Barley — Area harvested in Eritrea
Eritrea: Barley — Area harvested was 45,000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Area harvested in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — area harvested in Eritrea stood at 45,000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Eritrea peaked at 58,000 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 28,524 ha, in 2008.
That places Eritrea 61st 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 32 years of available data.
Barley — Area harvested in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 44,300 ha | — |
| 1994 | 38,855 ha | -12.3% |
| 1995 | 43,323 ha | +11.5% |
| 1996 | 37,836 ha | -12.7% |
| 1997 | 38,737 ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 45,546 ha | +17.6% |
| 1999 | 43,377 ha | -4.8% |
| 2000 | 46,350 ha | +6.9% |
| 2001 | 48,381 ha | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 40,437 ha | -16.4% |
| 2003 | 43,965 ha | +8.7% |
| 2004 | 51,926 ha | +18.1% |
| 2005 | 53,304 ha | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 45,241 ha | -15.1% |
| 2007 | 44,440 ha | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 28,524 ha | -35.8% |
| 2009 | 56,857 ha | +99.3% |
| 2010 | 58,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 45,000 ha | -22.4% |
| 2012 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 45,000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 45,000 ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 45,000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,641 ha, 4.2× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — Area harvested in Eritrea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +99.3% | 28,524 ha | 56,857 ha |
| 2008 | -35.8% | 44,440 ha | 28,524 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 41,711 ha | 37,836 ha | 45,546 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 45,942 ha | 28,524 ha | 56,857 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 46,300 ha | 45,000 ha | 58,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 45,000 ha | 45,000 ha | 45,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 58 Belgium-Luxembourg 52,588 ha compare
- 59 Belgium 48,150 ha compare
- 60 New Zealand 46,155 ha compare
- 62 North Macedonia 44,739 ha compare
- 63 Armenia 41,663 ha compare
- 64 Pakistan 40,235 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.26 % change on previous year (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 90.81 current US$ per person (2009)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6546 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.1% (2009)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Eritrea?
- Barley — area harvested in Eritrea was 45,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 58,000 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,524 ha in 2008.
- How does Eritrea rank for barley — area harvested?
- Eritrea ranks 61st out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.