Barley — Area harvested in North Macedonia
North Macedonia: Barley — Area harvested was 44,739 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Barley — Area harvested in North Macedonia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — area harvested in North Macedonia stood at 44,739 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in North Macedonia peaked at 59,697 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 41,057 ha, in 2012.
That places North Macedonia 66th out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 53,762 ha | 48,916 ha | 59,697 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 48,046 ha | 44,802 ha | 50,341 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 42,060 ha | 41,057 ha | 43,941 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 45,685 ha | 44,739 ha | 47,683 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for North Macedonia
- Agriculture share gdp 5.98 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 5.98 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
- Rural population 37.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.1% (2025)
- Rural population 675,721 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.14 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 24,116 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in North Macedonia?
- Barley — area harvested in North Macedonia was 44,739 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in North Macedonia?
- The highest recorded value was 59,697 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in North Macedonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 41,057 ha in 2012.
- How does North Macedonia rank for barley — area harvested?
- North Macedonia ranks 66th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in North Macedonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this North Macedonia 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.