Barley — Yield in Cyprus
Cyprus: Barley — Yield was 966.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Cyprus, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — yield in Cyprus stood at 966.3 kg/ha.
The figure is down 53.7% on the previous year and up 572.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Cyprus peaked at 3,016 kg/ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 114 kg/ha, in 2008.
That places Cyprus 99th out of 104 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 759.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,367 kg/ha | +80.0% |
| 1963 | 1,310 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1964 | 931.4 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 1965 | 1,720 kg/ha | +84.7% |
| 1966 | 627.6 kg/ha | -63.5% |
| 1967 | 1,076 kg/ha | +71.4% |
| 1968 | 627.6 kg/ha | -41.7% |
| 1969 | 1,406 kg/ha | +124.1% |
| 1970 | 773.5 kg/ha | -45.0% |
| 1971 | 1,519 kg/ha | +96.4% |
| 1972 | 1,146 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 1973 | 173.5 kg/ha | -84.9% |
| 1974 | 1,519 kg/ha | +775.4% |
| 1975 | 1,726 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1976 | 1,705 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 1,701 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 2,035 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1979 | 1,840 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1980 | 2,095 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1981 | 1,899 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1982 | 1,899 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,426 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 1984 | 1,793 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 1985 | 2,134 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1986 | 1,303 kg/ha | -39.0% |
| 1987 | 2,326 kg/ha | +78.5% |
| 1988 | 2,710 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1989 | 2,582 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1990 | 1,873 kg/ha | -27.5% |
| 1991 | 1,359 kg/ha | -27.4% |
| 1992 | 2,850 kg/ha | +109.7% |
| 1993 | 3,016 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1994 | 2,567 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1995 | 2,351 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1996 | 2,327 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 960 kg/ha | -58.8% |
| 1998 | 1,019 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1999 | 2,167 kg/ha | +112.7% |
| 2000 | 835.6 kg/ha | -61.4% |
| 2001 | 2,321 kg/ha | +177.7% |
| 2002 | 2,427 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 2,307 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2004 | 1,728 kg/ha | -25.1% |
| 2005 | 1,148 kg/ha | -33.6% |
| 2006 | 1,193 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 1,529 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 2008 | 114 kg/ha | -92.5% |
| 2009 | 1,786 kg/ha | +1466.9% |
| 2010 | 1,907 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2011 | 1,832 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 2,323 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 2013 | 1,530 kg/ha | -34.1% |
| 2014 | 143.6 kg/ha | -90.6% |
| 2015 | 2,538 kg/ha | +1667.2% |
| 2016 | 200 kg/ha | -92.1% |
| 2017 | 1,712 kg/ha | +756.1% |
| 2018 | 618.8 kg/ha | -63.9% |
| 2019 | 2,625 kg/ha | +324.2% |
| 2020 | 2,133 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 2021 | 2,034 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 2,289 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2023 | 2,085 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2024 | 966.3 kg/ha | -53.7% |
Cyprus compared with similar countries
- Cyprus's 966.3 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,439 kg/ha, 22% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Cyprus's 966.3 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,842 kg/ha, 25% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — Yield in Cyprus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +1667.2% | 143.6 kg/ha | 2,538 kg/ha |
| 2009 | +1466.9% | 114 kg/ha | 1,786 kg/ha |
| 1974 | +775.4% | 173.5 kg/ha | 1,519 kg/ha |
| 2017 | +756.1% | 200 kg/ha | 1,712 kg/ha |
| 2019 | +324.2% | 618.8 kg/ha | 2,625 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,092 kg/ha | 627.6 kg/ha | 1,720 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,414 kg/ha | 173.5 kg/ha | 2,035 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,017 kg/ha | 1,303 kg/ha | 2,710 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,049 kg/ha | 960 kg/ha | 3,016 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,539 kg/ha | 114 kg/ha | 2,427 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,543 kg/ha | 143.6 kg/ha | 2,625 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,902 kg/ha | 966.3 kg/ha | 2,289 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Cyprus
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0112 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 335.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8799 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3331 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Cyprus?
- Barley — yield in Cyprus was 966.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 3,016 kg/ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 114 kg/ha in 2008.
- How does Cyprus rank for barley — yield?
- Cyprus ranks 99th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 572.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cyprus 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.