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 11th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Barley — Area harvested in Argentina, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 741,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 360,900 ha | -51.3% |
| 1963 | 695,100 ha | +92.6% |
| 1964 | 552,600 ha | -20.5% |
| 1965 | 383,700 ha | -30.6% |
| 1966 | 410,700 ha | +7.0% |
| 1967 | 496,200 ha | +20.8% |
| 1968 | 538,800 ha | +8.6% |
| 1969 | 457,000 ha | -15.2% |
| 1970 | 356,200 ha | -22.1% |
| 1971 | 478,800 ha | +34.4% |
| 1972 | 601,200 ha | +25.6% |
| 1973 | 501,600 ha | -16.6% |
| 1974 | 368,700 ha | -26.5% |
| 1975 | 438,800 ha | +19.0% |
| 1976 | 476,100 ha | +8.5% |
| 1977 | 310,000 ha | -34.9% |
| 1978 | 355,000 ha | +14.5% |
| 1979 | 246,000 ha | -30.7% |
| 1980 | 172,600 ha | -29.8% |
| 1981 | 114,700 ha | -33.5% |
| 1982 | 118,900 ha | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 96,300 ha | -19.0% |
| 1984 | 107,200 ha | +11.3% |
| 1985 | 75,700 ha | -29.4% |
| 1986 | 76,255 ha | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 131,138 ha | +72.0% |
| 1988 | 139,160 ha | +6.1% |
| 1989 | 162,030 ha | +16.4% |
| 1990 | 148,900 ha | -8.1% |
| 1991 | 233,480 ha | +56.8% |
| 1992 | 228,700 ha | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 198,850 ha | -13.1% |
| 1994 | 149,260 ha | -24.9% |
| 1995 | 217,880 ha | +46.0% |
| 1996 | 249,860 ha | +14.7% |
| 1997 | 323,000 ha | +29.3% |
| 1998 | 212,165 ha | -34.3% |
| 1999 | 184,605 ha | -13.0% |
| 2000 | 247,830 ha | +34.2% |
| 2001 | 246,490 ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 250,760 ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 334,348 ha | +33.3% |
| 2004 | 275,307 ha | -17.7% |
| 2005 | 267,450 ha | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 337,592 ha | +26.2% |
| 2007 | 416,325 ha | +23.3% |
| 2008 | 570,125 ha | +36.9% |
| 2009 | 502,640 ha | -11.8% |
| 2010 | 746,435 ha | +48.5% |
| 2011 | 1.12 million ha | +50.2% |
| 2012 | 1.69 million ha | +51.1% |
| 2013 | 1.20 million ha | -29.0% |
| 2014 | 888,873 ha | -26.1% |
| 2015 | 888,873 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.25 million ha | +40.3% |
| 2017 | 870,213 ha | -30.2% |
| 2018 | 1.21 million ha | +39.0% |
| 2019 | 1.12 million ha | -7.3% |
| 2020 | 1.08 million ha | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 1.01 million ha | -6.7% |
| 2022 | 1.34 million ha | +32.7% |
| 2023 | 1.59 million ha | +19.0% |
| 2024 | 1.30 million ha | -18.4% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 1.30 million ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 98,213 ha, 13.2× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 1.30 million ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 117,088 ha, 11.1× the median. (9 countries reporting)
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
- 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
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0765 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (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 11th out of 105 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.