Barley — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Barley — Yield was 3,686 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Barley — Yield in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — yield in Southern Africa is 3,686 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.9% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 4,127 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 350.5 kg/ha, in 1969.
Southern Africa ranks 7th of 26 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Barley — Yield in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 634.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 693.9 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1963 | 532.4 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 1964 | 784 kg/ha | +47.3% |
| 1965 | 504.1 kg/ha | -35.7% |
| 1966 | 614 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 1967 | 649.7 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1968 | 575.8 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1969 | 350.5 kg/ha | -39.1% |
| 1970 | 742.5 kg/ha | +111.8% |
| 1971 | 688.2 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1972 | 641.3 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1973 | 521.8 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1974 | 931.6 kg/ha | +78.5% |
| 1975 | 922.2 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1976 | 821.3 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1977 | 1,165 kg/ha | +41.9% |
| 1978 | 1,364 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1979 | 1,306 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1980 | 871.6 kg/ha | -33.2% |
| 1981 | 1,514 kg/ha | +73.6% |
| 1982 | 1,691 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1983 | 1,923 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1984 | 1,964 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 2,507 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 1986 | 2,161 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1987 | 2,769 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 1988 | 1,556 kg/ha | -43.8% |
| 1989 | 2,717 kg/ha | +74.6% |
| 1990 | 2,377 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1991 | 1,250 kg/ha | -47.4% |
| 1992 | 1,989 kg/ha | +59.1% |
| 1993 | 1,987 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 2,271 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1995 | 2,379 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 1,372 kg/ha | -42.3% |
| 1997 | 1,368 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 1,905 kg/ha | +39.3% |
| 1999 | 888.1 kg/ha | -53.4% |
| 2000 | 1,817 kg/ha | +104.6% |
| 2001 | 1,903 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 2,511 kg/ha | +32.0% |
| 2003 | 2,811 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2004 | 2,196 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 2005 | 2,467 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2006 | 2,595 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 2,967 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2008 | 2,753 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2009 | 2,792 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 2,297 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 2011 | 3,828 kg/ha | +66.7% |
| 2012 | 3,464 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2013 | 3,265 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 3,514 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2015 | 3,513 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 3,967 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2017 | 3,332 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 2018 | 3,519 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 2,600 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 2020 | 4,127 kg/ha | +58.7% |
| 2021 | 3,498 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2022 | 2,968 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2023 | 3,479 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2024 | 3,686 kg/ha | +5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 593.22 kg/ha | 350.5 kg/ha | 784 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 910.34 kg/ha | 521.8 kg/ha | 1,364 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,967 kg/ha | 871.6 kg/ha | 2,769 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,779 kg/ha | 888.1 kg/ha | 2,379 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,481 kg/ha | 1,817 kg/ha | 2,967 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,330 kg/ha | 2,297 kg/ha | 3,967 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,552 kg/ha | 2,968 kg/ha | 4,127 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 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
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 665.1 kg/ha compare
- 10 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5,939 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Southern Africa?
- Barley — yield in Southern Africa was 3,686 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 4,127 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 350.5 kg/ha in 1969.
- How does Southern Africa rank for barley — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 7th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.