Iraq vs Libya: Barley — Area harvested
Barley — Area harvested over time
- Iraq
- Libya
How they compare
Iraq currently reports 173,042 ha against 126,698 ha in Libya, a difference of 46,344 ha.
That makes Iraq's figure about 1.4 times Libya's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Iraq ahead.
Iraq ranks 42nd and Libya ranks 44th of 112 countries.
Iraq has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iraq | Libya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 905,556 ha | 352,793 ha | 552,762 ha | Iraq |
| 1970s | 580,735 ha | 289,396 ha | 291,339 ha | Iraq |
| 1980s | 1.07 million ha | 228,470 ha | 839,316 ha | Iraq |
| 1990s | 1.57 million ha | 141,574 ha | 1.43 million ha | Iraq |
| 2000s | 963,302 ha | 191,849 ha | 771,453 ha | Iraq |
| 2010s | 596,376 ha | 169,924 ha | 426,451 ha | Iraq |
| 2020s | 336,170 ha | 133,869 ha | 202,301 ha | Iraq |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher barley — area harvested, Iraq or Libya?
- Iraq, at 173,042 ha against 126,698 ha in Libya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in barley — area harvested between Iraq and Libya?
- 46,344 ha, with Iraq ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Libya?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Iraq and Libya rank globally for barley — area harvested?
- Iraq ranks 42nd and Libya ranks 44th of 112 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.