Eastern Asia vs India: Barley — Area harvested
Barley — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Asia
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 551,317 ha against 409,913 ha in Eastern Asia, a difference of 141,404 ha.
That makes India's figure about 1.3 times Eastern Asia's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eastern Asia ahead.
Eastern Asia ranks 22nd and India ranks 20th of 26 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eastern Asia averaged higher in 5 and India in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Asia | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.53 million ha | 2.95 million ha | 1.58 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1970s | 2.81 million ha | 2.46 million ha | 343,630 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1980s | 1.66 million ha | 1.42 million ha | 233,176 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1990s | 1.83 million ha | 873,920 ha | 957,775 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 984,550 ha | 672,100 ha | 312,450 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 519,726 ha | 653,035 ha | 133,309 ha | India |
| 2020s | 415,384 ha | 563,000 ha | 147,617 ha | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher barley — area harvested, Eastern Asia or India?
- India, at 551,317 ha against 409,913 ha in Eastern Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in barley — area harvested between Eastern Asia and India?
- 141,404 ha, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Asia and India?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Asia and India rank globally for barley — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 22nd and India ranks 20th of 26 groups.
- 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.