Barley — Yield in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Barley — Yield was 5,183 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Northern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Northern Europe recorded 5,183 kg/ha for barley — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.9% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Northern Europe peaked at 5,936 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3,179 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Northern Europe 2nd out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Northern Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,179 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,405 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 3,274 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1964 | 3,512 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1965 | 3,556 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 3,280 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1967 | 3,509 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1968 | 3,486 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 3,475 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 3,304 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1971 | 3,671 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1972 | 3,732 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 3,589 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1974 | 3,938 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1975 | 3,461 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1976 | 3,345 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1977 | 3,978 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1978 | 3,899 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1979 | 3,862 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 3,975 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 3,908 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 4,382 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1983 | 3,932 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1984 | 4,935 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 1985 | 4,396 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1986 | 4,539 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 4,327 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1988 | 4,205 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 4,565 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1990 | 4,977 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1991 | 4,897 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 3,460 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 1993 | 3,956 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1994 | 3,854 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 4,168 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1996 | 4,660 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1997 | 4,441 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1998 | 4,022 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1999 | 4,116 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 4,540 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2001 | 4,422 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 4,330 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 4,594 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 4,611 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 4,541 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 4,263 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2007 | 4,454 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 4,606 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 4,873 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2010 | 4,562 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2011 | 4,760 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 4,846 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 5,132 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 5,364 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 5,661 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2016 | 5,136 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2017 | 5,580 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2018 | 4,352 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 2019 | 5,872 kg/ha | +34.9% |
| 2020 | 5,452 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2021 | 5,086 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2022 | 5,936 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2023 | 4,759 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 2024 | 5,183 kg/ha | +8.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,408 kg/ha | 3,179 kg/ha | 3,556 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,678 kg/ha | 3,304 kg/ha | 3,978 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,316 kg/ha | 3,908 kg/ha | 4,935 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,255 kg/ha | 3,460 kg/ha | 4,977 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,524 kg/ha | 4,263 kg/ha | 4,873 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,126 kg/ha | 4,352 kg/ha | 5,872 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,283 kg/ha | 4,759 kg/ha | 5,936 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Europe
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Northern Europe?
- Barley — yield in Northern Europe was 5,183 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Northern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 5,936 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,179 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Northern Europe rank for barley — yield?
- Northern Europe ranks 2nd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Europe 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.