Barley — Area harvested in Cyprus
Cyprus: Barley — Area harvested was 6,820 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Barley — Area harvested in Cyprus, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cyprus recorded 6,820 ha for barley — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 28.1% on the previous year and down 64.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Cyprus peaked at 80,937 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 6,820 ha, in 2024.
Cyprus ranks 84th of 105 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Area harvested in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 60,201 ha | — |
| 1962 | 66,890 ha | +11.1% |
| 1963 | 68,228 ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 70,903 ha | +3.9% |
| 1965 | 79,733 ha | +12.5% |
| 1966 | 80,937 ha | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 80,268 ha | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 80,937 ha | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 72,241 ha | -10.7% |
| 1970 | 72,241 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 73,579 ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 70,903 ha | -3.6% |
| 1973 | 74,917 ha | +5.7% |
| 1974 | 73,579 ha | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 29,432 ha | -60.0% |
| 1976 | 32,776 ha | +11.4% |
| 1977 | 33,445 ha | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 33,445 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 34,783 ha | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 38,796 ha | +11.5% |
| 1981 | 40,134 ha | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 42,810 ha | +6.7% |
| 1983 | 43,479 ha | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 46,422 ha | +6.8% |
| 1985 | 48,161 ha | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 46,823 ha | -2.8% |
| 1987 | 48,161 ha | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 53,512 ha | +11.1% |
| 1989 | 54,217 ha | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 52,330 ha | -3.5% |
| 1991 | 43,790 ha | -16.3% |
| 1992 | 60,000 ha | +37.0% |
| 1993 | 64,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1994 | 60,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1995 | 57,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 55,000 ha | -3.5% |
| 1997 | 37,500 ha | -31.8% |
| 1998 | 53,000 ha | +41.3% |
| 1999 | 52,000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 45,000 ha | -13.5% |
| 2001 | 50,200 ha | +11.6% |
| 2002 | 52,900 ha | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 65,007 ha | +22.9% |
| 2004 | 58,448 ha | -10.1% |
| 2005 | 52,517 ha | -10.1% |
| 2006 | 48,914 ha | -6.9% |
| 2007 | 34,019 ha | -30.5% |
| 2008 | 30,680 ha | -9.8% |
| 2009 | 22,444 ha | -26.8% |
| 2010 | 24,150 ha | +7.6% |
| 2011 | 24,955 ha | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 28,853 ha | +15.6% |
| 2013 | 23,534 ha | -18.4% |
| 2014 | 18,939 ha | -19.5% |
| 2015 | 20,560 ha | +8.6% |
| 2016 | 14,536 ha | -29.3% |
| 2017 | 10,953 ha | -24.6% |
| 2018 | 12,800 ha | +16.9% |
| 2019 | 11,580 ha | -9.5% |
| 2020 | 12,520 ha | +8.1% |
| 2021 | 12,830 ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 10,680 ha | -16.8% |
| 2023 | 9,490 ha | -11.1% |
| 2024 | 6,820 ha | -28.1% |
Cyprus compared with similar countries
- Cyprus's 6,820 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 120,900 ha, 6% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Cyprus's 6,820 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 125,680 ha, 5% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 73,371 ha | 60,201 ha | 80,937 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 52,910 ha | 29,432 ha | 74,917 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 46,252 ha | 38,796 ha | 54,217 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 53,462 ha | 37,500 ha | 64,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 46,013 ha | 22,444 ha | 65,007 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,086 ha | 10,953 ha | 28,853 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,468 ha | 6,820 ha | 12,830 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
More agriculture & rural data for Cyprus
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0112 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 335.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8799 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3331 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Cyprus?
- Barley — area harvested in Cyprus was 6,820 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 80,937 ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,820 ha in 2024.
- How does Cyprus rank for barley — area harvested?
- Cyprus ranks 84th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cyprus 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.