Barley — Yield in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Barley — Yield was 2,450 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 2,450 kg/ha for barley — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 28.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Southern Asia peaked at 2,450 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 755.8 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Southern Asia 18th out of 26 groups 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 Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 841.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 889.2 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1963 | 794.2 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1964 | 755.8 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1965 | 875.2 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1966 | 840.2 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1967 | 798.1 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1968 | 932 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1969 | 832.4 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1970 | 892.7 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1971 | 925.4 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 906.7 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 887.4 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1974 | 837.7 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1975 | 1,031 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1976 | 1,128 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1977 | 995.4 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1978 | 1,083 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1979 | 1,102 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 894.6 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1981 | 1,007 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1982 | 1,067 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1983 | 1,087 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 1,132 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 1,122 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 1,283 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1987 | 1,227 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1988 | 1,367 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1989 | 1,195 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1990 | 1,346 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1991 | 1,454 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1992 | 1,475 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 1,506 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 1,593 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1995 | 1,508 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1996 | 1,595 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1997 | 1,658 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 1,758 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1999 | 1,537 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2000 | 1,526 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 1,630 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2002 | 1,841 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2003 | 1,790 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 1,723 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 1,715 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 1,825 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 1,861 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 1,577 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2009 | 1,749 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2010 | 2,048 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2011 | 1,778 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2012 | 1,886 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2013 | 1,910 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 1,912 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,867 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 2,087 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2017 | 2,145 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 2,203 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 2,340 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2020 | 2,404 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 2,368 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 2,353 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 2,444 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 2,450 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 839.81 kg/ha | 755.8 kg/ha | 932 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 978.86 kg/ha | 837.7 kg/ha | 1,128 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,138 kg/ha | 894.6 kg/ha | 1,367 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,543 kg/ha | 1,346 kg/ha | 1,758 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,724 kg/ha | 1,526 kg/ha | 1,861 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,018 kg/ha | 1,778 kg/ha | 2,340 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,404 kg/ha | 2,353 kg/ha | 2,450 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Southern Asia?
- Barley — yield in Southern Asia was 2,450 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,450 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 755.8 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Southern Asia rank for barley — yield?
- Southern Asia ranks 18th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.