Barley — Yield in Pakistan
Pakistan: Barley — Yield was 1,090 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Pakistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — yield in Pakistan is 1,090 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Pakistan peaked at 1,090 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 536.9 kg/ha, in 1966.
Pakistan ranks 93rd 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 Pakistan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 641.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 621.7 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1963 | 631.7 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 629.3 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 636.8 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 536.9 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1967 | 543.5 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 622.1 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1969 | 622.6 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 658.3 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1971 | 646.3 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 657.7 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 662.4 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 681.7 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 707.6 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1976 | 700.6 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 708.9 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 723.4 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 727.6 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 741.4 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 676.6 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1982 | 710.7 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 704.3 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 697.8 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 692.6 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 708.2 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 592.4 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1988 | 771 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 1989 | 771.9 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 848.7 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1991 | 905.6 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1992 | 938.9 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 992.5 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1994 | 967.5 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 993.9 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 1,016 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 986.2 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 1,070 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1999 | 1,002 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2000 | 950.6 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2001 | 875.2 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2002 | 902.4 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 924.8 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 960.6 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 982.9 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 973.3 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 986.2 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 959.4 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 947.7 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 849 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2011 | 923.5 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2012 | 910 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 920.7 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 938.9 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 926.1 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 916.7 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 953.1 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 957.4 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 968.2 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 963.6 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 1,000 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 994.7 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 1,072 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2024 | 1,090 kg/ha | +1.7% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 1,090 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,064 kg/ha, 53% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 1,090 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,381 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — Yield in Pakistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +30.1% | 592.4 kg/ha | 771 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 609.59 kg/ha | 536.9 kg/ha | 641.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 687.45 kg/ha | 646.3 kg/ha | 727.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 706.69 kg/ha | 592.4 kg/ha | 771.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 972.12 kg/ha | 848.7 kg/ha | 1,070 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 946.31 kg/ha | 875.2 kg/ha | 986.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 926.36 kg/ha | 849 kg/ha | 968.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,024 kg/ha | 963.6 kg/ha | 1,090 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 90 Bangladesh 1,219 kg/ha compare
- 91 Jordan 1,206 kg/ha compare
- 92 Sudan (former) 1,095 kg/ha compare
- 94 Bhutan 1,090 kg/ha compare
- 95 Yemen 1,071 kg/ha compare
- 96 Ethiopia PDR 1,066 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Pakistan?
- Barley — yield in Pakistan was 1,090 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 1,090 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 536.9 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Pakistan rank for barley — yield?
- Pakistan ranks 93rd out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.