Barley — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Barley — Area harvested was 239,080 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — area harvested in Italy is 239,080 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 17.6% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Italy peaked at 471,717 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 175,080 ha, in 1969.
Italy ranks 33rd of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Area harvested in Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 219,620 ha | — |
| 1962 | 209,600 ha | -4.6% |
| 1963 | 204,061 ha | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 196,517 ha | -3.7% |
| 1965 | 186,204 ha | -5.2% |
| 1966 | 178,707 ha | -4.0% |
| 1967 | 180,810 ha | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 175,312 ha | -3.0% |
| 1969 | 175,080 ha | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 179,283 ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 184,800 ha | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 186,500 ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 203,000 ha | +8.8% |
| 1974 | 223,652 ha | +10.2% |
| 1975 | 248,730 ha | +11.2% |
| 1976 | 273,699 ha | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 289,611 ha | +5.8% |
| 1978 | 294,067 ha | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 308,329 ha | +4.8% |
| 1980 | 329,413 ha | +6.8% |
| 1981 | 335,687 ha | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 352,380 ha | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 384,901 ha | +9.2% |
| 1984 | 433,841 ha | +12.7% |
| 1985 | 468,412 ha | +8.0% |
| 1986 | 464,656 ha | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 444,894 ha | -4.3% |
| 1988 | 449,774 ha | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 470,648 ha | +4.6% |
| 1990 | 467,085 ha | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 471,717 ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 450,189 ha | -4.6% |
| 1993 | 425,099 ha | -5.6% |
| 1994 | 392,498 ha | -7.7% |
| 1995 | 374,000 ha | -4.7% |
| 1996 | 359,362 ha | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 356,661 ha | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 362,631 ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 353,850 ha | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 345,331 ha | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 333,000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 342,825 ha | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 309,726 ha | -9.7% |
| 2004 | 304,876 ha | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 319,944 ha | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 330,675 ha | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 344,681 ha | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 330,067 ha | -4.2% |
| 2009 | 306,800 ha | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 273,500 ha | -10.9% |
| 2011 | 269,675 ha | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 246,127 ha | -8.7% |
| 2013 | 237,268 ha | -3.6% |
| 2014 | 232,625 ha | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 242,895 ha | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 246,370 ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 250,526 ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 262,480 ha | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 261,410 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 263,430 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 251,760 ha | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 267,960 ha | +6.4% |
| 2023 | 290,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 2024 | 239,080 ha | -17.6% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 239,080 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 120,900 ha, 2.0× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Italy's 239,080 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 125,680 ha, 1.9× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 191,768 ha | 175,080 ha | 219,620 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 239,167 ha | 179,283 ha | 308,329 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 413,461 ha | 329,413 ha | 470,648 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 401,309 ha | 353,850 ha | 471,717 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 326,792 ha | 304,876 ha | 345,331 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 252,288 ha | 232,625 ha | 273,500 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 262,506 ha | 239,080 ha | 290,300 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 31 Kyrgyzstan 247,837 ha compare
- 32 Yugoslav SFR 244,591 ha compare
- 34 Tunisia 225,000 ha compare
- 35 Uruguay 208,059 ha compare
- 36 Bulgaria 196,380 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Italy?
- Barley — area harvested in Italy was 239,080 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 471,717 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 175,080 ha in 1969.
- How does Italy rank for barley — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 33rd out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.