Barley — Area harvested in Finland
Finland: Barley — Area harvested was 321,900 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Area harvested in Finland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — area harvested in Finland stood at 321,900 ha.
That represents a change of down 5.5% on the previous year and down 35.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Finland peaked at 681,700 ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 201,034 ha, in 1961.
That places Finland 27th out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 285,726 ha | 201,034 ha | 372,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 496,710 ha | 403,500 ha | 633,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 577,310 ha | 516,900 ha | 681,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 526,450 ha | 458,900 ha | 582,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 552,820 ha | 522,600 ha | 594,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 434,070 ha | 358,300 ha | 496,900 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 362,324 ha | 321,900 ha | 392,100 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More agriculture & rural data for Finland
- Agriculture share gdp 2.61 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.61 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 7.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2024)
- Rural population 25.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 1.44 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.28 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Finland?
- Barley — area harvested in Finland was 321,900 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 681,700 ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 201,034 ha in 1961.
- How does Finland rank for barley — area harvested?
- Finland ranks 27th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland 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.