Barley — Yield in Mongolia
Mongolia: Barley — Yield was 1,040 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Barley — Yield in Mongolia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — yield in Mongolia is 1,040 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 20.5% on the previous year and down 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Mongolia peaked at 3,629 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 268 kg/ha, in 1969.
That places Mongolia 98th out of 104 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Barley — Yield in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 647.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 739.1 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1963 | 666.7 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1964 | 670.6 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 671.9 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 706.3 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1967 | 736.8 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1968 | 438 kg/ha | -40.6% |
| 1969 | 268 kg/ha | -38.8% |
| 1970 | 592.1 kg/ha | +120.9% |
| 1971 | 909.9 kg/ha | +53.7% |
| 1972 | 498.6 kg/ha | -45.2% |
| 1973 | 1,130 kg/ha | +126.6% |
| 1974 | 682 kg/ha | -39.6% |
| 1975 | 1,189 kg/ha | +74.4% |
| 1976 | 778.3 kg/ha | -34.6% |
| 1977 | 712.3 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1978 | 561.2 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1979 | 545.6 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 380.5 kg/ha | -30.3% |
| 1981 | 420.5 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1982 | 1,199 kg/ha | +185.0% |
| 1983 | 1,195 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 1,021 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1985 | 1,386 kg/ha | +35.8% |
| 1986 | 1,448 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 1,023 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 1988 | 987.5 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1989 | 1,077 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1990 | 1,010 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1991 | 813.6 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1992 | 665.4 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1993 | 470.5 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 1994 | 396.1 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1995 | 777.8 kg/ha | +96.4% |
| 1996 | 762.6 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 616.2 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 1998 | 547.1 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1999 | 472.3 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2000 | 1,005 kg/ha | +112.9% |
| 2001 | 560 kg/ha | -44.3% |
| 2002 | 685.1 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 2003 | 1,061 kg/ha | +54.9% |
| 2004 | 610.2 kg/ha | -42.5% |
| 2005 | 606.1 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 3,629 kg/ha | +498.8% |
| 2007 | 1,378 kg/ha | -62.0% |
| 2008 | 1,045 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 2009 | 1,263 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 2010 | 903.8 kg/ha | -28.4% |
| 2011 | 1,009 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2012 | 1,409 kg/ha | +39.7% |
| 2013 | 1,363 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 1,242 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2015 | 381.5 kg/ha | -69.3% |
| 2016 | 938.3 kg/ha | +146.0% |
| 2017 | 645.6 kg/ha | -31.2% |
| 2018 | 843.6 kg/ha | +30.7% |
| 2019 | 1,290 kg/ha | +53.0% |
| 2020 | 1,022 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 2021 | 890.8 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2022 | 987.8 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2023 | 1,308 kg/ha | +32.4% |
| 2024 | 1,040 kg/ha | -20.5% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 1,040 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,457 kg/ha, 42% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 1,040 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,863 kg/ha, 36% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — Yield in Mongolia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +498.8% | 606.1 kg/ha | 3,629 kg/ha |
| 1982 | +185.0% | 420.5 kg/ha | 1,199 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 616.06 kg/ha | 268 kg/ha | 739.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 759.89 kg/ha | 498.6 kg/ha | 1,189 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,014 kg/ha | 380.5 kg/ha | 1,448 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 653.21 kg/ha | 396.1 kg/ha | 1,010 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,184 kg/ha | 560 kg/ha | 3,629 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,003 kg/ha | 381.5 kg/ha | 1,409 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,050 kg/ha | 890.8 kg/ha | 1,308 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mongolia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 30.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0894 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 635.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5968 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2885 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Mongolia?
- Barley — yield in Mongolia was 1,040 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,629 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 268 kg/ha in 1969.
- How does Mongolia rank for barley — yield?
- Mongolia ranks 98th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.