Barley — Area harvested in Belgium
Belgium: Barley — Area harvested was 48,150 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Barley — Area harvested in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — area harvested in Belgium is 48,150 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Belgium peaked at 55,404 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 38,250 ha, in 2021.
Belgium ranks 59th of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Barley — Area harvested in Belgium, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 48,500 ha | — |
| 2001 | 51,500 ha | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 45,400 ha | -11.8% |
| 2003 | 40,806 ha | -10.1% |
| 2004 | 38,728 ha | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 39,965 ha | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 49,008 ha | +22.6% |
| 2007 | 48,598 ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 54,794 ha | +12.7% |
| 2009 | 53,933 ha | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 40,828 ha | -24.3% |
| 2011 | 44,139 ha | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 45,900 ha | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 46,319 ha | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 47,200 ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 48,334 ha | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 55,404 ha | +14.6% |
| 2017 | 45,284 ha | -18.3% |
| 2018 | 42,160 ha | -6.9% |
| 2019 | 46,760 ha | +10.9% |
| 2020 | 43,980 ha | -5.9% |
| 2021 | 38,250 ha | -13.0% |
| 2022 | 46,440 ha | +21.4% |
| 2023 | 48,860 ha | +5.2% |
| 2024 | 48,150 ha | -1.5% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 48,150 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 120,900 ha, 40% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 48,150 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 125,680 ha, 38% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 47,123 ha | 38,728 ha | 54,794 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 46,233 ha | 40,828 ha | 55,404 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 45,136 ha | 38,250 ha | 48,860 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 56 Japan 65,000 ha compare
- 57 Croatia 60,210 ha compare
- 58 Belgium-Luxembourg 52,588 ha
- 60 New Zealand 46,155 ha compare
- 61 Eritrea 45,000 ha compare
- 62 North Macedonia 44,739 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Belgium?
- Barley — area harvested in Belgium was 48,150 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 55,404 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 38,250 ha in 2021.
- How does Belgium rank for barley — area harvested?
- Belgium ranks 59th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Belgium 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.