Barley — Area harvested in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Barley — Area harvested was 409,913 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Barley — Area harvested in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Asia recorded 409,913 ha for barley — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Eastern Asia peaked at 6.60 million ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 399,509 ha, in 2018.
That places Eastern Asia 22nd out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Barley — Area harvested in Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4.99 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 6.60 million ha | +32.4% |
| 1963 | 5.60 million ha | -15.2% |
| 1964 | 4.83 million ha | -13.7% |
| 1965 | 4.61 million ha | -4.6% |
| 1966 | 3.93 million ha | -14.7% |
| 1967 | 3.33 million ha | -15.2% |
| 1968 | 3.46 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 3.43 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1970 | 3.41 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1971 | 3.17 million ha | -7.0% |
| 1972 | 3.09 million ha | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 3.57 million ha | +15.8% |
| 1974 | 2.94 million ha | -17.7% |
| 1975 | 2.63 million ha | -10.5% |
| 1976 | 2.43 million ha | -7.7% |
| 1977 | 2.26 million ha | -6.8% |
| 1978 | 2.34 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 2.21 million ha | -5.6% |
| 1980 | 1.85 million ha | -16.2% |
| 1981 | 1.82 million ha | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 1.70 million ha | -6.7% |
| 1983 | 1.79 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1984 | 1.80 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 1.53 million ha | -15.2% |
| 1986 | 1.56 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 1.47 million ha | -5.9% |
| 1988 | 1.45 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 1.61 million ha | +10.7% |
| 1990 | 2.15 million ha | +34.0% |
| 1991 | 1.99 million ha | -7.4% |
| 1992 | 1.90 million ha | -4.8% |
| 1993 | 1.79 million ha | -5.5% |
| 1994 | 1.85 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 1.93 million ha | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 1.83 million ha | -5.2% |
| 1997 | 1.84 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 1.55 million ha | -15.7% |
| 1999 | 1.49 million ha | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 1.23 million ha | -17.7% |
| 2001 | 960,025 ha | -21.7% |
| 2002 | 1.10 million ha | +14.5% |
| 2003 | 1.07 million ha | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 939,647 ha | -12.5% |
| 2005 | 977,464 ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 976,386 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 933,373 ha | -4.4% |
| 2008 | 898,575 ha | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 760,226 ha | -15.4% |
| 2010 | 685,663 ha | -9.8% |
| 2011 | 653,510 ha | -4.7% |
| 2012 | 605,214 ha | -7.4% |
| 2013 | 549,114 ha | -9.3% |
| 2014 | 486,927 ha | -11.3% |
| 2015 | 483,475 ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 479,340 ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 446,369 ha | -6.9% |
| 2018 | 399,509 ha | -10.5% |
| 2019 | 408,143 ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 430,767 ha | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 418,139 ha | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 405,150 ha | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 412,949 ha | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 409,913 ha | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.53 million ha | 3.33 million ha | 6.60 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.81 million ha | 2.21 million ha | 3.57 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.66 million ha | 1.45 million ha | 1.85 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.83 million ha | 1.49 million ha | 2.15 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 984,550 ha | 760,226 ha | 1.23 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 519,726 ha | 399,509 ha | 685,663 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 415,384 ha | 405,150 ha | 430,767 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Eastern Asia?
- Barley — area harvested in Eastern Asia was 409,913 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 6.60 million ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 399,509 ha in 2018.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for barley — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 22nd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.