Barley — Yield in South America
South America: Barley — Yield was 3,746 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — yield in South America stood at 3,746 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 24.7% on the previous year and up 28.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in South America peaked at 3,814 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 972.2 kg/ha, in 1966.
That places South America 6th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in South America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,059 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 998.5 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1963 | 1,241 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 1964 | 1,220 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1965 | 993.9 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1966 | 972.2 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 1,055 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1968 | 1,014 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1969 | 1,085 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1970 | 1,001 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1971 | 1,052 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1972 | 1,240 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1973 | 1,224 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 1,130 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1975 | 1,121 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 1,283 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1977 | 1,066 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1978 | 1,340 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 1979 | 1,242 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1980 | 1,212 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1981 | 1,149 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1982 | 1,154 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 1,226 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1984 | 1,372 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1985 | 1,329 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1986 | 1,389 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 1,562 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1988 | 1,609 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 1,738 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1990 | 1,571 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1991 | 1,652 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1992 | 1,893 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1993 | 1,614 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1994 | 1,696 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1995 | 1,651 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 1,815 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1997 | 1,965 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1998 | 1,902 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1999 | 1,764 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2000 | 1,972 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2001 | 1,561 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 2002 | 1,699 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2003 | 2,346 kg/ha | +38.1% |
| 2004 | 2,424 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 2,210 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2006 | 2,715 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 2007 | 2,508 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2008 | 2,513 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 2,408 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 3,314 kg/ha | +37.6% |
| 2011 | 3,257 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 2,783 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2013 | 3,410 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 2014 | 2,925 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2015 | 2,830 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 3,662 kg/ha | +29.4% |
| 2017 | 3,643 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 3,680 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 3,266 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2020 | 3,226 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 3,814 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2022 | 3,748 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 3,004 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 2024 | 3,746 kg/ha | +24.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,071 kg/ha | 972.2 kg/ha | 1,241 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,170 kg/ha | 1,001 kg/ha | 1,340 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,374 kg/ha | 1,149 kg/ha | 1,738 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,752 kg/ha | 1,571 kg/ha | 1,965 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,235 kg/ha | 1,561 kg/ha | 2,715 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,277 kg/ha | 2,783 kg/ha | 3,680 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,508 kg/ha | 3,004 kg/ha | 3,814 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 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
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 1,953 kg/ha compare
- 6 Zambia 6,466 kg/ha compare
- 7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,188 kg/ha compare
- 7 Germany 6,392 kg/ha compare
- 8 Belgium 6,249 kg/ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 1,157 kg/ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 879.6 kg/ha compare
- 9 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 6,174 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 6.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Goat fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 2.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Goat fat, unrendered — Production, annual growth rate 2.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -2.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual -1.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 2.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 2.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 9.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.17 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in South America?
- Barley — yield in South America was 3,746 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 3,814 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 972.2 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does South America rank for barley — yield?
- South America ranks 6th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.