Barley — Yield in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Barley — Yield was 2,918 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Australia and New Zealand recorded 2,918 kg/ha for barley — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.4% on the previous year and up 33.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 3,584 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 885.3 kg/ha, in 1967.
That places Australia and New Zealand 59th 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 Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,028 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,149 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1963 | 1,270 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1964 | 1,431 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1965 | 1,093 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 1966 | 1,446 kg/ha | +32.3% |
| 1967 | 885.3 kg/ha | -38.8% |
| 1968 | 1,329 kg/ha | +50.1% |
| 1969 | 1,219 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1970 | 1,228 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 1,270 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 922.3 kg/ha | -27.4% |
| 1973 | 1,363 kg/ha | +47.8% |
| 1974 | 1,441 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1975 | 1,414 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1976 | 1,302 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1977 | 923 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 1978 | 1,493 kg/ha | +61.8% |
| 1979 | 1,550 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 1,156 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 1981 | 1,352 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1982 | 903.4 kg/ha | -33.2% |
| 1983 | 1,641 kg/ha | +81.7% |
| 1984 | 1,681 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 1,606 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1986 | 1,701 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1987 | 1,561 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1988 | 1,584 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 1,826 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1990 | 1,786 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 1,737 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1992 | 1,896 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1993 | 2,014 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1994 | 1,299 kg/ha | -35.5% |
| 1995 | 1,936 kg/ha | +49.1% |
| 1996 | 2,052 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1997 | 1,916 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1998 | 1,961 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 2,022 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 2,008 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 2,288 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2002 | 1,092 kg/ha | -52.3% |
| 2003 | 2,368 kg/ha | +116.8% |
| 2004 | 1,697 kg/ha | -28.3% |
| 2005 | 2,196 kg/ha | +29.4% |
| 2006 | 1,072 kg/ha | -51.2% |
| 2007 | 1,517 kg/ha | +41.5% |
| 2008 | 1,654 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2009 | 1,845 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2010 | 2,224 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 2011 | 2,270 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 2,132 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2013 | 2,475 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2014 | 2,188 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2015 | 2,260 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 2,839 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 2017 | 2,293 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 2018 | 2,047 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2019 | 2,062 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 2,707 kg/ha | +31.3% |
| 2021 | 2,861 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2022 | 3,584 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 2023 | 2,794 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 2024 | 2,918 kg/ha | +4.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — Yield in Australia and New Zealand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +116.8% | 1,092 kg/ha | 2,368 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,205 kg/ha | 885.3 kg/ha | 1,446 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,291 kg/ha | 922.3 kg/ha | 1,550 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,501 kg/ha | 903.4 kg/ha | 1,826 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,862 kg/ha | 1,299 kg/ha | 2,052 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,774 kg/ha | 1,072 kg/ha | 2,368 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,279 kg/ha | 2,047 kg/ha | 2,839 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,973 kg/ha | 2,707 kg/ha | 3,584 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Australia and New Zealand?
- Barley — yield in Australia and New Zealand was 2,918 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 3,584 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 885.3 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for barley — yield?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 59th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.