Barley — Area harvested in Lithuania
Lithuania: Barley — Area harvested was 191,720 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Barley — Area harvested in Lithuania, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Lithuania recorded 191,720 ha for barley — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 20.3% on the previous year and down 28.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Lithuania peaked at 619,900 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 133,120 ha, in 2022.
Lithuania ranks 37th of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Barley — Area harvested in Lithuania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 611,400 ha | — |
| 1993 | 587,500 ha | -3.9% |
| 1994 | 619,900 ha | +5.5% |
| 1995 | 544,500 ha | -12.2% |
| 1996 | 473,800 ha | -13.0% |
| 1997 | 503,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1998 | 462,900 ha | -8.0% |
| 1999 | 421,200 ha | -9.0% |
| 2000 | 353,200 ha | -16.1% |
| 2001 | 335,500 ha | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 365,000 ha | +8.8% |
| 2003 | 308,300 ha | -15.5% |
| 2004 | 292,500 ha | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 349,400 ha | +19.5% |
| 2006 | 383,400 ha | +9.7% |
| 2007 | 381,400 ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 332,500 ha | -12.8% |
| 2009 | 277,400 ha | -16.6% |
| 2010 | 231,800 ha | -16.4% |
| 2011 | 252,700 ha | +9.0% |
| 2012 | 217,300 ha | -14.0% |
| 2013 | 209,300 ha | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 267,000 ha | +27.6% |
| 2015 | 202,400 ha | -24.2% |
| 2016 | 172,538 ha | -14.8% |
| 2017 | 141,645 ha | -17.9% |
| 2018 | 225,910 ha | +59.5% |
| 2019 | 174,770 ha | -22.6% |
| 2020 | 164,870 ha | -5.7% |
| 2021 | 144,700 ha | -12.2% |
| 2022 | 133,120 ha | -8.0% |
| 2023 | 159,430 ha | +19.8% |
| 2024 | 191,720 ha | +20.3% |
Lithuania compared with similar countries
- Lithuania's 191,720 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 120,900 ha, 1.6× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Lithuania's 191,720 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 125,680 ha, 1.5× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 528,025 ha | 421,200 ha | 619,900 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 337,860 ha | 277,400 ha | 383,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 209,536 ha | 141,645 ha | 267,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 158,768 ha | 133,120 ha | 191,720 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More agriculture & rural data for Lithuania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.69 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 748.66 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7947 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3092 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Lithuania?
- Barley — area harvested in Lithuania was 191,720 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 619,900 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 133,120 ha in 2022.
- How does Lithuania rank for barley — area harvested?
- Lithuania ranks 37th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lithuania 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.