Barley — Yield in Norway
Norway: Barley — Yield was 4,432 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Norway, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Norway recorded 4,432 kg/ha for barley — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 55.3% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Norway peaked at 4,615 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2,089 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Norway 27th 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 Norway, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,784 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,089 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1963 | 2,582 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 1964 | 2,641 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 2,566 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1966 | 2,156 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1967 | 2,718 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 1968 | 3,532 kg/ha | +29.9% |
| 1969 | 2,629 kg/ha | -25.6% |
| 1970 | 3,154 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1971 | 3,180 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 2,886 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1973 | 3,112 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1974 | 3,813 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 1975 | 2,477 kg/ha | -35.0% |
| 1976 | 2,815 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1977 | 3,516 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 1978 | 3,606 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 3,305 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1980 | 3,495 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1981 | 3,483 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 3,684 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 3,149 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1984 | 3,801 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1985 | 3,777 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 3,130 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1987 | 3,478 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1988 | 3,133 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1989 | 3,504 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1990 | 4,151 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1991 | 3,665 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1992 | 2,774 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 1993 | 3,646 kg/ha | +31.4% |
| 1994 | 2,943 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1995 | 3,124 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1996 | 3,904 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1997 | 3,796 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 3,708 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 3,415 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2000 | 3,524 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 3,527 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 3,283 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2003 | 3,618 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2004 | 4,231 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2005 | 3,609 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2006 | 3,527 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 3,450 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 4,297 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 2009 | 3,469 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 2010 | 3,702 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 3,342 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2012 | 3,662 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2013 | 3,233 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2014 | 4,169 kg/ha | +29.0% |
| 2015 | 4,142 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 4,615 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2017 | 4,257 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2018 | 2,980 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 2019 | 4,334 kg/ha | +45.4% |
| 2020 | 4,586 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 4,286 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2022 | 4,501 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 2,854 kg/ha | -36.6% |
| 2024 | 4,432 kg/ha | +55.3% |
Norway compared with similar countries
- Norway's 4,432 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,439 kg/ha, 100% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Norway's 4,432 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,842 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,633 kg/ha | 2,089 kg/ha | 3,532 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,186 kg/ha | 2,477 kg/ha | 3,813 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,463 kg/ha | 3,130 kg/ha | 3,801 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,513 kg/ha | 2,774 kg/ha | 4,151 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,653 kg/ha | 3,283 kg/ha | 4,297 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,844 kg/ha | 2,980 kg/ha | 4,615 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,132 kg/ha | 2,854 kg/ha | 4,586 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Norway
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0164 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,553 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7644 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1643 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Norway?
- Barley — yield in Norway was 4,432 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 4,615 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,089 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Norway rank for barley — yield?
- Norway ranks 27th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway 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.