Barley — Area harvested in Bhutan
Bhutan: Barley — Area harvested was 483 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Barley — Area harvested in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 483 ha for barley — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 4.3% on the previous year and down 51.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Bhutan peaked at 5,000 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 463 ha, in 2023.
That places Bhutan 94th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Area harvested in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 2,400 ha | +9.1% |
| 1964 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1966 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,700 ha | +8.0% |
| 1968 | 2,900 ha | +7.4% |
| 1969 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 3,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 3,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 3,500 ha | +9.4% |
| 1975 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 3,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1977 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 3,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 3,500 ha | +9.4% |
| 1980 | 3,400 ha | -2.9% |
| 1981 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 3,650 ha | +4.3% |
| 1983 | 3,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 3,735 ha | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 3,700 ha | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 3,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,580 ha | -32.1% |
| 1989 | 3,000 ha | +16.3% |
| 1990 | 3,900 ha | +30.0% |
| 1991 | 4,022 ha | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 3,968 ha | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 4,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 3,964 ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 4,018 ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 4,133 ha | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 5,000 ha | +21.0% |
| 1998 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,500 ha | -70.0% |
| 2001 | 1,272 ha | -15.2% |
| 2002 | 1,590 ha | +25.0% |
| 2003 | 540 ha | -66.0% |
| 2004 | 1,128 ha | +108.9% |
| 2005 | 3,386 ha | +200.2% |
| 2006 | 3,379 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 3,925 ha | +16.2% |
| 2008 | 1,338 ha | -65.9% |
| 2009 | 1,985 ha | +48.4% |
| 2010 | 1,074 ha | -45.9% |
| 2011 | 1,589 ha | +48.0% |
| 2012 | 1,325 ha | -16.6% |
| 2013 | 1,125 ha | -15.1% |
| 2014 | 990 ha | -12.0% |
| 2015 | 1,020 ha | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 992 ha | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 1,385 ha | +39.6% |
| 2018 | 694 ha | -49.9% |
| 2019 | 792 ha | +14.1% |
| 2020 | 714 ha | -9.8% |
| 2021 | 650 ha | -9.0% |
| 2022 | 528 ha | -18.8% |
| 2023 | 463 ha | -12.3% |
| 2024 | 483 ha | +4.3% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 483 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 13,929 ha, 3% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — Area harvested in Bhutan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +200.2% | 1,128 ha | 3,386 ha |
| 2004 | +108.9% | 540 ha | 1,128 ha |
| 2000 | -70.0% | 5,000 ha | 1,500 ha |
| 2003 | -66.0% | 1,590 ha | 540 ha |
| 2008 | -65.9% | 3,925 ha | 1,338 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,500 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,210 ha | 3,000 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,482 ha | 2,580 ha | 3,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,300 ha | 3,900 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,004 ha | 540 ha | 3,925 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,099 ha | 694 ha | 1,589 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 567.6 ha | 463 ha | 714 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Bhutan?
- Barley — area harvested in Bhutan was 483 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 5,000 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 463 ha in 2023.
- How does Bhutan rank for barley — area harvested?
- Bhutan ranks 94th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.