Barley — Yield in Romania
Romania: Barley — Yield was 4,149 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Romania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — yield in Romania stood at 4,149 kg/ha.
The figure is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 24.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Romania peaked at 4,476 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 1,568 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Romania 30th 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 Romania, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,648 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,674 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 1,568 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1964 | 1,782 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1965 | 2,085 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1966 | 1,965 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1967 | 2,065 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1968 | 2,019 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1969 | 1,768 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1970 | 1,780 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 2,389 kg/ha | +34.2% |
| 1972 | 2,564 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1973 | 2,319 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1974 | 2,277 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 2,153 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1976 | 3,005 kg/ha | +39.6% |
| 1977 | 3,123 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1978 | 3,193 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 2,643 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1980 | 2,902 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1981 | 2,804 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1982 | 3,236 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1983 | 2,960 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1984 | 3,644 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1985 | 2,591 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 1986 | 3,265 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 1987 | 3,605 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1988 | 4,192 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1989 | 4,476 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1990 | 3,578 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1991 | 2,899 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1992 | 2,670 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1993 | 2,437 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1994 | 2,718 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1995 | 3,122 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1996 | 2,149 kg/ha | -31.2% |
| 1997 | 3,047 kg/ha | +41.8% |
| 1998 | 2,428 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1999 | 2,474 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 2,149 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2001 | 3,003 kg/ha | +39.8% |
| 2002 | 2,111 kg/ha | -29.7% |
| 2003 | 1,705 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 2004 | 3,413 kg/ha | +100.2% |
| 2005 | 2,288 kg/ha | -33.0% |
| 2006 | 2,368 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 1,569 kg/ha | -33.7% |
| 2008 | 3,128 kg/ha | +99.3% |
| 2009 | 2,296 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 2010 | 2,568 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2011 | 3,173 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 2012 | 2,330 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 2013 | 3,118 kg/ha | +33.8% |
| 2014 | 3,344 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2015 | 3,471 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 3,779 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2017 | 4,190 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2018 | 4,417 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 4,188 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 2,582 kg/ha | -38.4% |
| 2021 | 4,408 kg/ha | +70.8% |
| 2022 | 4,007 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2023 | 4,013 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 4,149 kg/ha | +3.4% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 4,149 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,439 kg/ha, 93% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Romania's 4,149 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,842 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,842 kg/ha | 1,568 kg/ha | 2,085 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,545 kg/ha | 1,780 kg/ha | 3,193 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,367 kg/ha | 2,591 kg/ha | 4,476 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,752 kg/ha | 2,149 kg/ha | 3,578 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,403 kg/ha | 1,569 kg/ha | 3,413 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,458 kg/ha | 2,330 kg/ha | 4,417 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,832 kg/ha | 2,582 kg/ha | 4,408 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Romania?
- Barley — yield in Romania was 4,149 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 4,476 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,568 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Romania rank for barley — yield?
- Romania ranks 30th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Romania 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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About this data
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.