Barley — Yield in Brazil
Brazil: Barley — Yield was 3,655 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Barley — Yield in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — yield in Brazil stood at 3,655 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 28.5% on the previous year and up 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Brazil peaked at 4,170 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 590.4 kg/ha, in 1982.
Brazil ranks 43rd of 104 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Barley — Yield in Brazil, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 771.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 971.3 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 1963 | 672.9 kg/ha | -30.7% |
| 1964 | 919.9 kg/ha | +36.7% |
| 1965 | 818.2 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1966 | 842.9 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 734.7 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1968 | 834.4 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1969 | 1,035 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 1970 | 1,068 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1971 | 829.2 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 1972 | 778.8 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1973 | 718.6 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1974 | 739.8 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 1,073 kg/ha | +45.0% |
| 1976 | 1,269 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1977 | 1,018 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1978 | 1,609 kg/ha | +58.1% |
| 1979 | 1,159 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 1980 | 1,036 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1981 | 1,149 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1982 | 590.4 kg/ha | -48.6% |
| 1983 | 1,033 kg/ha | +74.9% |
| 1984 | 1,059 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 1,547 kg/ha | +46.0% |
| 1986 | 1,801 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1987 | 1,914 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1988 | 1,231 kg/ha | -35.7% |
| 1989 | 2,190 kg/ha | +77.9% |
| 1990 | 1,498 kg/ha | -31.6% |
| 1991 | 1,146 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 1992 | 1,873 kg/ha | +63.5% |
| 1993 | 1,640 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1994 | 1,690 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 1,506 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1996 | 2,489 kg/ha | +65.2% |
| 1997 | 2,028 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1998 | 1,926 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1999 | 2,345 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 2000 | 1,944 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 2001 | 2,083 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 1,660 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 2003 | 2,896 kg/ha | +74.5% |
| 2004 | 2,794 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 2,258 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 2006 | 2,470 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2007 | 2,349 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 2,989 kg/ha | +27.2% |
| 2009 | 2,598 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2010 | 3,312 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 2011 | 3,444 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 2,579 kg/ha | -25.1% |
| 2013 | 3,744 kg/ha | +45.2% |
| 2014 | 2,812 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 2015 | 2,156 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 2016 | 4,170 kg/ha | +93.4% |
| 2017 | 2,490 kg/ha | -40.3% |
| 2018 | 3,259 kg/ha | +30.9% |
| 2019 | 3,588 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2020 | 3,709 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 3,933 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2022 | 4,028 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 2,844 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 2024 | 3,655 kg/ha | +28.5% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 3,655 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,457 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 3,655 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,789 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 844.52 kg/ha | 672.9 kg/ha | 1,035 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,026 kg/ha | 718.6 kg/ha | 1,609 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,355 kg/ha | 590.4 kg/ha | 2,190 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,814 kg/ha | 1,146 kg/ha | 2,489 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,404 kg/ha | 1,660 kg/ha | 2,989 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,155 kg/ha | 2,156 kg/ha | 4,170 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,634 kg/ha | 2,844 kg/ha | 4,028 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Brazil?
- Barley — yield in Brazil was 3,655 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 4,170 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 590.4 kg/ha in 1982.
- How does Brazil rank for barley — yield?
- Brazil ranks 43rd out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Brazil 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.