Barley — Area harvested in Argentina
Argentina: Barley — Area harvested was 1.30 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Barley — Area harvested in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — area harvested in Argentina stood at 1.30 million ha.
That represents a change of down 18.4% on the previous year and up 45.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Argentina peaked at 1.69 million ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 75,700 ha, in 1985.
That places Argentina 14th out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 515,167 ha | 360,900 ha | 741,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 413,240 ha | 246,000 ha | 601,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 119,398 ha | 75,700 ha | 172,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 214,670 ha | 148,900 ha | 323,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 344,887 ha | 246,490 ha | 570,125 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.10 million ha | 746,435 ha | 1.69 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.26 million ha | 1.01 million ha | 1.59 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
- 11 Germany 1.66 million ha compare
- 12 Ukraine 1.40 million ha compare
- 13 Syrian Arab Republic 1.36 million ha compare
- 15 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.19 million ha compare
- 16 Ethiopia 1.07 million ha compare
- 17 Czechoslovakia 887,945 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture share gdp 5.53 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 5.53 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Rural population 7.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 3.51 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 37.79 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 177,082 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Argentina?
- Barley — area harvested in Argentina was 1.30 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 1.69 million ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 75,700 ha in 1985.
- How does Argentina rank for barley — area harvested?
- Argentina ranks 14th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Argentina 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.