Barley — Yield by country

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...

Countries reporting
111
Highest
7,703 kg/ha
New Zealand
Lowest
355.1 kg/ha
Lesotho
Median
2,973 kg/ha
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
7,509

What the numbers show

Barley — Yield is currently reported for 111 countries. The highest value is 7,703 kg/ha in New Zealand; the lowest is 355.1 kg/ha in Lesotho.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,973 kg/ha, and the mean is 3,197 kg/ha.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 22.

Over the past decade 67 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 572.9%), and the largest decrease in Israel (down 57.7%).

Barley — Yield: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 New Zealand 7,703 kg/ha 2024 up 12.6% rising
2 Chile 7,492 kg/ha 2024 up 42.6% rising
3 Kuwait 7,476 kg/ha 2024 up 19.5% volatile
4 Belgium-Luxembourg 7,370 kg/ha 1999 up 30.5% rising
5 Ireland 7,066 kg/ha 2024 down 12.0% rising
6 Zambia 6,466 kg/ha 2024 down 13.5% volatile
7 Germany 6,392 kg/ha 2024 down 13.0% rising
8 Belgium 6,249 kg/ha 2024 down 26.3% rising
9 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 6,174 kg/ha 2024 down 13.4% rising
10 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5,939 kg/ha 2024 down 7.2% rising
11 Saudi Arabia 5,736 kg/ha 2024 down 2.6% volatile
12 Austria 5,731 kg/ha 2024 down 1.2% rising
13 Bulgaria 5,609 kg/ha 2024 up 41.3% rising
14 Qatar 5,530 kg/ha 2024 up 84.1% flat
15 Denmark 5,497 kg/ha 2024 down 6.3% rising
16 Zimbabwe 5,465 kg/ha 2024 down 0.0% rising
17 Hungary 5,450 kg/ha 2024 up 23.2% rising
18 France 5,347 kg/ha 2024 down 19.6% rising
19 Serbia 5,282 kg/ha 2024 up 48.4% rising
20 Czechia 5,271 kg/ha 2024 down 6.1% rising
21 Luxembourg 5,152 kg/ha 2024 down 6.8% rising
22 Croatia 5,006 kg/ha 2024 up 31.6% rising
23 Slovenia 4,827 kg/ha 2024 down 0.5% rising
24 Slovakia 4,704 kg/ha 2024 down 3.4% rising
25 Switzerland 4,608 kg/ha 2024 down 38.5% rising
26 Sweden 4,446 kg/ha 2024 down 7.0% rising
27 Norway 4,432 kg/ha 2024 up 6.3% rising
28 Poland 4,257 kg/ha 2024 up 5.1% rising
29 Malta 4,165 kg/ha 2017 up 4.1% rising
30 Romania 4,149 kg/ha 2024 up 24.1% rising
31 Egypt 4,091 kg/ha 2024 up 142.0% rising
32 Czechoslovakia 3,999 kg/ha 1992 up 5.5% rising
33 Uruguay 3,984 kg/ha 2024 up 13.5% volatile
34 Portugal 3,983 kg/ha 2024 up 80.3% volatile
35 Argentina 3,931 kg/ha 2024 up 20.4% rising
36 Lithuania 3,904 kg/ha 2024 up 2.3% rising
37 Italy 3,842 kg/ha 2024 up 5.6% rising
38 Ukraine 3,800 kg/ha 2024 up 26.2% rising
39 China 3,676 kg/ha 2024 down 4.1% rising
39 China, mainland 3,676 kg/ha 2024 down 4.1% rising
41 Finland 3,662 kg/ha 2024 down 1.9% rising
42 Brazil 3,655 kg/ha 2024 up 30.0% volatile
43 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,630 kg/ha 2024 up 36.3% rising
44 Kenya 3,463 kg/ha 2024 up 14.0% rising
45 Canada 3,402 kg/ha 2024 up 3.6% rising
46 Estonia 3,316 kg/ha 2024 down 8.9% rising
47 Spain 3,286 kg/ha 2024 up 31.4% rising
48 North Macedonia 3,244 kg/ha 2024 down 12.8% rising
49 Albania 3,172 kg/ha 2024 up 17.5% rising
50 Republic of Moldova 3,118 kg/ha 2024 up 36.4% rising
51 Mauritania 3,093 kg/ha 2024 up 10.3% volatile
52 Oman 3,086 kg/ha 2024 down 5.3% volatile
53 India 3,082 kg/ha 2024 up 13.4% rising
54 Yugoslav SFR 3,004 kg/ha 1991 up 29.3% rising
55 Latvia 2,989 kg/ha 2024 down 15.6% rising
56 Belarus 2,973 kg/ha 2024 down 18.4% rising
57 Serbia and Montenegro 2,962 kg/ha 2005 up 16.7% rising
58 Azerbaijan 2,955 kg/ha 2024 up 45.6% rising
59 Australia and New Zealand 2,918 kg/ha 2024 up 33.4% rising
60 Australia 2,871 kg/ha 2024 up 35.4% rising
61 Greece 2,869 kg/ha 2024 up 1.3% rising
62 Japan 2,855 kg/ha 2024 up 1.3% rising
63 Colombia 2,789 kg/ha 2024 up 24.3% rising
64 Mexico 2,753 kg/ha 2024 up 2.1% rising
65 Russian Federation 2,578 kg/ha 2024 up 13.5% rising
66 Türkiye 2,536 kg/ha 2024 up 9.5% rising
67 Kyrgyzstan 2,466 kg/ha 2024 up 94.4% rising
68 Thailand 2,457 kg/ha 2024 up 10.2% rising
69 Palestine 2,405 kg/ha 2022 up 33.4% rising
70 Tajikistan 2,357 kg/ha 2024 up 52.8% rising
71 Ethiopia 2,355 kg/ha 2024 up 33.2% rising
72 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,332 kg/ha 2024 up 35.2% rising
73 Guatemala 2,204 kg/ha 2024 up 1.9% rising
74 Republic of Korea 2,049 kg/ha 2024 down 29.2% falling
75 Peru 2,047 kg/ha 2024 up 36.4% rising
76 Georgia 2,034 kg/ha 2024 up 52.3% rising
77 Turkmenistan 1,981 kg/ha 2024 up 39.5% rising
78 Iceland 1,972 kg/ha 2024 down 38.1% falling
79 United Republic of Tanzania 1,953 kg/ha 2024 up 17.6% rising
80 Lebanon 1,770 kg/ha 2024 down 24.9% rising
81 Armenia 1,727 kg/ha 2024 down 42.5% rising
82 Kazakhstan 1,682 kg/ha 2024 up 33.1% rising
83 Montenegro 1,634 kg/ha 2024 down 39.6% flat
84 Uzbekistan 1,596 kg/ha 2024 up 5.4% flat
85 Ecuador 1,576 kg/ha 2024 up 70.7% rising
86 USSR 1,452 kg/ha 1991 up 38.3% rising
87 Eritrea 1,444 kg/ha 2024 unchanged rising
88 Afghanistan 1,429 kg/ha 2024 down 6.1% rising
89 China, Taiwan Province of 1,421 kg/ha 1983 down 5.5% rising
90 Nepal 1,340 kg/ha 2024 up 8.4% rising
91 Tunisia 1,333 kg/ha 2024 down 7.1% rising
92 Algeria 1,254 kg/ha 2024 up 5.7% rising
93 Bangladesh 1,219 kg/ha 2024 up 13.6% rising
94 Jordan 1,206 kg/ha 2024 up 18.3% rising
95 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,188 kg/ha 2024 down 20.8% falling
96 Syrian Arab Republic 1,157 kg/ha 2024 up 135.3% volatile
97 Sudan (former) 1,095 kg/ha 1967 down 36.0% falling
98 Pakistan 1,090 kg/ha 2024 up 16.1% rising
99 Bhutan 1,090 kg/ha 2024 down 38.4% rising
100 Yemen 1,071 kg/ha 2024 up 41.4% falling
101 Ethiopia PDR 1,066 kg/ha 1992 down 7.7% rising
102 Israel 1,044 kg/ha 2024 down 57.7% volatile
103 Mongolia 1,040 kg/ha 2024 down 16.3% volatile
104 Cyprus 966.3 kg/ha 2024 up 572.9% rising
105 Iraq 950.6 kg/ha 2024 down 14.8% rising
106 Morocco 950.2 kg/ha 2024 down 8.1% rising
107 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 879.6 kg/ha 2024 up 10.4% rising
108 Rwanda 864.9 kg/ha 1969 down 0.6% rising
109 Democratic Republic of the Congo 665.1 kg/ha 2024 down 1.9% rising
110 Libya 513 kg/ha 2024 up 3.3% rising
111 Lesotho 355.1 kg/ha 2024 up 1.4% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Barley — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
141 places, 7,509 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.