Spain vs Western Europe: Barley — Area harvested
Barley — Area harvested over time
- Spain
- Western Europe
How they compare
Western Europe currently reports 3.71 million ha against 2.26 million ha in Spain, a difference of 1.45 million ha.
That makes Western Europe's figure about 1.6 times Spain's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Western Europe has been ahead every year.
Spain ranks 7th and Western Europe ranks 9th of 105 countries.
Western Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Spain | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.55 million ha | 4.78 million ha | 3.23 million ha | Western Europe |
| 1970s | 2.98 million ha | 5.94 million ha | 2.96 million ha | Western Europe |
| 1980s | 4.00 million ha | 5.62 million ha | 1.62 million ha | Western Europe |
| 1990s | 3.74 million ha | 4.31 million ha | 566,851 ha | Western Europe |
| 2000s | 3.18 million ha | 4.03 million ha | 852,572 ha | Western Europe |
| 2010s | 2.69 million ha | 3.64 million ha | 953,786 ha | Western Europe |
| 2020s | 2.45 million ha | 3.69 million ha | 1.24 million ha | Western Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher barley — area harvested, Spain or Western Europe?
- Western Europe, at 3.71 million ha against 2.26 million ha in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in barley — area harvested between Spain and Western Europe?
- 1.45 million ha, with Western Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Western Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Spain and Western Europe rank globally for barley — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 7th and Western Europe ranks 9th 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.