Barley — Yield in Germany
Germany: Barley — Yield was 6,392 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Germany, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — yield in Germany is 6,392 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 6.3% on the previous year and down 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Germany peaked at 7,348 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 2,364 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Germany 7th out of 104 countries 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 Germany, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,364 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,245 kg/ha | +37.3% |
| 1963 | 3,035 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1964 | 3,348 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1965 | 2,968 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1966 | 2,982 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 3,580 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 1968 | 3,684 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 3,549 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1970 | 3,159 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1971 | 3,729 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1972 | 3,964 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1973 | 4,008 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 4,283 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1975 | 3,967 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1976 | 3,689 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1977 | 4,011 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1978 | 4,263 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1979 | 3,923 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1980 | 4,310 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1981 | 4,043 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1982 | 4,501 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1983 | 4,386 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1984 | 4,929 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1985 | 4,965 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 4,809 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1987 | 4,658 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1988 | 4,939 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1989 | 5,453 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1990 | 5,356 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 5,717 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1992 | 5,065 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1993 | 5,001 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 5,268 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 5,639 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1996 | 5,467 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 5,892 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1998 | 5,737 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 6,018 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 5,855 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 6,390 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2002 | 5,546 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2003 | 5,107 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2004 | 6,564 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 2005 | 5,966 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2006 | 5,909 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 5,417 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2008 | 6,100 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2009 | 6,544 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2010 | 6,292 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 5,465 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2012 | 6,193 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2013 | 6,587 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 7,348 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2015 | 7,171 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 6,686 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2017 | 6,930 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 5,766 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 2019 | 6,783 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2020 | 6,459 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2021 | 6,763 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 7,081 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2023 | 6,823 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 6,392 kg/ha | -6.3% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 6,392 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,439 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Germany's 6,392 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,842 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,195 kg/ha | 2,364 kg/ha | 3,684 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,900 kg/ha | 3,159 kg/ha | 4,283 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,699 kg/ha | 4,043 kg/ha | 5,453 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,516 kg/ha | 5,001 kg/ha | 6,018 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,940 kg/ha | 5,107 kg/ha | 6,564 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,522 kg/ha | 5,465 kg/ha | 7,348 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,704 kg/ha | 6,392 kg/ha | 7,081 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
- 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
- 8 Belgium 6,249 kg/ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 1,157 kg/ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 879.6 kg/ha compare
- 9 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 6,174 kg/ha compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 665.1 kg/ha compare
- 10 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5,939 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0087 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 527.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6813 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1786 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Germany?
- Barley — yield in Germany was 6,392 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 7,348 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,364 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Germany rank for barley — yield?
- Germany ranks 7th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany 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.