Barley — Area harvested in Iceland
Iceland: Barley — Area harvested was 2,528 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Area harvested in Iceland, 2015–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 2,528 ha for barley — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 20.0% on the previous year and up 73.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Iceland peaked at 3,160 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,455 ha, in 2015.
That places Iceland 89th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Barley — Area harvested in Iceland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,455 ha | — |
| 2016 | 2,300 ha | +58.1% |
| 2017 | 2,100 ha | -8.7% |
| 2018 | 1,500 ha | -28.6% |
| 2019 | 2,200 ha | +46.7% |
| 2020 | 1,500 ha | -31.8% |
| 2021 | 2,400 ha | +60.0% |
| 2022 | 3,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 2023 | 3,160 ha | +5.3% |
| 2024 | 2,528 ha | -20.0% |
Iceland compared with similar countries
- Iceland's 2,528 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 120,900 ha, 2% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Iceland's 2,528 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 125,680 ha, 2% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,911 ha | 1,455 ha | 2,300 ha | 5 |
| 2020s | 2,518 ha | 1,500 ha | 3,160 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Iceland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0365 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 3,593 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8983 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0578 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Iceland?
- Barley — area harvested in Iceland was 2,528 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 3,160 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,455 ha in 2015.
- How does Iceland rank for barley — area harvested?
- Iceland ranks 89th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 73.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland 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.