Barley — Yield in Greece
Greece: Barley — Yield was 2,869 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — yield in Greece stood at 2,869 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 3.5% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Greece peaked at 2,928 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,170 kg/ha, in 1961.
Greece ranks 61st of 104 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Greece, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,170 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,257 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1963 | 1,183 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1964 | 1,449 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 1965 | 1,660 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1966 | 1,981 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 1967 | 2,203 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1968 | 1,418 kg/ha | -35.6% |
| 1969 | 1,586 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1970 | 2,148 kg/ha | +35.4% |
| 1971 | 2,053 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1972 | 2,137 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1973 | 2,058 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1974 | 2,352 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1975 | 2,318 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1976 | 2,436 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1977 | 1,834 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 1978 | 2,503 kg/ha | +36.5% |
| 1979 | 2,243 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1980 | 2,644 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1981 | 2,438 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1982 | 2,638 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1983 | 1,897 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 1984 | 2,340 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 1985 | 1,869 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1986 | 2,560 kg/ha | +37.0% |
| 1987 | 2,267 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1988 | 2,560 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1989 | 2,655 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 1,743 kg/ha | -34.3% |
| 1991 | 2,760 kg/ha | +58.4% |
| 1992 | 2,544 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1993 | 2,488 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 2,606 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 2,633 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 2,346 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1997 | 2,410 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 2,404 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 2,269 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 2,417 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2001 | 2,393 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 2,496 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 2,168 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2004 | 2,489 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2005 | 2,540 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 2,413 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 2,304 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 2,743 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 2009 | 2,670 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 2,576 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 2,633 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 2,629 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 2,780 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 2,832 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 2,782 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 2,880 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 2,912 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 2,668 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2019 | 2,765 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 2,911 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 2,928 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 2,769 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2023 | 2,772 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,869 kg/ha | +3.5% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 2,869 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,439 kg/ha, 65% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Greece's 2,869 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,842 kg/ha, 75% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,545 kg/ha | 1,170 kg/ha | 2,203 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,208 kg/ha | 1,834 kg/ha | 2,503 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,387 kg/ha | 1,869 kg/ha | 2,655 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,420 kg/ha | 1,743 kg/ha | 2,760 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,463 kg/ha | 2,168 kg/ha | 2,743 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,746 kg/ha | 2,576 kg/ha | 2,912 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,850 kg/ha | 2,769 kg/ha | 2,928 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Greece
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0357 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 962.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2078 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Greece?
- Barley — yield in Greece was 2,869 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 2,928 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,170 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Greece rank for barley — yield?
- Greece ranks 61st out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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.