Barley — Yield in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Barley — Yield was 1,134 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — yield in Northern Africa stood at 1,134 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Northern Africa peaked at 1,657 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 334.5 kg/ha, in 1961.
Northern Africa ranks 26th of 26 groups 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 Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 334.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 919.6 kg/ha | +174.9% |
| 1963 | 794.9 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1964 | 667.1 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1965 | 754.3 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1966 | 369.3 kg/ha | -51.0% |
| 1967 | 649 kg/ha | +75.7% |
| 1968 | 1,140 kg/ha | +75.6% |
| 1969 | 842 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 1970 | 847 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 1,000 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1972 | 1,038 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 612.6 kg/ha | -41.0% |
| 1974 | 934.6 kg/ha | +52.6% |
| 1975 | 852.8 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1976 | 994.5 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1977 | 534.3 kg/ha | -46.3% |
| 1978 | 813.8 kg/ha | +52.3% |
| 1979 | 721.1 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1980 | 915.9 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 1981 | 539.9 kg/ha | -41.1% |
| 1982 | 982.4 kg/ha | +82.0% |
| 1983 | 600.4 kg/ha | -38.9% |
| 1984 | 632.4 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1985 | 989 kg/ha | +56.4% |
| 1986 | 1,149 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1987 | 725.4 kg/ha | -36.9% |
| 1988 | 1,153 kg/ha | +59.0% |
| 1989 | 1,024 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1990 | 854.1 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1991 | 1,259 kg/ha | +47.4% |
| 1992 | 741.3 kg/ha | -41.1% |
| 1993 | 602 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1994 | 1,280 kg/ha | +112.6% |
| 1995 | 602.5 kg/ha | -52.9% |
| 1996 | 1,463 kg/ha | +142.9% |
| 1997 | 715.4 kg/ha | -51.1% |
| 1998 | 823.2 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1999 | 802.5 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 344.3 kg/ha | -57.1% |
| 2001 | 701.7 kg/ha | +103.8% |
| 2002 | 870.5 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 2003 | 1,138 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 2004 | 1,142 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 796.4 kg/ha | -30.2% |
| 2006 | 1,175 kg/ha | +47.5% |
| 2007 | 744.9 kg/ha | -36.6% |
| 2008 | 713.7 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2009 | 1,657 kg/ha | +132.2% |
| 2010 | 1,332 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 2011 | 1,210 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2012 | 984.3 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 2013 | 1,314 kg/ha | +33.5% |
| 2014 | 1,120 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2015 | 1,418 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 2016 | 697.1 kg/ha | -50.8% |
| 2017 | 1,020 kg/ha | +46.4% |
| 2018 | 1,584 kg/ha | +55.3% |
| 2019 | 1,337 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2020 | 786.9 kg/ha | -41.1% |
| 2021 | 1,461 kg/ha | +85.7% |
| 2022 | 928.6 kg/ha | -36.5% |
| 2023 | 1,139 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 2024 | 1,134 kg/ha | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 718.91 kg/ha | 334.5 kg/ha | 1,140 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 834.95 kg/ha | 534.3 kg/ha | 1,038 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 871.14 kg/ha | 539.9 kg/ha | 1,153 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 914.28 kg/ha | 602 kg/ha | 1,463 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 928.35 kg/ha | 344.3 kg/ha | 1,657 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,202 kg/ha | 697.1 kg/ha | 1,584 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,090 kg/ha | 786.9 kg/ha | 1,461 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Northern Africa?
- Barley — yield in Northern Africa was 1,134 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,657 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 334.5 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Northern Africa rank for barley — yield?
- Northern Africa ranks 26th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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.