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 111 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.
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 share gdp 2.27 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.27 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 12.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 3.39 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 40.76 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 368,735 t (2024)
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 111 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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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.