Lesotho vs Saudi Arabia: Barley — Area harvested
Barley — Area harvested over time
- Lesotho
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 2,053 ha against 840 ha in Lesotho, a difference of 1,213 ha.
That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 2.4 times Lesotho's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.
Lesotho ranks 92nd and Saudi Arabia ranks 90th of 105 countries.
Saudi Arabia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,978 ha | 12,806 ha | 9,828 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 1970s | 1,163 ha | 9,766 ha | 8,603 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 1980s | 1,270 ha | 18,618 ha | 17,348 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 1990s | 1,213 ha | 109,201 ha | 107,989 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2000s | 1,459 ha | 15,294 ha | 13,835 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010s | 1,065 ha | 58,740 ha | 57,674 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2020s | 841 ha | 17,079 ha | 16,238 ha | Saudi Arabia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher barley — area harvested, Lesotho or Saudi Arabia?
- Saudi Arabia, at 2,053 ha against 840 ha in Lesotho as of 2024.
- What is the difference in barley — area harvested between Lesotho and Saudi Arabia?
- 1,213 ha, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Saudi Arabia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Lesotho and Saudi Arabia rank globally for barley — area harvested?
- Lesotho ranks 92nd and Saudi Arabia ranks 90th 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.