Barley — Yield in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Barley — Yield was 4,762 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
European Union (27) recorded 4,762 kg/ha for barley — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.2% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in European Union (27) peaked at 5,073 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2,177 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places European Union (27) 3rd out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,177 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,517 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1963 | 2,477 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1964 | 2,567 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 2,628 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 2,553 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1967 | 2,936 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1968 | 2,884 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1969 | 2,885 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,588 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1971 | 3,060 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1972 | 3,137 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 3,077 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 3,251 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 3,023 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1976 | 2,913 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1977 | 3,158 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1978 | 3,427 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1979 | 3,153 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1980 | 3,474 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1981 | 3,090 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1982 | 3,375 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1983 | 3,222 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1984 | 4,045 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 1985 | 3,746 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1986 | 3,491 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1987 | 3,638 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 3,908 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1989 | 3,934 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 3,952 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 3,944 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 3,188 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 1993 | 3,638 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1994 | 3,484 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 3,485 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 3,966 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1997 | 3,894 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 4,012 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 3,917 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 4,104 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 4,014 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 4,001 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 3,801 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 4,600 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 2005 | 3,826 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 2006 | 3,944 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 4,131 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 4,419 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 4,354 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 4,230 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 4,230 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 4,299 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 4,725 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2014 | 4,747 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 4,910 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 4,769 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 4,759 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 4,500 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 4,990 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2020 | 4,962 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 5,073 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 5,053 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 4,571 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2024 | 4,762 kg/ha | +4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,625 kg/ha | 2,177 kg/ha | 2,936 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,079 kg/ha | 2,588 kg/ha | 3,427 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,592 kg/ha | 3,090 kg/ha | 4,045 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,748 kg/ha | 3,188 kg/ha | 4,012 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,119 kg/ha | 3,801 kg/ha | 4,600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,616 kg/ha | 4,230 kg/ha | 4,990 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,884 kg/ha | 4,571 kg/ha | 5,073 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 1 New Zealand 7,703 kg/ha compare
- 1 Republic of Moldova 3,118 kg/ha compare
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in European Union (27)?
- Barley — yield in European Union (27) was 4,762 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 5,073 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,177 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does European Union (27) rank for barley — yield?
- European Union (27) ranks 3rd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.