Barley — Area harvested in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Barley — Area harvested was 1.87 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Barley — Area harvested in Northern 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 Northern Africa is 1.87 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 14.1% on the previous year and down 41.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Northern Africa peaked at 4.84 million ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 1.87 million ha, in 2024.
Northern Africa ranks 18th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Area harvested in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.16 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 2.85 million ha | -10.0% |
| 1963 | 3.80 million ha | +33.3% |
| 1964 | 3.13 million ha | -17.6% |
| 1965 | 3.03 million ha | -3.2% |
| 1966 | 3.09 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 3.34 million ha | +8.0% |
| 1968 | 3.62 million ha | +8.4% |
| 1969 | 3.41 million ha | -6.0% |
| 1970 | 3.32 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1971 | 3.20 million ha | -3.7% |
| 1972 | 3.44 million ha | +7.5% |
| 1973 | 3.50 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 3.40 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1975 | 3.46 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 4.03 million ha | +16.6% |
| 1977 | 3.52 million ha | -12.8% |
| 1978 | 3.97 million ha | +13.1% |
| 1979 | 3.93 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 3.80 million ha | -3.5% |
| 1981 | 3.81 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 3.44 million ha | -9.8% |
| 1983 | 3.85 million ha | +12.1% |
| 1984 | 3.88 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 4.84 million ha | +24.8% |
| 1986 | 4.38 million ha | -9.4% |
| 1987 | 4.34 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 3.59 million ha | -17.1% |
| 1989 | 4.16 million ha | +15.8% |
| 1990 | 4.37 million ha | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 4.79 million ha | +9.6% |
| 1992 | 4.55 million ha | -5.0% |
| 1993 | 3.48 million ha | -23.5% |
| 1994 | 3.34 million ha | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 2.76 million ha | -17.2% |
| 1996 | 4.52 million ha | +63.6% |
| 1997 | 2.58 million ha | -43.0% |
| 1998 | 3.87 million ha | +50.2% |
| 1999 | 3.22 million ha | -16.9% |
| 2000 | 3.07 million ha | -4.6% |
| 2001 | 3.05 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 2.71 million ha | -11.1% |
| 2003 | 3.83 million ha | +41.2% |
| 2004 | 4.04 million ha | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 3.60 million ha | -10.9% |
| 2006 | 3.73 million ha | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 3.71 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 3.16 million ha | -14.9% |
| 2009 | 4.27 million ha | +35.3% |
| 2010 | 3.40 million ha | -20.4% |
| 2011 | 3.70 million ha | +8.9% |
| 2012 | 3.78 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 3.61 million ha | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 3.17 million ha | -12.2% |
| 2015 | 3.51 million ha | +10.8% |
| 2016 | 2.95 million ha | -15.9% |
| 2017 | 3.99 million ha | +35.2% |
| 2018 | 3.33 million ha | -16.6% |
| 2019 | 2.92 million ha | -12.4% |
| 2020 | 3.18 million ha | +9.1% |
| 2021 | 2.68 million ha | -15.6% |
| 2022 | 2.56 million ha | -4.6% |
| 2023 | 2.17 million ha | -15.3% |
| 2024 | 1.87 million ha | -14.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.27 million ha | 2.85 million ha | 3.80 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.58 million ha | 3.20 million ha | 4.03 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.01 million ha | 3.44 million ha | 4.84 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.75 million ha | 2.58 million ha | 4.79 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.52 million ha | 2.71 million ha | 4.27 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.44 million ha | 2.92 million ha | 3.99 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.49 million ha | 1.87 million ha | 3.18 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Northern Africa?
- Barley — area harvested in Northern Africa was 1.87 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 4.84 million ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.87 million ha in 2024.
- How does Northern Africa rank for barley — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 18th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern 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.