Barley — Yield in World
World: Barley — Yield was 3,224 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
World recorded 3,224 kg/ha for barley — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in World peaked at 3,377 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,328 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places World 11th out of 26 groups 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 World, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,328 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,525 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1963 | 1,429 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1964 | 1,551 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1965 | 1,548 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 1,654 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1967 | 1,696 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 1,793 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1969 | 1,782 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 1,806 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 1,940 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1972 | 1,823 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1973 | 1,937 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1974 | 1,952 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 1,698 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1976 | 2,056 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1977 | 1,907 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1978 | 2,176 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1979 | 1,852 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1980 | 1,998 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1981 | 1,835 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1982 | 2,073 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1983 | 2,010 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1984 | 2,158 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1985 | 2,179 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 2,238 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 2,246 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 2,166 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1989 | 2,229 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 2,412 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1991 | 2,227 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1992 | 2,257 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 2,288 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 2,230 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 2,069 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1996 | 2,362 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1997 | 2,442 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 2,425 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 2,408 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 2,446 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 2,535 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 2,471 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 2,462 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 2,670 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2005 | 2,503 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2006 | 2,472 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 2,407 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 2,792 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2009 | 2,790 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 2,636 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 2,737 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 2,635 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 2,895 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2014 | 2,882 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 3,023 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 3,075 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 3,077 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,919 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 3,117 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 3,115 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 3,029 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 3,377 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2023 | 3,105 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2024 | 3,224 kg/ha | +3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,590 kg/ha | 1,328 kg/ha | 1,793 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,915 kg/ha | 1,698 kg/ha | 2,176 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,113 kg/ha | 1,835 kg/ha | 2,246 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,312 kg/ha | 2,069 kg/ha | 2,442 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,555 kg/ha | 2,407 kg/ha | 2,792 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,900 kg/ha | 2,635 kg/ha | 3,117 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,170 kg/ha | 3,029 kg/ha | 3,377 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 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
- 14 Qatar 5,530 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in World?
- Barley — yield in World was 3,224 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 3,377 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,328 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does World rank for barley — yield?
- World ranks 11th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.