Barley — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Barley — Area harvested was 300,567 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Area harvested in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — area harvested in Central America is 300,567 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Central America peaked at 364,514 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 116,529 ha, in 1994.
Central America ranks 23rd of 26 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 233,133 ha | — |
| 1962 | 192,680 ha | -17.4% |
| 1963 | 232,463 ha | +20.6% |
| 1964 | 211,754 ha | -8.9% |
| 1965 | 226,335 ha | +6.9% |
| 1966 | 240,810 ha | +6.4% |
| 1967 | 238,526 ha | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 251,919 ha | +5.6% |
| 1969 | 245,065 ha | -2.7% |
| 1970 | 224,161 ha | -8.5% |
| 1971 | 221,319 ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 217,536 ha | -1.7% |
| 1973 | 262,611 ha | +20.7% |
| 1974 | 173,553 ha | -33.9% |
| 1975 | 286,674 ha | +65.2% |
| 1976 | 363,738 ha | +26.9% |
| 1977 | 248,661 ha | -31.6% |
| 1978 | 296,711 ha | +19.3% |
| 1979 | 250,625 ha | -15.5% |
| 1980 | 319,655 ha | +27.5% |
| 1981 | 271,627 ha | -15.0% |
| 1982 | 229,711 ha | -15.4% |
| 1983 | 303,881 ha | +32.3% |
| 1984 | 283,571 ha | -6.7% |
| 1985 | 281,009 ha | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 266,985 ha | -5.0% |
| 1987 | 286,725 ha | +7.4% |
| 1988 | 247,714 ha | -13.6% |
| 1989 | 264,202 ha | +6.7% |
| 1990 | 263,628 ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 284,866 ha | +8.1% |
| 1992 | 290,774 ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 234,897 ha | -19.2% |
| 1994 | 116,529 ha | -50.4% |
| 1995 | 247,007 ha | +112.0% |
| 1996 | 283,718 ha | +14.9% |
| 1997 | 243,983 ha | -14.0% |
| 1998 | 267,887 ha | +9.8% |
| 1999 | 227,399 ha | -15.1% |
| 2000 | 290,767 ha | +27.9% |
| 2001 | 310,716 ha | +6.9% |
| 2002 | 282,350 ha | -9.1% |
| 2003 | 364,514 ha | +29.1% |
| 2004 | 325,828 ha | -10.6% |
| 2005 | 306,116 ha | -6.0% |
| 2006 | 315,453 ha | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 286,375 ha | -9.2% |
| 2008 | 310,784 ha | +8.5% |
| 2009 | 239,070 ha | -23.1% |
| 2010 | 267,676 ha | +12.0% |
| 2011 | 218,352 ha | -18.4% |
| 2012 | 328,199 ha | +50.3% |
| 2013 | 296,920 ha | -9.5% |
| 2014 | 313,642 ha | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 314,610 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 329,754 ha | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 354,765 ha | +7.6% |
| 2018 | 352,122 ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 358,003 ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 294,221 ha | -17.8% |
| 2021 | 342,879 ha | +16.5% |
| 2022 | 345,918 ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 297,453 ha | -14.0% |
| 2024 | 300,567 ha | +1.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — Area harvested in Central America 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +112.0% | 116,529 ha | 247,007 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 230,298 ha | 192,680 ha | 251,919 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 254,559 ha | 173,553 ha | 363,738 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 275,508 ha | 229,711 ha | 319,655 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 246,069 ha | 116,529 ha | 290,774 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 303,197 ha | 239,070 ha | 364,514 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 313,404 ha | 218,352 ha | 358,003 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 316,208 ha | 294,221 ha | 345,918 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Central America?
- Barley — area harvested in Central America was 300,567 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 364,514 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 116,529 ha in 1994.
- How does Central America rank for barley — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 23rd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America 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.