Barley — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Barley — Area harvested was 1.24 million ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Barley — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 1.24 million ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 24.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 1.74 million ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 965,849 ha, in 1976.
Barley — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.46 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.48 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 1.50 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 1.49 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 1.50 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 1.51 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 1.44 million ha | -4.8% |
| 1968 | 1.42 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1969 | 1.43 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 1.44 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 1.44 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 1.43 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 1.39 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 1.40 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 1.20 million ha | -14.3% |
| 1976 | 965,849 ha | -19.3% |
| 1977 | 1.12 million ha | +16.2% |
| 1978 | 1.21 million ha | +7.7% |
| 1979 | 1.24 million ha | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 1.31 million ha | +6.1% |
| 1981 | 1.21 million ha | -7.9% |
| 1982 | 1.17 million ha | -3.3% |
| 1983 | 1.25 million ha | +6.5% |
| 1984 | 1.12 million ha | -10.0% |
| 1985 | 1.16 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1986 | 1.25 million ha | +7.8% |
| 1987 | 1.22 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 1.37 million ha | +12.3% |
| 1989 | 1.28 million ha | -6.6% |
| 1990 | 1.22 million ha | -4.3% |
| 1991 | 1.02 million ha | -16.4% |
| 1992 | 1.09 million ha | +7.0% |
| 1993 | 973,806 ha | -11.0% |
| 1994 | 1.32 million ha | +35.5% |
| 1995 | 1.51 million ha | +14.2% |
| 1996 | 1.42 million ha | -5.6% |
| 1997 | 1.24 million ha | -13.1% |
| 1998 | 1.25 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 1.35 million ha | +8.6% |
| 2000 | 1.13 million ha | -16.4% |
| 2001 | 1.16 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 1.18 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 1.47 million ha | +24.5% |
| 2004 | 1.70 million ha | +15.6% |
| 2005 | 1.58 million ha | -7.2% |
| 2006 | 1.36 million ha | -14.0% |
| 2007 | 1.52 million ha | +12.4% |
| 2008 | 1.56 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 1.74 million ha | +11.6% |
| 2010 | 1.66 million ha | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 1.53 million ha | -7.7% |
| 2012 | 1.60 million ha | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 1.61 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 1.63 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 1.56 million ha | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 1.50 million ha | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 1.35 million ha | -9.9% |
| 2018 | 1.22 million ha | -10.2% |
| 2019 | 1.15 million ha | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 1.34 million ha | +17.1% |
| 2021 | 1.30 million ha | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 1.15 million ha | -11.2% |
| 2023 | 1.26 million ha | +8.9% |
| 2024 | 1.24 million ha | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.47 million ha | 1.42 million ha | 1.51 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.28 million ha | 965,849 ha | 1.44 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.23 million ha | 1.12 million ha | 1.37 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.24 million ha | 973,806 ha | 1.51 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.44 million ha | 1.13 million ha | 1.74 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.48 million ha | 1.15 million ha | 1.66 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.26 million ha | 1.15 million ha | 1.34 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 2 Russian Federation 6.46 million ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 3.19 million ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.71 million ha compare
- 3 Australia and New Zealand 4.67 million ha compare
- 4 Australia 4.62 million ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 1.36 million ha compare
- 5 Canada 2.39 million ha compare
- 6 Kazakhstan 2.28 million ha compare
- 6 Republic of Moldova 64,295 ha compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 53,713 ha compare
- 7 Spain 2.26 million ha compare
- 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 44,671 ha compare
- 8 France 1.81 million ha compare
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- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -0.4713 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual 4.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 6.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Barley — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 1.24 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.74 million ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 965,849 ha in 1976.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for barley — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 5th out of 11 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.