Barley — Yield in Western Europe
Western Europe: Barley — Yield was 5,842 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Western 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 Western Europe is 5,842 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 13.4% on the previous year and down 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Western Europe peaked at 7,098 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2,465 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Western Europe 1st out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,465 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,020 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 1963 | 2,987 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1964 | 3,107 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1965 | 3,019 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1966 | 2,911 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1967 | 3,555 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 1968 | 3,453 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1969 | 3,423 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1970 | 2,960 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1971 | 3,539 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1972 | 3,911 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1973 | 3,947 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 3,998 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 3,641 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1976 | 3,441 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1977 | 3,782 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1978 | 4,170 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1979 | 3,938 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1980 | 4,367 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1981 | 3,995 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1982 | 4,402 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1983 | 4,278 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 5,159 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1985 | 5,001 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1986 | 4,782 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1987 | 4,892 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 5,086 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 5,398 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1990 | 5,472 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 5,803 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 5,377 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1993 | 5,196 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1994 | 5,304 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 5,560 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 5,709 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 5,902 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 5,968 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 6,036 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 5,939 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 6,027 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 5,985 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 5,302 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2004 | 6,592 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 2005 | 6,110 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2006 | 5,990 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 5,462 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2008 | 6,350 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2009 | 6,619 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 6,280 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 5,611 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2012 | 6,399 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2013 | 6,414 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 6,951 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2015 | 7,098 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 6,019 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2017 | 6,600 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2018 | 6,005 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2019 | 6,879 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2020 | 5,835 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2021 | 6,630 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2022 | 6,544 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 6,745 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 5,842 kg/ha | -13.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,104 kg/ha | 2,465 kg/ha | 3,555 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,733 kg/ha | 2,960 kg/ha | 4,170 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,736 kg/ha | 3,995 kg/ha | 5,398 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,633 kg/ha | 5,196 kg/ha | 6,036 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,037 kg/ha | 5,302 kg/ha | 6,619 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,426 kg/ha | 5,611 kg/ha | 7,098 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,319 kg/ha | 5,835 kg/ha | 6,745 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 1 New Zealand 7,703 kg/ha compare
- 1 Republic of Moldova 3,118 kg/ha compare
- 2 Chile 7,492 kg/ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 2,536 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,332 kg/ha compare
- 3 Kuwait 7,476 kg/ha compare
- 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 7,370 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Western Europe?
- Barley — yield in Western Europe was 5,842 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 7,098 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,465 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Western Europe rank for barley — yield?
- Western Europe ranks 1st out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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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About this data
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.