Barley — Yield in Europe
Europe: Barley — Yield was 4,020 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Europe recorded 4,020 kg/ha for barley — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Europe peaked at 4,200 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,564 kg/ha, in 1963.
Europe ranks 5th of 26 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,586 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,767 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1963 | 1,564 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1964 | 1,776 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1965 | 1,690 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1966 | 1,913 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1967 | 2,003 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1968 | 2,082 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 2,026 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1970 | 2,108 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1971 | 2,206 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1972 | 2,013 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1973 | 2,280 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1974 | 2,262 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 1,783 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1976 | 2,265 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 1977 | 2,103 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1978 | 2,429 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1979 | 1,945 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 1980 | 2,180 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1981 | 1,909 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1982 | 2,239 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1983 | 2,204 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 2,403 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1985 | 2,440 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 2,444 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 2,508 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 2,374 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1989 | 2,660 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1990 | 2,849 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1991 | 2,462 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1992 | 2,732 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1993 | 2,821 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 2,637 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1995 | 2,360 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1996 | 2,780 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1997 | 2,953 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1998 | 3,009 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 2,939 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 3,045 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 3,157 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 3,132 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 2,876 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2004 | 3,336 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2005 | 2,965 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2006 | 2,988 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 3,033 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 3,616 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 2009 | 3,449 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 3,240 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2011 | 3,332 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 3,241 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 3,489 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 3,694 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2015 | 3,773 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 3,740 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 3,904 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 3,552 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2019 | 3,948 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2020 | 3,959 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 3,968 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 4,200 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2023 | 3,895 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2024 | 4,020 kg/ha | +3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,823 kg/ha | 1,564 kg/ha | 2,082 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,139 kg/ha | 1,783 kg/ha | 2,429 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,336 kg/ha | 1,909 kg/ha | 2,660 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,754 kg/ha | 2,360 kg/ha | 3,009 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,160 kg/ha | 2,876 kg/ha | 3,616 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,591 kg/ha | 3,240 kg/ha | 3,948 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,009 kg/ha | 3,895 kg/ha | 4,200 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 2 Chile 7,492 kg/ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 2,536 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,332 kg/ha compare
- 3 Kuwait 7,476 kg/ha compare
- 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 7,370 kg/ha compare
- 5 Ireland 7,066 kg/ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 1,953 kg/ha compare
- 6 Zambia 6,466 kg/ha compare
- 7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,188 kg/ha compare
- 7 Germany 6,392 kg/ha compare
- 8 Belgium 6,249 kg/ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 1,157 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Europe?
- Barley — yield in Europe was 4,020 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 4,200 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,564 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Europe rank for barley — yield?
- Europe ranks 5th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe 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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About this data
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.