Barley — Yield in Ireland
Ireland: Barley — Yield was 7,066 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 7,066 kg/ha for barley — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.6% on the previous year and down 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Ireland peaked at 8,576 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2,999 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Ireland 5th 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 Ireland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,521 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,673 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1963 | 3,392 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1964 | 2,999 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1965 | 3,279 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1966 | 3,417 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 3,706 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1968 | 4,104 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1969 | 3,972 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1970 | 3,650 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1971 | 4,218 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1972 | 3,899 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1973 | 3,726 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1974 | 4,215 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1975 | 4,157 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 3,563 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1977 | 4,996 kg/ha | +40.2% |
| 1978 | 4,544 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1979 | 4,814 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1980 | 4,644 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1981 | 4,683 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 5,042 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1983 | 4,796 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1984 | 5,817 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 1985 | 5,007 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1986 | 5,389 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1987 | 6,271 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1988 | 6,082 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 5,602 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1990 | 5,920 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1991 | 5,936 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 6,334 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1993 | 5,299 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1994 | 5,362 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 6,069 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1996 | 6,753 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1997 | 5,727 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1998 | 5,627 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 6,656 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 2000 | 7,185 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2001 | 7,018 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 5,470 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 2003 | 6,541 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 2004 | 7,222 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2005 | 6,231 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2006 | 6,808 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2007 | 6,713 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 6,913 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 6,339 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2010 | 6,997 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2011 | 7,818 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2012 | 6,539 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 2013 | 7,579 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 2014 | 8,026 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2015 | 8,576 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2016 | 7,822 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2017 | 8,357 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 6,380 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 2019 | 8,249 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 2020 | 6,975 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2021 | 8,190 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2022 | 8,146 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 6,570 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 2024 | 7,066 kg/ha | +7.6% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 7,066 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,439 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 7,066 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,842 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,563 kg/ha | 2,999 kg/ha | 4,104 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,178 kg/ha | 3,563 kg/ha | 4,996 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,333 kg/ha | 4,644 kg/ha | 6,271 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,968 kg/ha | 5,299 kg/ha | 6,753 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,644 kg/ha | 5,470 kg/ha | 7,222 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,634 kg/ha | 6,380 kg/ha | 8,576 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,390 kg/ha | 6,570 kg/ha | 8,190 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 2 Chile 7,492 kg/ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 2,536 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,332 kg/ha compare
- 3 Kuwait 7,476 kg/ha compare
- 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 7,370 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
- 7 Germany 6,392 kg/ha compare
- 8 Belgium 6,249 kg/ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 1,157 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ireland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0106 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,391 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.9559 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3541 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Ireland?
- Barley — yield in Ireland was 7,066 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 8,576 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,999 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Ireland rank for barley — yield?
- Ireland ranks 5th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ireland 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.