Barley — Yield in India
India: Barley — Yield was 3,082 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
India recorded 3,082 kg/ha for barley — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in India peaked at 3,082 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 734.7 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places India 53rd 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 India, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 879.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 951.1 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1963 | 801.6 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1964 | 734.7 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1965 | 940 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 1966 | 902.3 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1967 | 831.4 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1968 | 1,038 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 1969 | 878.8 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1970 | 982.4 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1971 | 1,090 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1972 | 1,050 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1973 | 971.5 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1974 | 894.7 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1975 | 1,087 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1976 | 1,139 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1977 | 1,046 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1978 | 1,155 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1979 | 1,172 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 916.7 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1981 | 1,269 kg/ha | +38.4% |
| 1982 | 1,154 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1983 | 1,259 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1984 | 1,323 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1985 | 1,242 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1986 | 1,434 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1987 | 1,363 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1988 | 1,380 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 1,592 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1990 | 1,500 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1991 | 1,696 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1992 | 1,781 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1993 | 1,652 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1994 | 1,653 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 1,440 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1996 | 1,832 kg/ha | +27.2% |
| 1997 | 1,930 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 1,958 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 1,940 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 1,997 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 1,840 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2002 | 2,160 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2003 | 2,006 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2004 | 1,975 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 1,958 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 1,938 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 2,058 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 1,991 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 2,394 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 2010 | 2,172 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2011 | 2,357 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2012 | 2,519 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 2,518 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,717 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2015 | 2,282 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 2016 | 2,441 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2017 | 2,663 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2018 | 2,695 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 2,837 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 2,920 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 2,796 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 3,025 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2023 | 3,044 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 3,082 kg/ha | +1.2% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 3,082 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,064 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 884.17 kg/ha | 734.7 kg/ha | 1,038 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,059 kg/ha | 894.7 kg/ha | 1,172 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,293 kg/ha | 916.7 kg/ha | 1,592 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,738 kg/ha | 1,440 kg/ha | 1,958 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,032 kg/ha | 1,840 kg/ha | 2,394 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,520 kg/ha | 2,172 kg/ha | 2,837 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,974 kg/ha | 2,796 kg/ha | 3,082 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in India?
- Barley — yield in India was 3,082 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 3,082 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 734.7 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does India rank for barley — yield?
- India ranks 53rd out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.