Barley — Yield in Spain
Spain: Barley — Yield was 3,286 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Spain recorded 3,286 kg/ha for barley — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 104.9% on the previous year and up 31.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Spain peaked at 4,171 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,203 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Spain 48th 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 Spain, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,203 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,492 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 1963 | 1,431 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1964 | 1,395 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1965 | 1,376 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1966 | 1,500 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1967 | 1,717 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1968 | 1,789 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 1,838 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 1,395 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 1971 | 2,018 kg/ha | +44.6% |
| 1972 | 1,730 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1973 | 1,587 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1974 | 1,786 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1975 | 2,062 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1976 | 1,689 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1977 | 2,021 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1978 | 2,293 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1979 | 1,798 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1980 | 2,435 kg/ha | +35.4% |
| 1981 | 1,356 kg/ha | -44.3% |
| 1982 | 1,458 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1983 | 1,784 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1984 | 2,682 kg/ha | +50.4% |
| 1985 | 2,520 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1986 | 1,712 kg/ha | -32.1% |
| 1987 | 2,235 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 1988 | 2,835 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 1989 | 2,179 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 1990 | 2,153 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 2,099 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1992 | 1,485 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 1993 | 2,740 kg/ha | +84.5% |
| 1994 | 2,095 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 1995 | 1,419 kg/ha | -32.3% |
| 1996 | 2,994 kg/ha | +111.0% |
| 1997 | 2,322 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 1998 | 3,082 kg/ha | +32.7% |
| 1999 | 2,393 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 2000 | 3,375 kg/ha | +41.0% |
| 2001 | 2,089 kg/ha | -38.1% |
| 2002 | 2,696 kg/ha | +29.1% |
| 2003 | 2,744 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 3,347 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 2005 | 1,466 kg/ha | -56.2% |
| 2006 | 2,545 kg/ha | +73.6% |
| 2007 | 3,700 kg/ha | +45.4% |
| 2008 | 3,252 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2009 | 2,412 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 2010 | 2,826 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2011 | 3,068 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2012 | 2,213 kg/ha | -27.9% |
| 2013 | 3,593 kg/ha | +62.4% |
| 2014 | 2,501 kg/ha | -30.4% |
| 2015 | 2,580 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 3,580 kg/ha | +38.8% |
| 2017 | 2,228 kg/ha | -37.8% |
| 2018 | 3,718 kg/ha | +66.9% |
| 2019 | 2,875 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 2020 | 4,171 kg/ha | +45.1% |
| 2021 | 3,689 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2022 | 2,932 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 2023 | 1,604 kg/ha | -45.3% |
| 2024 | 3,286 kg/ha | +104.9% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 3,286 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,439 kg/ha, 74% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Spain's 3,286 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,842 kg/ha, 86% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,527 kg/ha | 1,203 kg/ha | 1,838 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,838 kg/ha | 1,395 kg/ha | 2,293 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,120 kg/ha | 1,356 kg/ha | 2,835 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,278 kg/ha | 1,419 kg/ha | 3,082 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,763 kg/ha | 1,466 kg/ha | 3,700 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,918 kg/ha | 2,213 kg/ha | 3,718 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,136 kg/ha | 1,604 kg/ha | 4,171 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,036 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1949 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Spain?
- Barley — yield in Spain was 3,286 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 4,171 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,203 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Spain rank for barley — yield?
- Spain ranks 48th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.