Barley — Yield in Qatar
Qatar: Barley — Yield was 5,530 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Barley — Yield in Qatar, 1971–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — yield in Qatar stood at 5,530 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 31.0% on the previous year and up 84.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Qatar peaked at 8,008 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2,450 kg/ha, in 1977.
Qatar ranks 14th of 104 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Barley — Yield in Qatar, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 3,675 kg/ha | — |
| 1972 | 5,075 kg/ha | +38.1% |
| 1973 | 3,800 kg/ha | -25.1% |
| 1974 | 4,320 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1975 | 4,900 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1976 | 4,180 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1977 | 2,450 kg/ha | -41.4% |
| 1978 | 2,707 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1979 | 2,485 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1980 | 2,700 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1981 | 2,980 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1982 | 3,905 kg/ha | +31.0% |
| 1983 | 3,332 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1984 | 3,359 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 3,347 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 3,352 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 3,350 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 3,298 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 3,000 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1990 | 2,999 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1991 | 2,738 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1992 | 2,999 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1993 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 2,999 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 3,001 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 3,000 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 3,008 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 2,999 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 2,999 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2,997 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 3,001 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 3,001 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 3,002 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 3,000 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3,004 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 3,004 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 3,006 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 3,000 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 3,005 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 3,004 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 3,812 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 2016 | 3,000 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 2017 | 3,005 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 3,000 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 3,093 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 3,026 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 3,037 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 8,008 kg/ha | +163.7% |
| 2024 | 5,530 kg/ha | -31.0% |
Qatar compared with similar countries
- Qatar's 5,530 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,439 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Qatar's 5,530 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,381 kg/ha, 4.0× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — Yield in Qatar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +163.7% | 3,037 kg/ha | 8,008 kg/ha |
| 1977 | -41.4% | 4,180 kg/ha | 2,450 kg/ha |
| 1972 | +38.1% | 3,675 kg/ha | 5,075 kg/ha |
| 1982 | +31.0% | 2,980 kg/ha | 3,905 kg/ha |
| 2024 | -31.0% | 8,008 kg/ha | 5,530 kg/ha |
| 2015 | +26.9% | 3,004 kg/ha | 3,812 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3,732 kg/ha | 2,450 kg/ha | 5,075 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1980s | 3,262 kg/ha | 2,700 kg/ha | 3,905 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,974 kg/ha | 2,738 kg/ha | 3,008 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,000 kg/ha | 2,997 kg/ha | 3,004 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,084 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 3,812 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,539 kg/ha | 3,026 kg/ha | 8,008 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Qatar
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0031 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 221.93 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0064 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Qatar?
- Barley — yield in Qatar was 5,530 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 8,008 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,450 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Qatar rank for barley — yield?
- Qatar ranks 14th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 84.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Qatar 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.