Barley — Yield in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Barley — Yield was 3,435 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Southern Europe, 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 Europe is 3,435 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 60.9% on the previous year and up 28.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Southern Europe peaked at 4,146 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,216 kg/ha, in 1961.
Southern Europe ranks 10th of 26 groups on this measure, 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 Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,216 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,383 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1963 | 1,364 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 1,348 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1965 | 1,423 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1966 | 1,553 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1967 | 1,739 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1968 | 1,636 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1969 | 1,715 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1970 | 1,471 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1971 | 1,958 kg/ha | +33.0% |
| 1972 | 1,762 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1973 | 1,692 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1974 | 1,905 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1975 | 2,075 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1976 | 1,823 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1977 | 2,008 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1978 | 2,292 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1979 | 1,897 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1980 | 2,459 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 1981 | 1,600 kg/ha | -34.9% |
| 1982 | 1,701 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1983 | 1,911 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1984 | 2,723 kg/ha | +42.5% |
| 1985 | 2,544 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1986 | 1,933 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 1987 | 2,362 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1988 | 2,851 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1989 | 2,338 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1990 | 2,288 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 2,308 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 1,770 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 1993 | 2,801 kg/ha | +58.2% |
| 1994 | 2,288 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1995 | 1,734 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 1996 | 2,969 kg/ha | +71.3% |
| 1997 | 2,412 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1998 | 3,094 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 1999 | 2,518 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 2000 | 3,308 kg/ha | +31.4% |
| 2001 | 2,273 kg/ha | -31.3% |
| 2002 | 2,770 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 2003 | 2,719 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 3,367 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 2005 | 1,776 kg/ha | -47.3% |
| 2006 | 2,688 kg/ha | +51.4% |
| 2007 | 3,586 kg/ha | +33.4% |
| 2008 | 3,298 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2009 | 2,563 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 2010 | 2,889 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2011 | 3,116 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 2,427 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 2013 | 3,564 kg/ha | +46.8% |
| 2014 | 2,666 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 2015 | 2,763 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 3,617 kg/ha | +30.9% |
| 2017 | 2,493 kg/ha | -31.1% |
| 2018 | 3,703 kg/ha | +48.5% |
| 2019 | 3,062 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 2020 | 4,146 kg/ha | +35.4% |
| 2021 | 3,808 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2022 | 3,175 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2023 | 2,134 kg/ha | -32.8% |
| 2024 | 3,435 kg/ha | +60.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,486 kg/ha | 1,216 kg/ha | 1,739 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,888 kg/ha | 1,471 kg/ha | 2,292 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,242 kg/ha | 1,600 kg/ha | 2,851 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,418 kg/ha | 1,734 kg/ha | 3,094 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,835 kg/ha | 1,776 kg/ha | 3,586 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,030 kg/ha | 2,427 kg/ha | 3,703 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,340 kg/ha | 2,134 kg/ha | 4,146 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 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
- 11 Saudi Arabia 5,736 kg/ha compare
- 12 Austria 5,731 kg/ha compare
- 13 Bulgaria 5,609 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Southern Europe?
- Barley — yield in Southern Europe was 3,435 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 4,146 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,216 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Europe rank for barley — yield?
- Southern Europe ranks 10th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.