Afghanistan vs Japan: Barley — Area harvested
Barley — Area harvested over time
- Afghanistan
- Japan
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 70,000 ha against 65,000 ha in Japan, a difference of 5,000 ha.
That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 54th and Japan ranks 56th of 105 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 6 and Japan in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 338,889 ha | 456,656 ha | 117,767 ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 316,420 ha | 111,580 ha | 204,840 ha | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 238,700 ha | 116,672 ha | 122,028 ha | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 218,400 ha | 70,512 ha | 147,888 ha | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 224,700 ha | 57,952 ha | 166,748 ha | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 204,008 ha | 60,540 ha | 143,468 ha | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 64,824 ha | 63,800 ha | 1,024 ha | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher barley — area harvested, Afghanistan or Japan?
- Afghanistan, at 70,000 ha against 65,000 ha in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in barley — area harvested between Afghanistan and Japan?
- 5,000 ha, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Japan?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Afghanistan and Japan rank globally for barley — area harvested?
- Afghanistan ranks 54th and Japan ranks 56th of 105 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Barley — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.