Europe vs Ireland: Barley — Yield
Barley — Yield over time
- Europe
- Ireland
How they compare
Ireland currently reports 7,066 kg/ha against 4,020 kg/ha in Europe, a difference of 3,046 kg/ha.
That makes Ireland's figure about 1.8 times Europe's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Ireland has been ahead every year.
Europe ranks 5th and Ireland ranks 5th of 30 groups.
Ireland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Europe | Ireland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,823 kg/ha | 3,563 kg/ha | 1,740 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 1970s | 2,139 kg/ha | 4,178 kg/ha | 2,039 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 1980s | 2,336 kg/ha | 5,333 kg/ha | 2,997 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 1990s | 2,754 kg/ha | 5,968 kg/ha | 3,214 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 2000s | 3,160 kg/ha | 6,644 kg/ha | 3,484 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 2010s | 3,591 kg/ha | 7,634 kg/ha | 4,043 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 2020s | 4,009 kg/ha | 7,390 kg/ha | 3,381 kg/ha | Ireland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher barley — yield, Europe or Ireland?
- Ireland, at 7,066 kg/ha against 4,020 kg/ha in Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in barley — yield between Europe and Ireland?
- 3,046 kg/ha, with Ireland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and Ireland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Europe and Ireland rank globally for barley — yield?
- Europe ranks 5th and Ireland ranks 5th of 30 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Barley — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and 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 or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.