Barley — Yield in Mexico
Mexico: Barley — Yield was 2,753 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — yield in Mexico stood at 2,753 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Mexico peaked at 3,143 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 747 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Mexico 64th 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 Mexico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 747 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 784.4 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1963 | 798.6 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 805.7 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 853.9 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1966 | 914.1 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1967 | 852.9 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1968 | 1,004 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1969 | 867.4 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1970 | 1,060 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1971 | 1,222 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1972 | 1,426 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1973 | 1,495 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1974 | 1,444 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1975 | 1,537 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1976 | 1,511 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1977 | 1,681 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1978 | 1,705 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 1,468 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1980 | 1,659 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1981 | 2,030 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1982 | 1,846 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1983 | 1,836 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 2,186 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1985 | 1,911 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1986 | 1,923 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 2,159 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1988 | 1,499 kg/ha | -30.6% |
| 1989 | 1,651 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1990 | 1,872 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1991 | 2,042 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 1,897 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1993 | 2,308 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 1994 | 2,653 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1995 | 1,975 kg/ha | -25.6% |
| 1996 | 2,068 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1997 | 1,933 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1998 | 1,535 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 1999 | 2,001 kg/ha | +30.3% |
| 2000 | 2,454 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 2001 | 2,453 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,609 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 2,976 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2004 | 2,859 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 2,485 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2006 | 2,756 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2007 | 2,281 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2008 | 2,514 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2009 | 2,170 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2010 | 2,512 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2011 | 2,232 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2012 | 3,143 kg/ha | +40.8% |
| 2013 | 2,002 kg/ha | -36.3% |
| 2014 | 2,696 kg/ha | +34.7% |
| 2015 | 2,336 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2016 | 2,967 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 2017 | 2,842 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 2,864 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 2,693 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2020 | 2,938 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2021 | 3,012 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 2,960 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 2,797 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2024 | 2,753 kg/ha | -1.6% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 2,753 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,457 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 2,753 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,789 kg/ha, 99% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 847.5 kg/ha | 747 kg/ha | 1,004 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,455 kg/ha | 1,060 kg/ha | 1,705 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,870 kg/ha | 1,499 kg/ha | 2,186 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,028 kg/ha | 1,535 kg/ha | 2,653 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,556 kg/ha | 2,170 kg/ha | 2,976 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,629 kg/ha | 2,002 kg/ha | 3,143 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,892 kg/ha | 2,753 kg/ha | 3,012 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Mexico?
- Barley — yield in Mexico was 2,753 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 3,143 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 747 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Mexico rank for barley — yield?
- Mexico ranks 64th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.