Barley — Yield in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Barley — Yield was 2,365 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — yield in Eastern Africa stood at 2,365 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 5.9% on the previous year and up 30.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Eastern Africa peaked at 2,510 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 799.9 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Eastern Africa 19th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 804.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 799.9 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 811.5 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 822.5 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 827 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 838.8 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 842.5 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 843.6 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 856 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 867 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 877.4 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 881.2 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 834.2 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1974 | 813.9 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 854.6 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1976 | 1,020 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1977 | 1,246 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 1978 | 866.4 kg/ha | -30.4% |
| 1979 | 1,117 kg/ha | +28.9% |
| 1980 | 1,189 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1981 | 1,351 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1982 | 1,232 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1983 | 1,322 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1984 | 1,026 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1985 | 1,048 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 1,019 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1987 | 1,129 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1988 | 1,223 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1989 | 1,108 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1990 | 1,204 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1991 | 1,193 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 1,100 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1993 | 1,338 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 1994 | 985.7 kg/ha | -26.4% |
| 1995 | 886.3 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1996 | 1,073 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1997 | 1,090 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 1,162 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1999 | 951.1 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 2000 | 958.4 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 1,182 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 2002 | 1,462 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 2003 | 1,044 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 2004 | 1,111 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 1,207 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2006 | 1,490 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 2007 | 1,344 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2008 | 1,381 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 1,491 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 1,498 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 1,559 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 1,670 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 1,750 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 1,811 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 1,810 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,937 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2017 | 1,946 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 1,984 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 2,510 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 2020 | 2,299 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2021 | 2,185 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2022 | 2,232 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 2,234 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,365 kg/ha | +5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 827.34 kg/ha | 799.9 kg/ha | 856 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 937.75 kg/ha | 813.9 kg/ha | 1,246 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,165 kg/ha | 1,019 kg/ha | 1,351 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,098 kg/ha | 886.3 kg/ha | 1,338 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,267 kg/ha | 958.4 kg/ha | 1,491 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,847 kg/ha | 1,498 kg/ha | 2,510 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,263 kg/ha | 2,185 kg/ha | 2,365 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Eastern Africa?
- Barley — yield in Eastern Africa was 2,365 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,510 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 799.9 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for barley — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 19th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.