Barley — Area harvested in Mongolia
Mongolia: Barley — Area harvested was 8,762 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Barley — Area harvested in Mongolia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 8,762 ha for barley — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 75.9% on the previous year and up 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Mongolia peaked at 104,000 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 1,334 ha, in 2008.
Mongolia ranks 81st of 105 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Barley — Area harvested in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 23,000 ha | +35.3% |
| 1963 | 18,000 ha | -21.7% |
| 1964 | 17,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 1965 | 12,800 ha | -24.7% |
| 1966 | 12,600 ha | -1.6% |
| 1967 | 15,200 ha | +20.6% |
| 1968 | 13,700 ha | -9.9% |
| 1969 | 15,300 ha | +11.7% |
| 1970 | 15,200 ha | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 22,200 ha | +46.1% |
| 1972 | 34,700 ha | +56.3% |
| 1973 | 42,400 ha | +22.2% |
| 1974 | 50,000 ha | +17.9% |
| 1975 | 53,900 ha | +7.8% |
| 1976 | 69,000 ha | +28.0% |
| 1977 | 70,900 ha | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 86,600 ha | +22.1% |
| 1979 | 100,800 ha | +16.4% |
| 1980 | 92,500 ha | -8.2% |
| 1981 | 78,000 ha | -15.7% |
| 1982 | 56,400 ha | -27.7% |
| 1983 | 74,300 ha | +31.7% |
| 1984 | 85,615 ha | +15.2% |
| 1985 | 95,540 ha | +11.6% |
| 1986 | 100,687 ha | +5.4% |
| 1987 | 99,670 ha | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 101,497 ha | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 104,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 87,976 ha | -15.4% |
| 1991 | 59,000 ha | -32.9% |
| 1992 | 52,600 ha | -10.8% |
| 1993 | 47,400 ha | -9.9% |
| 1994 | 15,400 ha | -67.5% |
| 1995 | 5,400 ha | -64.9% |
| 1996 | 5,412 ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 3,379 ha | -37.6% |
| 1998 | 4,412 ha | +30.6% |
| 1999 | 3,036 ha | -31.2% |
| 2000 | 1,663 ha | -45.2% |
| 2001 | 3,214 ha | +93.3% |
| 2002 | 2,623 ha | -18.4% |
| 2003 | 1,823 ha | -30.5% |
| 2004 | 2,950 ha | +61.8% |
| 2005 | 3,300 ha | +11.9% |
| 2006 | 2,282 ha | -30.8% |
| 2007 | 2,837 ha | +24.3% |
| 2008 | 1,334 ha | -53.0% |
| 2009 | 1,460 ha | +9.4% |
| 2010 | 4,780 ha | +227.4% |
| 2011 | 4,326 ha | -9.5% |
| 2012 | 4,204 ha | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 3,233 ha | -23.1% |
| 2014 | 6,868 ha | +112.4% |
| 2015 | 6,449 ha | -6.1% |
| 2016 | 6,909 ha | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 2,623 ha | -62.0% |
| 2018 | 2,791 ha | +6.4% |
| 2019 | 1,946 ha | -30.3% |
| 2020 | 3,166 ha | +62.7% |
| 2021 | 13,120 ha | +314.4% |
| 2022 | 4,177 ha | -68.2% |
| 2023 | 4,982 ha | +19.3% |
| 2024 | 8,762 ha | +75.9% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 8,762 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 98,213 ha, 9% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 8,762 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 65,000 ha, 13% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — Area harvested in Mongolia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +314.4% | 3,166 ha | 13,120 ha |
| 2010 | +227.4% | 1,460 ha | 4,780 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,067 ha | 12,600 ha | 23,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 54,570 ha | 15,200 ha | 100,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 88,821 ha | 56,400 ha | 104,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 28,402 ha | 3,036 ha | 87,976 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,349 ha | 1,334 ha | 3,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,413 ha | 1,946 ha | 6,909 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,841 ha | 3,166 ha | 13,120 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mongolia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 30.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0894 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 635.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5968 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2885 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Mongolia?
- Barley — area harvested in Mongolia was 8,762 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 104,000 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,334 ha in 2008.
- How does Mongolia rank for barley — area harvested?
- Mongolia ranks 81st out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.