Barley — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Barley — Yield was 2,225 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) recorded 2,225 kg/ha for barley — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 4.7% on the previous year and up 32.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 2,317 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 877.6 kg/ha, in 1995.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 892.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 889.3 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1963 | 892 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 899.1 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 906.3 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 908.2 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 929.3 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1968 | 926.8 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 935.8 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 945.4 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 944.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 939.5 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 905.7 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1974 | 890.3 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 933.8 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1976 | 1,079 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1977 | 1,138 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1978 | 906.3 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1979 | 1,076 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1980 | 1,110 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 1,216 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1982 | 1,118 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1983 | 1,208 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1984 | 1,004 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1985 | 1,004 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 988 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 1,078 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1988 | 1,167 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1989 | 1,060 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1990 | 1,128 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1991 | 1,087 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1992 | 1,006 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1993 | 1,188 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1994 | 942.3 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 1995 | 877.6 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1996 | 1,031 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1997 | 1,066 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 1,114 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 960.3 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2000 | 879.6 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2001 | 1,076 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 2002 | 1,382 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 2003 | 964.7 kg/ha | -30.2% |
| 2004 | 1,036 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2005 | 1,184 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2006 | 1,406 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 2007 | 1,316 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2008 | 1,323 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 1,483 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2010 | 1,504 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 1,482 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 1,610 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2013 | 1,689 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 1,677 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 1,670 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 1,774 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 1,821 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 1,782 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 2,317 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 2020 | 2,172 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 2,105 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 2,121 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 2,126 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,225 kg/ha | +4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 908.79 kg/ha | 889.3 kg/ha | 935.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 975.79 kg/ha | 890.3 kg/ha | 1,138 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,095 kg/ha | 988 kg/ha | 1,216 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,040 kg/ha | 877.6 kg/ha | 1,188 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,205 kg/ha | 879.6 kg/ha | 1,483 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,732 kg/ha | 1,482 kg/ha | 2,317 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,150 kg/ha | 2,105 kg/ha | 2,225 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 1 New Zealand 7,703 kg/ha compare
- 1 Republic of Moldova 3,118 kg/ha compare
- 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
- 5 Ireland 7,066 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Barley — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 2,225 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 2,317 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 877.6 kg/ha in 1995.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for barley — yield?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 4th out of 11 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.