Barley — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Barley — Yield was 3,093 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Barley — Yield in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 3,093 kg/ha for barley — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Western Africa peaked at 3,158 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 500 kg/ha, in 1978.
That places Western Africa 14th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Barley — Yield in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 666.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 666.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 666.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 700 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 666.7 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1966 | 666.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 666.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 687.5 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 687.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 687.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 687.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 666.7 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 750 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1974 | 761.9 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 772.7 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 782.6 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 833.3 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1978 | 500 kg/ha | -40.0% |
| 1979 | 666.7 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1980 | 687.5 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 882.4 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 1982 | 911.8 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1983 | 914.3 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 944.4 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 972.2 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 972.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,000 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,025 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 1,015 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 1,053 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 882.4 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1994 | 1,013 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1995 | 1,026 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 1,077 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1997 | 882.4 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1998 | 1,452 kg/ha | +64.6% |
| 1999 | 2,000 kg/ha | +37.7% |
| 2000 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,982 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 2,495 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 2011 | 2,571 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 2,647 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 2,720 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 2,804 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 2,857 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 2,918 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 2,977 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 3,034 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 3,096 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 3,158 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 3,062 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 3,081 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 3,090 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 3,093 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — Yield in Western Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +64.6% | 882.4 kg/ha | 1,452 kg/ha |
| 1978 | -40.0% | 833.3 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha |
| 1999 | +37.7% | 1,452 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha |
| 1979 | +33.3% | 500 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha |
| 1981 | +28.3% | 687.5 kg/ha | 882.4 kg/ha |
| 2010 | +25.8% | 1,982 kg/ha | 2,495 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 675.02 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha | 700 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 710.89 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 833.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 928.48 kg/ha | 687.5 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,142 kg/ha | 882.4 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,996 kg/ha | 1,982 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 4 |
| 2010s | 2,812 kg/ha | 2,495 kg/ha | 3,096 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,097 kg/ha | 3,062 kg/ha | 3,158 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Western Africa?
- Barley — yield in Western Africa was 3,093 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3,158 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does Western Africa rank for barley — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 14th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western 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.