Barley — Yield in Italy
Italy: Barley — Yield was 3,842 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — yield in Italy stood at 3,842 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 6.6% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Italy peaked at 4,337 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,269 kg/ha, in 1961.
Italy ranks 37th 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,269 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,362 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1963 | 1,374 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 1,280 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1965 | 1,529 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1966 | 1,414 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1967 | 1,632 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1968 | 1,472 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1969 | 1,667 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1970 | 1,755 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1971 | 2,016 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1972 | 2,048 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 2,214 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1974 | 2,468 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1975 | 2,571 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 2,649 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 2,303 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1978 | 2,784 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 1979 | 2,638 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1980 | 2,874 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1981 | 2,927 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 3,048 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 3,087 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 3,729 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1985 | 3,479 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1986 | 3,321 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1987 | 3,844 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1988 | 3,472 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1989 | 3,493 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 3,645 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1991 | 3,801 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 3,870 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 3,844 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 3,739 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 3,801 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 3,758 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 3,307 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1998 | 3,803 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1999 | 3,712 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 3,653 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 3,380 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2002 | 3,472 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 3,296 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2004 | 3,794 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2005 | 3,795 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 3,877 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 3,555 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2008 | 3,747 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 3,420 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2010 | 3,622 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 3,521 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 3,820 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2013 | 3,690 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 3,637 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 3,932 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2016 | 4,011 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 3,929 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 3,966 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 4,227 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2020 | 4,266 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 4,337 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 4,323 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 4,113 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2024 | 3,842 kg/ha | -6.6% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 3,842 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,439 kg/ha, 87% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Italy's 3,842 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,842 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,444 kg/ha | 1,269 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,345 kg/ha | 1,755 kg/ha | 2,784 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,327 kg/ha | 2,874 kg/ha | 3,844 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,728 kg/ha | 3,307 kg/ha | 3,870 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,599 kg/ha | 3,296 kg/ha | 3,877 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,836 kg/ha | 3,521 kg/ha | 4,227 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,176 kg/ha | 3,842 kg/ha | 4,337 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Italy?
- Barley — yield in Italy was 3,842 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 4,337 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,269 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Italy rank for barley — yield?
- Italy ranks 37th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.