Barley — Area harvested in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Barley — Area harvested was 70,000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Barley — Area harvested in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 70,000 ha for barley — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.4% on the previous year and down 79.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Afghanistan peaked at 350,000 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 40,273 ha, in 2021.
Afghanistan ranks 54th of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Area harvested in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 350,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 350,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 350,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 350,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 350,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 350,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 316,000 ha | -9.7% |
| 1968 | 317,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 317,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 315,000 ha | -0.6% |
| 1971 | 315,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 320,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 320,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 340,200 ha | +6.3% |
| 1975 | 320,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 1976 | 310,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 1977 | 310,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 310,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 304,000 ha | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 306,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 278,000 ha | -9.2% |
| 1982 | 257,000 ha | -7.6% |
| 1983 | 242,000 ha | -5.8% |
| 1984 | 234,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 1985 | 221,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 1986 | 213,000 ha | -3.6% |
| 1987 | 213,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 212,000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 211,000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 205,000 ha | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 204,000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 250,000 ha | +22.5% |
| 1993 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 225,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1996 | 220,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 200,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1998 | 200,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 180,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 2000 | 124,000 ha | -31.1% |
| 2001 | 87,000 ha | -29.8% |
| 2002 | 236,000 ha | +171.3% |
| 2003 | 270,000 ha | +14.4% |
| 2004 | 315,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 2005 | 240,000 ha | -23.8% |
| 2006 | 236,000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 236,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 236,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 267,000 ha | +13.1% |
| 2010 | 212,000 ha | -20.6% |
| 2011 | 190,000 ha | -10.4% |
| 2012 | 280,000 ha | +47.4% |
| 2013 | 278,000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 342,472 ha | +23.2% |
| 2015 | 282,000 ha | -17.7% |
| 2016 | 219,208 ha | -22.3% |
| 2017 | 68,179 ha | -68.9% |
| 2018 | 84,147 ha | +23.4% |
| 2019 | 84,070 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 86,099 ha | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 40,273 ha | -53.2% |
| 2022 | 61,952 ha | +53.8% |
| 2023 | 65,795 ha | +6.2% |
| 2024 | 70,000 ha | +6.4% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 70,000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 45,000 ha, 1.6× the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 70,000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 25,000 ha, 2.8× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — Area harvested in Afghanistan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +171.3% | 87,000 ha | 236,000 ha |
| 2017 | -68.9% | 219,208 ha | 68,179 ha |
| 2022 | +53.8% | 40,273 ha | 61,952 ha |
| 2021 | -53.2% | 86,099 ha | 40,273 ha |
| 2012 | +47.4% | 190,000 ha | 280,000 ha |
| 2000 | -31.1% | 180,000 ha | 124,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 338,889 ha | 316,000 ha | 350,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 316,420 ha | 304,000 ha | 340,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 238,700 ha | 211,000 ha | 306,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 218,400 ha | 180,000 ha | 250,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 224,700 ha | 87,000 ha | 315,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 204,008 ha | 68,179 ha | 342,472 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 64,824 ha | 40,273 ha | 86,099 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Afghanistan?
- Barley — area harvested in Afghanistan was 70,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 350,000 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 40,273 ha in 2021.
- How does Afghanistan rank for barley — area harvested?
- Afghanistan ranks 54th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 79.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Barley — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.