Barley — Yield in Canada
Canada: Barley — Yield was 3,402 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — yield in Canada stood at 3,402 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Canada peaked at 3,901 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1,096 kg/ha, in 1961.
Canada ranks 46th 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 Canada, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,096 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,688 kg/ha | +54.0% |
| 1963 | 1,927 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1964 | 1,650 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1965 | 1,919 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1966 | 2,172 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1967 | 1,675 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 1968 | 1,981 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1969 | 2,134 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1970 | 2,220 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1971 | 2,315 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1972 | 2,229 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1973 | 2,113 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1974 | 1,841 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1975 | 2,131 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1976 | 2,415 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1977 | 2,484 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 2,438 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1979 | 2,273 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1980 | 2,431 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1981 | 2,506 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 2,712 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1983 | 2,356 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1984 | 2,259 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1985 | 2,608 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1986 | 3,017 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1987 | 2,789 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1988 | 2,460 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1989 | 2,493 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 2,968 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1991 | 2,755 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1992 | 2,909 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 3,119 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1994 | 2,857 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1995 | 2,987 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1996 | 3,184 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1997 | 2,878 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1998 | 2,975 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 3,243 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2000 | 2,961 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2001 | 2,614 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2002 | 2,235 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 2003 | 2,766 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 2004 | 3,269 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2005 | 3,213 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 2,970 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2007 | 2,753 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2008 | 3,364 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2009 | 3,261 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 3,186 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 3,286 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 2,898 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2013 | 3,826 kg/ha | +32.0% |
| 2014 | 3,284 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2015 | 3,510 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2016 | 3,901 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2017 | 3,734 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 3,498 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 3,807 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2020 | 3,824 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 2,274 kg/ha | -40.5% |
| 2022 | 3,789 kg/ha | +66.6% |
| 2023 | 3,295 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2024 | 3,402 kg/ha | +3.2% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 3,402 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,439 kg/ha, 77% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,805 kg/ha | 1,096 kg/ha | 2,172 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,246 kg/ha | 1,841 kg/ha | 2,484 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,563 kg/ha | 2,259 kg/ha | 3,017 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,987 kg/ha | 2,755 kg/ha | 3,243 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,941 kg/ha | 2,235 kg/ha | 3,364 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,493 kg/ha | 2,898 kg/ha | 3,901 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,317 kg/ha | 2,274 kg/ha | 3,824 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Canada
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 31.61 % change on previous year (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0193 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,092 current US$ per person (2022)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0803 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1712 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.9% (2022)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.9% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Canada?
- Barley — yield in Canada was 3,402 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 3,901 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,096 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Canada rank for barley — yield?
- Canada ranks 46th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada 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.