Barley — Yield in Albania
Albania: Barley — Yield was 3,172 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Albania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — yield in Albania is 3,172 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.2% on the previous year and up 17.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Albania peaked at 4,750 kg/ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 814.4 kg/ha, in 1968.
That places Albania 50th out of 104 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Albania, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,022 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 840.5 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1963 | 877 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1964 | 1,026 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1965 | 986.5 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1966 | 1,200 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1967 | 990.5 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1968 | 814.4 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1969 | 833.3 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1970 | 1,078 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 1971 | 833.3 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1972 | 905.9 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1973 | 1,011 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1974 | 1,000 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 980.4 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1976 | 1,429 kg/ha | +45.7% |
| 1977 | 1,636 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1978 | 1,818 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1979 | 1,917 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1980 | 2,083 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1981 | 2,083 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,099 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 2,308 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1984 | 2,308 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,308 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,769 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1987 | 2,923 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1988 | 3,077 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1989 | 3,030 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 1,000 kg/ha | -67.0% |
| 1991 | 923.1 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1992 | 1,380 kg/ha | +49.5% |
| 1993 | 1,332 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1994 | 2,352 kg/ha | +76.5% |
| 1995 | 2,253 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 1,338 kg/ha | -40.6% |
| 1997 | 1,457 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1998 | 1,911 kg/ha | +31.1% |
| 1999 | 1,812 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2000 | 1,500 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2001 | 2,500 kg/ha | +66.7% |
| 2002 | 4,750 kg/ha | +90.0% |
| 2003 | 1,871 kg/ha | -60.6% |
| 2004 | 2,467 kg/ha | +31.8% |
| 2005 | 2,730 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2006 | 2,759 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 2,500 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2008 | 2,571 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 2,647 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 2,920 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2011 | 3,063 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 2,800 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2013 | 2,788 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 2,701 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 2,800 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 2,900 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 2,948 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 2,842 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 2,896 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 3,353 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2021 | 3,019 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2022 | 3,397 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2023 | 3,383 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 3,172 kg/ha | -6.2% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 3,172 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,457 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Albania's 3,172 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,842 kg/ha, 83% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — Yield in Albania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +90.0% | 2,500 kg/ha | 4,750 kg/ha |
| 1994 | +76.5% | 1,332 kg/ha | 2,352 kg/ha |
| 1990 | -67.0% | 3,030 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 954.49 kg/ha | 814.4 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,261 kg/ha | 833.3 kg/ha | 1,917 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,499 kg/ha | 2,083 kg/ha | 3,077 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,576 kg/ha | 923.1 kg/ha | 2,352 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,629 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 4,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,866 kg/ha | 2,701 kg/ha | 3,063 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,265 kg/ha | 3,019 kg/ha | 3,397 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Albania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.148 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,923 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4113 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Albania?
- Barley — yield in Albania was 3,172 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 4,750 kg/ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 814.4 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Albania rank for barley — yield?
- Albania ranks 50th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania 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.