88.1

 

IM

7.3

86.6

 

IM

0.0

0.2

Italy

NI

0.7

59.2

Brazil

NI

0.5

21.2

Australia

NI

7.7

60.2

Indonesia

NI

0.3

59.2

 

IM

0.5

40.8

 

IM

1.8

78.8

 

IM

5.1

39.8

 

IM

0.2

40.8

South Africa

NI

0.0

0.0

Japan

NI

0.3

19.3

Turkey

NI

5.4

63.6

Italy

NI

0.1

99.9

 

IM

2.8

100

 

IM

1.4

80.7

 

IM

3.1

36.4

 

IM

0.0

0.1

  1. Abbreviations: NI, yields not improving; IM, yields improving.
  2. Global breakup into the three NI yield trend types also provided ((a) Yields never improved+(b) Yields stagnating+(c) Yields collapsed). Percentages may not add up to 100% because of rounding. See Supplementary Data 1 for details of all countries analysed.
  3. *Only national analysis. Top ten producers based on average production for the decade ending 2008 as reported by FAO. Areas are based on the average harvested area for 2004–2008.