Barley — Yield in China
China: Barley — Yield was 3,676 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
China recorded 3,676 kg/ha for barley — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in China peaked at 4,145 kg/ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 1,048 kg/ha, in 1966.
China ranks 40th 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 China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,052 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,144 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1963 | 1,078 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1964 | 1,265 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1965 | 1,480 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1966 | 1,048 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 1967 | 1,439 kg/ha | +37.2% |
| 1968 | 1,069 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 1969 | 1,052 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1970 | 1,140 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1971 | 1,261 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1972 | 1,268 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 1,076 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1974 | 1,481 kg/ha | +37.6% |
| 1975 | 1,760 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1976 | 2,014 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1977 | 1,975 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1978 | 2,229 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1979 | 2,490 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1980 | 2,181 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1981 | 2,583 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1982 | 2,807 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1983 | 2,500 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1984 | 2,750 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1985 | 2,647 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1986 | 2,291 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1987 | 2,828 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 1988 | 3,061 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1989 | 2,609 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1990 | 2,517 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1991 | 2,546 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 2,750 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1993 | 2,767 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 2,812 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 2,600 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1996 | 2,677 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 2,625 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 2,496 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 2,473 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 3,757 kg/ha | +51.9% |
| 2002 | 3,633 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 3,560 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 4,102 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2005 | 4,145 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 3,763 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2007 | 3,512 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2008 | 3,432 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 3,550 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 3,528 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 3,572 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 3,373 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 3,483 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 3,832 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 3,769 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 3,304 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2017 | 3,289 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 3,644 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2019 | 3,855 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 3,568 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2021 | 3,684 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 3,697 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 3,648 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 3,676 kg/ha | +0.8% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 3,676 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,457 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- China's 3,676 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,863 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,181 kg/ha | 1,048 kg/ha | 1,480 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,670 kg/ha | 1,076 kg/ha | 2,490 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,626 kg/ha | 2,181 kg/ha | 3,061 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,629 kg/ha | 2,496 kg/ha | 2,812 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,593 kg/ha | 2,473 kg/ha | 4,145 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,565 kg/ha | 3,289 kg/ha | 3,855 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,655 kg/ha | 3,568 kg/ha | 3,697 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in China?
- Barley — yield in China was 3,676 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 4,145 kg/ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,048 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does China rank for barley — yield?
- China ranks 40th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.