Barley — Yield in Morocco
Morocco: Barley — Yield was 950.2 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — yield in Morocco is 950.2 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 12.6% on the previous year and down 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Morocco peaked at 1,867 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 207.4 kg/ha, in 2000.
Morocco ranks 101st of 104 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Morocco, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 360.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,222 kg/ha | +238.6% |
| 1963 | 890.7 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 1964 | 802.5 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1965 | 854.4 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1966 | 336.9 kg/ha | -60.6% |
| 1967 | 722.4 kg/ha | +114.4% |
| 1968 | 1,504 kg/ha | +108.3% |
| 1969 | 985.5 kg/ha | -34.5% |
| 1970 | 1,021 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 1,272 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1972 | 1,260 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 615.6 kg/ha | -51.2% |
| 1974 | 1,196 kg/ha | +94.2% |
| 1975 | 860.6 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 1976 | 1,280 kg/ha | +48.7% |
| 1977 | 575.4 kg/ha | -55.0% |
| 1978 | 964 kg/ha | +67.5% |
| 1979 | 860.9 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1980 | 1,028 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1981 | 466.3 kg/ha | -54.6% |
| 1982 | 1,140 kg/ha | +144.6% |
| 1983 | 570.9 kg/ha | -49.9% |
| 1984 | 660.9 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1985 | 1,067 kg/ha | +61.4% |
| 1986 | 1,442 kg/ha | +35.1% |
| 1987 | 666.8 kg/ha | -53.7% |
| 1988 | 1,382 kg/ha | +107.3% |
| 1989 | 1,250 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1990 | 885.2 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 1991 | 1,380 kg/ha | +55.9% |
| 1992 | 484 kg/ha | -64.9% |
| 1993 | 477.4 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 1,440 kg/ha | +201.7% |
| 1995 | 385 kg/ha | -73.3% |
| 1996 | 1,577 kg/ha | +309.5% |
| 1997 | 663.4 kg/ha | -57.9% |
| 1998 | 812 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1999 | 712.1 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2000 | 207.4 kg/ha | -70.9% |
| 2001 | 543.4 kg/ha | +162.0% |
| 2002 | 833.5 kg/ha | +53.4% |
| 2003 | 1,156 kg/ha | +38.7% |
| 2004 | 1,188 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 505.6 kg/ha | -57.4% |
| 2006 | 1,158 kg/ha | +129.1% |
| 2007 | 382.5 kg/ha | -67.0% |
| 2008 | 620.4 kg/ha | +62.2% |
| 2009 | 1,727 kg/ha | +178.4% |
| 2010 | 1,337 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 2011 | 1,144 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2012 | 634.6 kg/ha | -44.5% |
| 2013 | 1,384 kg/ha | +118.1% |
| 2014 | 1,033 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 2015 | 1,698 kg/ha | +64.4% |
| 2016 | 513.3 kg/ha | -69.8% |
| 2017 | 1,232 kg/ha | +140.1% |
| 2018 | 1,822 kg/ha | +47.9% |
| 2019 | 1,106 kg/ha | -39.3% |
| 2020 | 431.4 kg/ha | -61.0% |
| 2021 | 1,867 kg/ha | +332.8% |
| 2022 | 612.3 kg/ha | -67.2% |
| 2023 | 1,087 kg/ha | +77.6% |
| 2024 | 950.2 kg/ha | -12.6% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 950.2 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,064 kg/ha, 46% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 950.2 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,381 kg/ha, 69% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 853.24 kg/ha | 336.9 kg/ha | 1,504 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 990.6 kg/ha | 575.4 kg/ha | 1,280 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 967.33 kg/ha | 466.3 kg/ha | 1,442 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 881.62 kg/ha | 385 kg/ha | 1,577 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 832.18 kg/ha | 207.4 kg/ha | 1,727 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,191 kg/ha | 513.3 kg/ha | 1,822 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 989.64 kg/ha | 431.4 kg/ha | 1,867 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Morocco?
- Barley — yield in Morocco was 950.2 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 1,867 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 207.4 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Morocco rank for barley — yield?
- Morocco ranks 101st out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.