Denmark vs Eastern Africa: Barley — Area harvested
Barley — Area harvested over time
- Denmark
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 1.14 million ha against 571,400 ha in Denmark, a difference of 572,330 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 2.0 times Denmark's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eastern Africa ahead.
Denmark ranks 19th and Eastern Africa ranks 20th of 105 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 3 and Eastern Africa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.04 million ha | 969,347 ha | 74,982 ha | Denmark |
| 1970s | 1.46 million ha | 876,023 ha | 588,972 ha | Denmark |
| 1980s | 1.24 million ha | 921,118 ha | 317,624 ha | Denmark |
| 1990s | 775,903 ha | 953,464 ha | 177,562 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 704,236 ha | 1.17 million ha | 464,869 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 657,720 ha | 1.24 million ha | 581,256 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 604,340 ha | 1.16 million ha | 558,010 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher barley — area harvested, Denmark or Eastern Africa?
- Eastern Africa, at 1.14 million ha against 571,400 ha in Denmark as of 2024.
- What is the difference in barley — area harvested between Denmark and Eastern Africa?
- 572,330 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Eastern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Denmark and Eastern Africa rank globally for barley — area harvested?
- Denmark ranks 19th and Eastern Africa ranks 20th 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.