Barley — Yield in Algeria
Algeria: Barley — Yield was 1,254 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Algeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — yield in Algeria is 1,254 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Algeria peaked at 1,812 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 223.2 kg/ha, in 1961.
Algeria ranks 89th of 104 countries 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 Algeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 223.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 835.4 kg/ha | +274.3% |
| 1963 | 743.1 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1964 | 493.3 kg/ha | -33.6% |
| 1965 | 601 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 1966 | 329.4 kg/ha | -45.2% |
| 1967 | 608.6 kg/ha | +84.8% |
| 1968 | 743.4 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 1969 | 633.4 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1970 | 668.5 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1971 | 510.6 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 1972 | 679.1 kg/ha | +33.0% |
| 1973 | 475.9 kg/ha | -29.9% |
| 1974 | 480.2 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 869 kg/ha | +81.0% |
| 1976 | 631.4 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 1977 | 351.5 kg/ha | -44.3% |
| 1978 | 595.6 kg/ha | +69.4% |
| 1979 | 564.4 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1980 | 840.8 kg/ha | +49.0% |
| 1981 | 602.7 kg/ha | -28.3% |
| 1982 | 592.9 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1983 | 621.4 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1984 | 505.9 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1985 | 957.2 kg/ha | +89.2% |
| 1986 | 893.5 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1987 | 752.9 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1988 | 577.7 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 1989 | 752.3 kg/ha | +30.2% |
| 1990 | 761 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 1,164 kg/ha | +52.9% |
| 1992 | 897.5 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 1993 | 625.2 kg/ha | -30.3% |
| 1994 | 648.2 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 709.8 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1996 | 1,404 kg/ha | +97.8% |
| 1997 | 720.8 kg/ha | -48.6% |
| 1998 | 745.3 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 1,088 kg/ha | +45.9% |
| 2000 | 757.3 kg/ha | -30.4% |
| 2001 | 1,114 kg/ha | +47.1% |
| 2002 | 1,037 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2003 | 1,562 kg/ha | +50.7% |
| 2004 | 1,324 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2005 | 1,508 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2006 | 1,522 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 1,222 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 2008 | 908.2 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 2009 | 1,762 kg/ha | +94.0% |
| 2010 | 1,476 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2011 | 1,476 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,545 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 1,669 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2014 | 1,186 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 2015 | 1,284 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2016 | 744.1 kg/ha | -42.1% |
| 2017 | 744.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,812 kg/ha | +143.5% |
| 2019 | 1,454 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 2020 | 1,240 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2021 | 1,057 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2022 | 1,196 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2023 | 1,284 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2024 | 1,254 kg/ha | -2.3% |
Algeria compared with similar countries
- Algeria's 1,254 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,457 kg/ha, 51% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Algeria's 1,254 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,381 kg/ha, 91% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — Yield in Algeria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +274.3% | 223.2 kg/ha | 835.4 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 578.98 kg/ha | 223.2 kg/ha | 835.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 582.62 kg/ha | 351.5 kg/ha | 869 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 709.73 kg/ha | 505.9 kg/ha | 957.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 876.25 kg/ha | 625.2 kg/ha | 1,404 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,272 kg/ha | 757.3 kg/ha | 1,762 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,339 kg/ha | 744.1 kg/ha | 1,812 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,206 kg/ha | 1,057 kg/ha | 1,284 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Algeria
- 86 China, Taiwan Province of 1,421 kg/ha compare
- 87 Nepal 1,340 kg/ha compare
- 88 Tunisia 1,333 kg/ha compare
- 90 Bangladesh 1,219 kg/ha compare
- 91 Jordan 1,206 kg/ha compare
- 92 Sudan (former) 1,095 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Algeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1451 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 878.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.884 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2418 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Algeria?
- Barley — yield in Algeria was 1,254 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 1,812 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 223.2 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Algeria rank for barley — yield?
- Algeria ranks 89th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Algeria 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.