Barley — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Barley — Area harvested was 3.11 million ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Barley — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — area harvested in Africa is 3.11 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 9.7% on the previous year and down 30.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Africa peaked at 5.78 million ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 3.11 million ha, in 2024.
Africa ranks 11th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Barley — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4.18 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 3.88 million ha | -7.1% |
| 1963 | 4.86 million ha | +25.1% |
| 1964 | 4.18 million ha | -14.0% |
| 1965 | 4.10 million ha | -1.9% |
| 1966 | 4.16 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 4.39 million ha | +5.4% |
| 1968 | 4.63 million ha | +5.7% |
| 1969 | 4.42 million ha | -4.6% |
| 1970 | 4.33 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1971 | 4.22 million ha | -2.6% |
| 1972 | 4.46 million ha | +5.7% |
| 1973 | 4.52 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 4.44 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 4.33 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1976 | 4.71 million ha | +8.7% |
| 1977 | 4.38 million ha | -6.9% |
| 1978 | 4.94 million ha | +12.7% |
| 1979 | 4.97 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 4.82 million ha | -2.9% |
| 1981 | 4.75 million ha | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 4.35 million ha | -8.4% |
| 1983 | 4.87 million ha | +11.9% |
| 1984 | 4.78 million ha | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 5.78 million ha | +21.1% |
| 1986 | 5.42 million ha | -6.3% |
| 1987 | 5.37 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 4.76 million ha | -11.3% |
| 1989 | 5.25 million ha | +10.3% |
| 1990 | 5.43 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 5.68 million ha | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 5.46 million ha | -3.9% |
| 1993 | 4.25 million ha | -22.1% |
| 1994 | 4.46 million ha | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 4.10 million ha | -8.1% |
| 1996 | 5.78 million ha | +41.0% |
| 1997 | 3.69 million ha | -36.1% |
| 1998 | 4.95 million ha | +34.1% |
| 1999 | 4.44 million ha | -10.5% |
| 2000 | 4.10 million ha | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 4.15 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 3.69 million ha | -11.2% |
| 2003 | 5.06 million ha | +37.3% |
| 2004 | 5.47 million ha | +7.9% |
| 2005 | 4.98 million ha | -8.8% |
| 2006 | 4.90 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 5.02 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 4.50 million ha | -10.3% |
| 2009 | 5.78 million ha | +28.3% |
| 2010 | 4.89 million ha | -15.4% |
| 2011 | 5.07 million ha | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 5.14 million ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 4.97 million ha | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 4.51 million ha | -9.4% |
| 2015 | 4.85 million ha | +7.7% |
| 2016 | 4.30 million ha | -11.4% |
| 2017 | 5.35 million ha | +24.4% |
| 2018 | 4.56 million ha | -14.7% |
| 2019 | 4.08 million ha | -10.4% |
| 2020 | 4.55 million ha | +11.4% |
| 2021 | 4.01 million ha | -11.8% |
| 2022 | 3.72 million ha | -7.2% |
| 2023 | 3.45 million ha | -7.4% |
| 2024 | 3.11 million ha | -9.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.31 million ha | 3.88 million ha | 4.86 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.53 million ha | 4.22 million ha | 4.97 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.02 million ha | 4.35 million ha | 5.78 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.82 million ha | 3.69 million ha | 5.78 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.77 million ha | 3.69 million ha | 5.78 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.77 million ha | 4.08 million ha | 5.35 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.77 million ha | 3.11 million ha | 4.55 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 44,671 ha compare
- 8 France 1.81 million ha compare
- 9 Germany 1.66 million ha compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 3,864 ha compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,514 ha compare
- 10 Ukraine 1.40 million ha compare
- 11 Argentina 1.30 million ha compare
- 12 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.19 million ha compare
- 13 Ethiopia 1.07 million ha compare
- 14 Czechoslovakia 887,945 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Africa?
- Barley — area harvested in Africa was 3.11 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 5.78 million ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.11 million ha in 2024.
- How does Africa rank for barley — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 11th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Africa 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.