Wheat grain production in the world and its dynamics

Abstract

The article examines the dynamics of the gross harvest of wheat grain, its yield in the world as a whole, as well as in the context of parts of the world, countries of the world over a 60-year period (1961-2020). It was established that the gross harvest of wheat grain during the study period on a global scale increased more than 3 times - from 247.7 to 755.0 million tons. A steady increase in wheat yield was also established by 0.202 t/ha every 5 years with the world average value in 2016-2020 - 3.48 t/ha. The leading positions in the world in terms of productivity are occupied by Ireland (9.37 t/ha), New Zealand (9.21 t/ha), the Netherlands (8.77 t/ha), and in terms of gross grain harvest - China (133.2 million tons ), India (98.6 million tons) and Russia (76.5 million tons).