Barley — Area harvested in Algeria
Algeria: Barley — Area harvested was 797,601 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Area harvested in Algeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Algeria recorded 797,601 ha for barley — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 20.4% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Algeria peaked at 1.56 million ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 215,630 ha, in 2000.
That places Algeria 15th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Area harvested in Algeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 949,583 ha | — |
| 1962 | 980,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 930,008 ha | -5.1% |
| 1964 | 562,040 ha | -39.6% |
| 1965 | 629,980 ha | +12.1% |
| 1966 | 393,990 ha | -37.5% |
| 1967 | 558,040 ha | +41.6% |
| 1968 | 723,470 ha | +29.6% |
| 1969 | 736,350 ha | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 854,790 ha | +16.1% |
| 1971 | 728,160 ha | -14.8% |
| 1972 | 948,260 ha | +30.2% |
| 1973 | 785,610 ha | -17.2% |
| 1974 | 690,200 ha | -12.1% |
| 1975 | 854,680 ha | +23.8% |
| 1976 | 932,350 ha | +9.1% |
| 1977 | 740,510 ha | -20.6% |
| 1978 | 666,480 ha | -10.0% |
| 1979 | 808,920 ha | +21.4% |
| 1980 | 944,590 ha | +16.8% |
| 1981 | 870,770 ha | -7.8% |
| 1982 | 815,340 ha | -6.4% |
| 1983 | 718,910 ha | -11.8% |
| 1984 | 993,700 ha | +38.2% |
| 1985 | 1.39 million ha | +39.9% |
| 1986 | 1.21 million ha | -12.8% |
| 1987 | 1.09 million ha | -10.1% |
| 1988 | 674,490 ha | -38.1% |
| 1989 | 1.05 million ha | +55.7% |
| 1990 | 1.10 million ha | +4.3% |
| 1991 | 1.56 million ha | +42.1% |
| 1992 | 1.56 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 652,630 ha | -58.1% |
| 1994 | 361,080 ha | -44.7% |
| 1995 | 824,170 ha | +128.3% |
| 1996 | 1.28 million ha | +55.6% |
| 1997 | 264,840 ha | -79.3% |
| 1998 | 939,210 ha | +254.6% |
| 1999 | 468,960 ha | -50.1% |
| 2000 | 215,630 ha | -54.0% |
| 2001 | 515,690 ha | +139.2% |
| 2002 | 401,400 ha | -22.2% |
| 2003 | 782,380 ha | +94.9% |
| 2004 | 915,440 ha | +17.0% |
| 2005 | 684,648 ha | -25.2% |
| 2006 | 812,280 ha | +18.6% |
| 2007 | 971,246 ha | +19.6% |
| 2008 | 435,963 ha | -55.1% |
| 2009 | 1.25 million ha | +186.9% |
| 2010 | 1.02 million ha | -18.5% |
| 2011 | 852,379 ha | -16.3% |
| 2012 | 1.03 million ha | +20.9% |
| 2013 | 897,719 ha | -12.9% |
| 2014 | 791,843 ha | -11.8% |
| 2015 | 802,336 ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 1.24 million ha | +54.1% |
| 2017 | 1.30 million ha | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 1.08 million ha | -17.1% |
| 2019 | 1.13 million ha | +4.9% |
| 2020 | 978,114 ha | -13.7% |
| 2021 | 525,631 ha | -46.3% |
| 2022 | 836,388 ha | +59.1% |
| 2023 | 662,256 ha | -20.8% |
| 2024 | 797,601 ha | +20.4% |
Algeria compared with similar countries
- Algeria's 797,601 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 98,213 ha, 8.1× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Algeria's 797,601 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 25,000 ha, 31.9× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — Area harvested in Algeria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +254.6% | 264,840 ha | 939,210 ha |
| 2009 | +186.9% | 435,963 ha | 1.25 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 718,162 ha | 393,990 ha | 980,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 800,996 ha | 666,480 ha | 948,260 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 975,840 ha | 674,490 ha | 1.39 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 900,223 ha | 264,840 ha | 1.56 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 698,544 ha | 215,630 ha | 1.25 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 million ha | 791,843 ha | 1.30 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 759,998 ha | 525,631 ha | 978,114 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Algeria
- 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
- 16 Ethiopia PDR 743,130 ha compare
- 17 Poland 695,310 ha compare
- 18 Morocco 693,793 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Algeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1451 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 878.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.884 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2418 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Algeria?
- Barley — area harvested in Algeria was 797,601 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 1.56 million ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 215,630 ha in 2000.
- How does Algeria rank for barley — area harvested?
- Algeria ranks 15th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Algeria 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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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.