Barley — Yield in Africa
Africa: Barley — Yield was 1,669 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — yield in Africa stood at 1,669 kg/ha.
The figure is up 5.5% on the previous year and up 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Africa peaked at 1,732 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 445.7 kg/ha, in 1961.
Africa ranks 25th of 26 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 445.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 885.9 kg/ha | +98.8% |
| 1963 | 794.2 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1964 | 705.4 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1965 | 767.4 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1966 | 486 kg/ha | -36.7% |
| 1967 | 691.4 kg/ha | +42.3% |
| 1968 | 1,071 kg/ha | +54.9% |
| 1969 | 838.4 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 1970 | 850.3 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 968.4 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1972 | 999.6 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1973 | 658.3 kg/ha | -34.1% |
| 1974 | 908.3 kg/ha | +38.0% |
| 1975 | 854.4 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1976 | 994.3 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1977 | 673 kg/ha | -32.3% |
| 1978 | 834 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 1979 | 807.5 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1980 | 969.4 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1981 | 702.1 kg/ha | -27.6% |
| 1982 | 1,042 kg/ha | +48.3% |
| 1983 | 760.8 kg/ha | -27.0% |
| 1984 | 723.9 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1985 | 1,024 kg/ha | +41.5% |
| 1986 | 1,144 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1987 | 833.7 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 1988 | 1,176 kg/ha | +41.1% |
| 1989 | 1,071 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1990 | 946.1 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1991 | 1,250 kg/ha | +32.1% |
| 1992 | 823 kg/ha | -34.2% |
| 1993 | 753.6 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1994 | 1,241 kg/ha | +64.6% |
| 1995 | 741 kg/ha | -40.3% |
| 1996 | 1,385 kg/ha | +86.9% |
| 1997 | 838.6 kg/ha | -39.4% |
| 1998 | 914.3 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1999 | 841.9 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2000 | 515.9 kg/ha | -38.7% |
| 2001 | 842.1 kg/ha | +63.2% |
| 2002 | 1,048 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 2003 | 1,145 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2004 | 1,150 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 933.4 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 2006 | 1,271 kg/ha | +36.2% |
| 2007 | 925.7 kg/ha | -27.2% |
| 2008 | 934.4 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 1,631 kg/ha | +74.6% |
| 2010 | 1,396 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2011 | 1,341 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 1,195 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2013 | 1,458 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 2014 | 1,358 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2015 | 1,560 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2016 | 1,127 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 2017 | 1,278 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2018 | 1,732 kg/ha | +35.5% |
| 2019 | 1,674 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 1,298 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 2021 | 1,731 kg/ha | +33.4% |
| 2022 | 1,354 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 2023 | 1,582 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2024 | 1,669 kg/ha | +5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 742.82 kg/ha | 445.7 kg/ha | 1,071 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 854.81 kg/ha | 658.3 kg/ha | 999.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 944.67 kg/ha | 702.1 kg/ha | 1,176 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 973.38 kg/ha | 741 kg/ha | 1,385 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,040 kg/ha | 515.9 kg/ha | 1,631 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,412 kg/ha | 1,127 kg/ha | 1,732 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,527 kg/ha | 1,298 kg/ha | 1,731 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Africa?
- Barley — yield in Africa was 1,669 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,732 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 445.7 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for barley — yield?
- Africa ranks 25th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa 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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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.