Barley — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Barley — Area harvested was 1.14 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — area harvested in Eastern Africa stood at 1.14 million ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 1.43 million ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 583,400 ha, in 1976.
Eastern Africa ranks 20th 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 Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 948,584 ha | — |
| 1962 | 965,048 ha | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 981,024 ha | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 982,507 ha | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 992,272 ha | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 1.00 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 962,264 ha | -3.8% |
| 1968 | 941,604 ha | -2.1% |
| 1969 | 950,560 ha | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 961,850 ha | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 971,100 ha | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 965,200 ha | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 956,300 ha | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 968,014 ha | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 796,530 ha | -17.7% |
| 1976 | 583,400 ha | -26.8% |
| 1977 | 773,000 ha | +32.5% |
| 1978 | 860,488 ha | +11.3% |
| 1979 | 924,346 ha | +7.4% |
| 1980 | 957,411 ha | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 865,229 ha | -9.6% |
| 1982 | 847,254 ha | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 934,696 ha | +10.3% |
| 1984 | 810,689 ha | -13.3% |
| 1985 | 845,503 ha | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 946,630 ha | +12.0% |
| 1987 | 926,434 ha | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 1.09 million ha | +17.2% |
| 1989 | 991,245 ha | -8.7% |
| 1990 | 945,140 ha | -4.7% |
| 1991 | 755,980 ha | -20.0% |
| 1992 | 772,022 ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 655,190 ha | -15.1% |
| 1994 | 999,914 ha | +52.6% |
| 1995 | 1.21 million ha | +20.8% |
| 1996 | 1.13 million ha | -6.5% |
| 1997 | 983,197 ha | -13.0% |
| 1998 | 969,729 ha | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 1.12 million ha | +15.1% |
| 2000 | 957,848 ha | -14.1% |
| 2001 | 1.03 million ha | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 901,198 ha | -12.2% |
| 2003 | 1.15 million ha | +27.4% |
| 2004 | 1.34 million ha | +16.4% |
| 2005 | 1.29 million ha | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 1.09 million ha | -15.8% |
| 2007 | 1.24 million ha | +13.9% |
| 2008 | 1.28 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 1.43 million ha | +11.9% |
| 2010 | 1.40 million ha | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 1.29 million ha | -7.9% |
| 2012 | 1.27 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 1.28 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 1.25 million ha | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 1.24 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 1.25 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 1.26 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 1.11 million ha | -12.3% |
| 2019 | 1.03 million ha | -6.7% |
| 2020 | 1.22 million ha | +18.5% |
| 2021 | 1.23 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 1.05 million ha | -14.2% |
| 2023 | 1.16 million ha | +10.4% |
| 2024 | 1.14 million ha | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 969,347 ha | 941,604 ha | 1.00 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 876,023 ha | 583,400 ha | 971,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 921,118 ha | 810,689 ha | 1.09 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 953,464 ha | 655,190 ha | 1.21 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.17 million ha | 901,198 ha | 1.43 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.24 million ha | 1.03 million ha | 1.40 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.16 million ha | 1.05 million ha | 1.23 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Barley — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 1.14 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.43 million ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 583,400 ha in 1976.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for barley — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 20th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.