Barley — Yield in Finland
Finland: Barley — Yield was 3,662 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Finland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Finland recorded 3,662 kg/ha for barley — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.7% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Finland peaked at 4,277 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,315 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Finland 42nd out of 104 countries 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 Finland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,816 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,315 kg/ha | -27.6% |
| 1963 | 1,877 kg/ha | +42.7% |
| 1964 | 1,466 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1965 | 1,989 kg/ha | +35.7% |
| 1966 | 1,858 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1967 | 1,968 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1968 | 2,001 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 2,254 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1970 | 2,313 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1971 | 2,586 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1972 | 2,448 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1973 | 2,169 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1974 | 2,174 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 2,676 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1976 | 3,066 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1977 | 2,508 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1978 | 2,570 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 2,606 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 2,875 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1981 | 1,895 kg/ha | -34.1% |
| 1982 | 2,958 kg/ha | +56.1% |
| 1983 | 3,206 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1984 | 3,050 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 2,871 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1986 | 2,908 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 1,869 kg/ha | -35.7% |
| 1988 | 2,364 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 1989 | 3,153 kg/ha | +33.4% |
| 1990 | 3,543 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1991 | 3,289 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1992 | 2,814 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1993 | 3,658 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 1994 | 3,674 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 3,416 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1996 | 3,428 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 3,438 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 2,277 kg/ha | -33.8% |
| 1999 | 2,698 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 2000 | 3,551 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 2001 | 3,264 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2002 | 3,327 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 3,206 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 3,243 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 3,540 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2006 | 3,500 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 3,721 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 3,636 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 3,864 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2010 | 3,211 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2011 | 3,505 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2012 | 3,504 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 3,852 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2014 | 3,733 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 3,474 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 3,626 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 4,075 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2018 | 3,340 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2019 | 4,277 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 2020 | 3,565 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2021 | 2,695 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 2022 | 3,866 kg/ha | +43.4% |
| 2023 | 3,166 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 2024 | 3,662 kg/ha | +15.7% |
Finland compared with similar countries
- Finland's 3,662 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,439 kg/ha, 83% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Finland's 3,662 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,842 kg/ha, 95% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,838 kg/ha | 1,315 kg/ha | 2,254 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,512 kg/ha | 2,169 kg/ha | 3,066 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,715 kg/ha | 1,869 kg/ha | 3,206 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,223 kg/ha | 2,277 kg/ha | 3,674 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,485 kg/ha | 3,206 kg/ha | 3,864 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,660 kg/ha | 3,211 kg/ha | 4,277 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,391 kg/ha | 2,695 kg/ha | 3,866 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Finland
- 39 South Africa 3,714 kg/ha compare
- 40 China 3,676 kg/ha compare
- 40 China, mainland 3,676 kg/ha compare
- 43 Brazil 3,655 kg/ha compare
- 44 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,630 kg/ha compare
- 45 Kenya 3,463 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Finland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0261 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,466 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5476 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2548 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 7.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Finland?
- Barley — yield in Finland was 3,662 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 4,277 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,315 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Finland rank for barley — yield?
- Finland ranks 42nd out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland 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.