Barley — Yield in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Barley — Yield was 1,429 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — yield in Afghanistan stood at 1,429 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.0% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Afghanistan peaked at 2,061 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 596.8 kg/ha, in 2000.
Afghanistan ranks 88th of 111 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,100 kg/ha | 1,071 kg/ha | 1,151 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,119 kg/ha | 967.7 kg/ha | 1,290 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,084 kg/ha | 1,049 kg/ha | 1,108 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,038 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,261 kg/ha | 596.8 kg/ha | 1,820 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,519 kg/ha | 674.8 kg/ha | 2,061 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,486 kg/ha | 1,374 kg/ha | 1,616 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture share gdp 34.29 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 34.29 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
- Rural population 74.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.4% (2025)
- Rural population 32.47 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.10 billion current US$ (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production 1.34 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Afghanistan?
- Barley — yield in Afghanistan was 1,429 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 2,061 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 596.8 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Afghanistan rank for barley — yield?
- Afghanistan ranks 88th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Barley — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.