Barley — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Barley — Area harvested was 1,514 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Barley — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — area harvested in Middle Africa is 1,514 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 3,300 ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 351 ha, in 1975.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Barley — Area harvested in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 750 ha | +7.1% |
| 1966 | 840 ha | +12.0% |
| 1967 | 882 ha | +5.0% |
| 1968 | 3,000 ha | +240.1% |
| 1969 | 3,300 ha | +10.0% |
| 1970 | 2,500 ha | -24.2% |
| 1971 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,700 ha | +8.0% |
| 1973 | 2,300 ha | -14.8% |
| 1974 | 829 ha | -64.0% |
| 1975 | 351 ha | -57.7% |
| 1976 | 500 ha | +42.5% |
| 1977 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 580 ha | +16.0% |
| 1988 | 580 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 580 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 613 ha | +5.7% |
| 1991 | 499 ha | -18.6% |
| 1992 | 528 ha | +5.8% |
| 1993 | 582 ha | +10.2% |
| 1994 | 650 ha | +11.7% |
| 1995 | 642 ha | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 659 ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 676 ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 690 ha | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 700 ha | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 780 ha | +11.4% |
| 2001 | 779 ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 778 ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 774 ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 903 ha | +16.7% |
| 2005 | 999 ha | +10.6% |
| 2006 | 1,034 ha | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 1,039 ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 958 ha | -7.8% |
| 2009 | 1,135 ha | +18.5% |
| 2010 | 1,200 ha | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 1,283 ha | +6.9% |
| 2012 | 1,400 ha | +9.1% |
| 2013 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,407 ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 1,454 ha | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 1,420 ha | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 1,440 ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 1,483 ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 1,448 ha | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 1,438 ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 1,519 ha | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 1,495 ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 1,504 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 1,514 ha | +0.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — Area harvested in Middle Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +240.1% | 882 ha | 3,000 ha |
| 1974 | -64.0% | 2,300 ha | 829 ha |
| 1975 | -57.7% | 829 ha | 351 ha |
| 1976 | +42.5% | 351 ha | 500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,286 ha | 700 ha | 3,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,318 ha | 351 ha | 2,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 524 ha | 500 ha | 580 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 623.9 ha | 499 ha | 700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 917.9 ha | 774 ha | 1,135 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,394 ha | 1,200 ha | 1,483 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,494 ha | 1,438 ha | 1,519 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 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
- 9 Germany 1.66 million ha compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 3,864 ha compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,514 ha compare
- 10 Ukraine 1.40 million ha compare
- 11 Argentina 1.30 million ha compare
- 12 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.19 million ha compare
- 13 Ethiopia 1.07 million ha compare
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- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -6.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 5.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) -0.2155 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 0.167 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.1088 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.84 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Barley — area harvested in Middle Africa was 1,514 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3,300 ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 351 ha in 1975.
- How does Middle Africa rank for barley — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 10th out of 11 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.