Barley — Area harvested in Brazil
Brazil: Barley — Area harvested was 117,088 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Area harvested in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 117,088 ha for barley — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.3% on the previous year and up 30.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Brazil peaked at 166,882 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 16,298 ha, in 1974.
That places Brazil 45th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Area harvested in Brazil, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31,511 ha | — |
| 1962 | 28,454 ha | -9.7% |
| 1963 | 30,443 ha | +7.0% |
| 1964 | 31,164 ha | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 33,550 ha | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 41,175 ha | +22.7% |
| 1967 | 41,760 ha | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 34,741 ha | -16.8% |
| 1969 | 29,587 ha | -14.8% |
| 1970 | 25,044 ha | -15.4% |
| 1971 | 23,693 ha | -5.4% |
| 1972 | 19,829 ha | -16.3% |
| 1973 | 17,888 ha | -9.8% |
| 1974 | 16,298 ha | -8.9% |
| 1975 | 23,732 ha | +45.6% |
| 1976 | 48,500 ha | +104.4% |
| 1977 | 93,603 ha | +93.0% |
| 1978 | 89,423 ha | -4.5% |
| 1979 | 84,691 ha | -5.3% |
| 1980 | 72,048 ha | -14.9% |
| 1981 | 95,624 ha | +32.7% |
| 1982 | 166,882 ha | +74.5% |
| 1983 | 120,981 ha | -27.5% |
| 1984 | 73,193 ha | -39.5% |
| 1985 | 110,308 ha | +50.7% |
| 1986 | 102,935 ha | -6.7% |
| 1987 | 101,655 ha | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 101,979 ha | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 113,001 ha | +10.8% |
| 1990 | 105,067 ha | -7.0% |
| 1991 | 97,443 ha | -7.3% |
| 1992 | 66,849 ha | -31.4% |
| 1993 | 67,063 ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 53,607 ha | -20.1% |
| 1995 | 69,458 ha | +29.6% |
| 1996 | 84,067 ha | +21.0% |
| 1997 | 127,633 ha | +51.8% |
| 1998 | 156,005 ha | +22.2% |
| 1999 | 137,224 ha | -12.0% |
| 2000 | 145,507 ha | +6.0% |
| 2001 | 143,005 ha | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 147,397 ha | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 119,224 ha | -19.1% |
| 2004 | 142,144 ha | +19.2% |
| 2005 | 144,511 ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 82,177 ha | -43.1% |
| 2007 | 100,298 ha | +22.1% |
| 2008 | 79,270 ha | -21.0% |
| 2009 | 77,452 ha | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 84,118 ha | +8.6% |
| 2011 | 88,236 ha | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 102,749 ha | +16.4% |
| 2013 | 88,321 ha | -14.0% |
| 2014 | 89,451 ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 86,409 ha | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 91,055 ha | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 121,562 ha | +33.5% |
| 2018 | 101,370 ha | -16.6% |
| 2019 | 113,044 ha | +11.5% |
| 2020 | 104,383 ha | -7.7% |
| 2021 | 115,133 ha | +10.3% |
| 2022 | 129,581 ha | +12.5% |
| 2023 | 131,981 ha | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 117,088 ha | -11.3% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 117,088 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 98,213 ha, 1.2× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 117,088 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 117,088 ha, 1.0× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — Area harvested in Brazil 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +104.4% | 23,732 ha | 48,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,598 ha | 28,454 ha | 41,760 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 44,270 ha | 16,298 ha | 93,603 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 105,861 ha | 72,048 ha | 166,882 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 96,442 ha | 53,607 ha | 156,005 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 118,098 ha | 77,452 ha | 147,397 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 96,632 ha | 84,118 ha | 121,562 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 119,633 ha | 104,383 ha | 131,981 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Brazil?
- Barley — area harvested in Brazil was 117,088 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 166,882 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,298 ha in 1974.
- How does Brazil rank for barley — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 45th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil 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.