Barley — Yield in Western Asia
Western Asia: Barley — Yield was 2,126 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — yield in Western Asia is 2,126 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 7.2% on the previous year and up 24.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Western Asia peaked at 2,535 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 817.8 kg/ha, in 1989.
That places Western Asia 20th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 945.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,174 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1963 | 1,258 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1964 | 1,043 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1965 | 1,091 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1966 | 1,160 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1967 | 1,193 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 1,180 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 1,308 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1970 | 961.8 kg/ha | -26.4% |
| 1971 | 1,345 kg/ha | +39.8% |
| 1972 | 1,407 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1973 | 903.8 kg/ha | -35.8% |
| 1974 | 1,186 kg/ha | +31.3% |
| 1975 | 1,309 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1976 | 1,467 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1977 | 1,310 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1978 | 1,404 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1979 | 1,315 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1980 | 1,556 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1981 | 1,538 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 1,354 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1983 | 1,288 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1984 | 1,423 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1985 | 1,402 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 1,448 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 1,423 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 1,811 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 1989 | 817.8 kg/ha | -54.8% |
| 1990 | 1,291 kg/ha | +57.9% |
| 1991 | 1,393 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1992 | 1,315 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1993 | 1,479 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1994 | 1,582 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1995 | 1,554 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 1,642 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1997 | 1,561 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1998 | 1,666 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 1,415 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2000 | 1,456 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 1,425 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 1,695 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 2003 | 1,778 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 1,780 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 1,825 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 1,932 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 1,562 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 2008 | 1,482 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2009 | 1,871 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 2010 | 1,646 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2011 | 1,888 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2012 | 1,991 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 2,061 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 1,713 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2015 | 2,535 kg/ha | +48.0% |
| 2016 | 2,085 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 2017 | 2,301 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2018 | 2,078 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2019 | 2,398 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2020 | 2,223 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2021 | 1,460 kg/ha | -34.3% |
| 2022 | 2,066 kg/ha | +41.5% |
| 2023 | 2,290 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2024 | 2,126 kg/ha | -7.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,150 kg/ha | 945.7 kg/ha | 1,308 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,261 kg/ha | 903.8 kg/ha | 1,467 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,406 kg/ha | 817.8 kg/ha | 1,811 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,490 kg/ha | 1,291 kg/ha | 1,666 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,681 kg/ha | 1,425 kg/ha | 1,932 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,070 kg/ha | 1,646 kg/ha | 2,535 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,033 kg/ha | 1,460 kg/ha | 2,290 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
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- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Western Asia?
- Barley — yield in Western Asia was 2,126 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,535 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 817.8 kg/ha in 1989.
- How does Western Asia rank for barley — yield?
- Western Asia ranks 20th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.