Barley — Yield in Australia
Australia: Barley — Yield was 2,871 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Australia recorded 2,871 kg/ha for barley — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 4.8% on the previous year and up 35.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Australia peaked at 3,543 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 789.7 kg/ha, in 1967.
Australia ranks 60th of 104 countries on this measure, 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, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 975.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,094 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1963 | 1,208 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1964 | 1,339 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1965 | 1,020 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 1966 | 1,382 kg/ha | +35.4% |
| 1967 | 789.7 kg/ha | -42.9% |
| 1968 | 1,228 kg/ha | +55.5% |
| 1969 | 1,117 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1970 | 1,176 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1971 | 1,209 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1972 | 807 kg/ha | -33.2% |
| 1973 | 1,265 kg/ha | +56.8% |
| 1974 | 1,378 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1975 | 1,365 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 1,227 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1977 | 850.4 kg/ha | -30.7% |
| 1978 | 1,438 kg/ha | +69.1% |
| 1979 | 1,492 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1980 | 1,094 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 1981 | 1,285 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1982 | 790.5 kg/ha | -38.5% |
| 1983 | 1,573 kg/ha | +99.0% |
| 1984 | 1,579 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 1,483 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1986 | 1,560 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1987 | 1,456 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1988 | 1,480 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 1,751 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1990 | 1,677 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1991 | 1,651 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 1,831 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1993 | 1,947 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1994 | 1,179 kg/ha | -39.4% |
| 1995 | 1,872 kg/ha | +58.7% |
| 1996 | 1,989 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1997 | 1,841 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1998 | 1,890 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 1,948 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 1,952 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 2,233 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2002 | 1,000 kg/ha | -55.2% |
| 2003 | 2,319 kg/ha | +131.8% |
| 2004 | 1,666 kg/ha | -28.2% |
| 2005 | 2,152 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 2006 | 1,018 kg/ha | -52.7% |
| 2007 | 1,461 kg/ha | +43.5% |
| 2008 | 1,594 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2009 | 1,779 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2010 | 2,172 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 2011 | 2,211 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 2,050 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2013 | 2,405 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2014 | 2,120 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2015 | 2,189 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 2,794 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 2017 | 2,244 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 2018 | 1,988 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2019 | 2,009 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 2,668 kg/ha | +32.8% |
| 2021 | 2,822 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2022 | 3,543 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 2023 | 2,740 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 2024 | 2,871 kg/ha | +4.8% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 2,871 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,439 kg/ha, 65% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Australia's 2,871 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,863 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — Yield in Australia 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 | +131.8% | 1,000 kg/ha | 2,319 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,128 kg/ha | 789.7 kg/ha | 1,382 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,221 kg/ha | 807 kg/ha | 1,492 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,405 kg/ha | 790.5 kg/ha | 1,751 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,782 kg/ha | 1,179 kg/ha | 1,989 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,717 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 2,319 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,218 kg/ha | 1,988 kg/ha | 2,794 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,929 kg/ha | 2,668 kg/ha | 3,543 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 57 Serbia and Montenegro 2,962 kg/ha compare
- 58 Azerbaijan 2,955 kg/ha compare
- 59 Australia and New Zealand 2,918 kg/ha compare
- 61 Greece 2,869 kg/ha compare
- 62 Japan 2,855 kg/ha compare
- 63 Colombia 2,789 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Australia?
- Barley — yield in Australia was 2,871 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,543 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 789.7 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Australia rank for barley — yield?
- Australia ranks 60th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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.