Barley — Yield in Hungary
Hungary: Barley — Yield was 5,450 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Hungary, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Hungary recorded 5,450 kg/ha for barley — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 23.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Hungary peaked at 6,372 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,568 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Hungary 17th out of 104 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Hungary, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,887 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,087 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1963 | 1,788 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1964 | 1,568 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1965 | 2,020 kg/ha | +28.9% |
| 1966 | 1,871 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1967 | 2,087 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1968 | 2,343 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1969 | 2,381 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 1,948 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1971 | 2,623 kg/ha | +34.7% |
| 1972 | 2,762 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1973 | 3,009 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1974 | 3,304 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1975 | 2,729 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1976 | 3,282 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 1977 | 3,165 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1978 | 3,392 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1979 | 2,708 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1980 | 3,784 kg/ha | +39.7% |
| 1981 | 3,157 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1982 | 3,325 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1983 | 3,659 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1984 | 4,531 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 1985 | 3,751 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1986 | 3,395 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1987 | 3,874 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1988 | 4,488 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1989 | 4,742 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1990 | 4,608 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 4,360 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1992 | 3,590 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1993 | 2,651 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 1994 | 3,686 kg/ha | +39.1% |
| 1995 | 3,580 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 2,834 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 1997 | 3,595 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 1998 | 3,537 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 3,123 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2000 | 2,773 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2001 | 3,535 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 2002 | 2,823 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 2003 | 2,377 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 2004 | 4,269 kg/ha | +79.6% |
| 2005 | 3,757 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2006 | 3,674 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 3,166 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2008 | 4,452 kg/ha | +40.6% |
| 2009 | 3,316 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 2010 | 3,358 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 3,785 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2012 | 3,617 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2013 | 4,053 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2014 | 4,424 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2015 | 4,759 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 5,092 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2017 | 5,283 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 4,692 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2019 | 5,592 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 2020 | 5,677 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 6,372 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2022 | 4,809 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 2023 | 5,376 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2024 | 5,450 kg/ha | +1.4% |
Hungary compared with similar countries
- Hungary's 5,450 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,439 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Hungary's 5,450 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,842 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,003 kg/ha | 1,568 kg/ha | 2,381 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,892 kg/ha | 1,948 kg/ha | 3,392 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,871 kg/ha | 3,157 kg/ha | 4,742 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,556 kg/ha | 2,651 kg/ha | 4,608 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,414 kg/ha | 2,377 kg/ha | 4,452 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,465 kg/ha | 3,358 kg/ha | 5,592 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,537 kg/ha | 4,809 kg/ha | 6,372 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Hungary
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2931 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Hungary?
- Barley — yield in Hungary was 5,450 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 6,372 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,568 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Hungary rank for barley — yield?
- Hungary ranks 17th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Hungary 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.