Barley — Area harvested in Portugal
Portugal: Barley — Area harvested was 11,490 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Barley — Area harvested in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — area harvested in Portugal is 11,490 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 16.6% on the previous year and down 33.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Portugal peaked at 143,482 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 11,206 ha, in 2002.
Portugal ranks 83rd of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 121,695 ha | 106,734 ha | 135,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 93,019 ha | 67,526 ha | 143,482 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 75,902 ha | 62,687 ha | 85,880 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 49,348 ha | 24,646 ha | 66,716 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 27,506 ha | 11,206 ha | 44,159 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,820 ha | 16,627 ha | 23,200 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,556 ha | 11,490 ha | 19,020 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture share gdp 1.96 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.96 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
- Rural population 38.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 4.16 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.79 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 30,230 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Portugal?
- Barley — area harvested in Portugal was 11,490 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 143,482 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,206 ha in 2002.
- How does Portugal rank for barley — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 83rd out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Portugal 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.