Barley — Area harvested in Romania
Romania: Barley — Area harvested was 531,050 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Area harvested in Romania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — area harvested in Romania stood at 531,050 ha.
The figure is up 6.7% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Romania peaked at 1.02 million ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 195,500 ha, in 1964.
That places Romania 21st out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Area harvested in Romania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 284,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 250,475 ha | -11.8% |
| 1963 | 224,100 ha | -10.5% |
| 1964 | 195,500 ha | -12.8% |
| 1965 | 232,771 ha | +19.1% |
| 1966 | 245,700 ha | +5.6% |
| 1967 | 257,100 ha | +4.6% |
| 1968 | 291,960 ha | +13.6% |
| 1969 | 307,471 ha | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 288,443 ha | -6.2% |
| 1971 | 330,200 ha | +14.5% |
| 1972 | 327,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 314,700 ha | -3.8% |
| 1974 | 402,500 ha | +27.9% |
| 1975 | 442,094 ha | +9.8% |
| 1976 | 409,500 ha | -7.4% |
| 1977 | 595,061 ha | +45.3% |
| 1978 | 722,429 ha | +21.4% |
| 1979 | 773,236 ha | +7.0% |
| 1980 | 809,457 ha | +4.7% |
| 1981 | 916,975 ha | +13.3% |
| 1982 | 943,061 ha | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 740,811 ha | -21.4% |
| 1984 | 671,700 ha | -9.3% |
| 1985 | 680,400 ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 680,000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 666,100 ha | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 764,000 ha | +14.7% |
| 1989 | 767,800 ha | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 749,011 ha | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 1.02 million ha | +35.9% |
| 1992 | 628,367 ha | -38.3% |
| 1993 | 637,059 ha | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 785,028 ha | +23.2% |
| 1995 | 581,724 ha | -25.9% |
| 1996 | 515,356 ha | -11.4% |
| 1997 | 620,126 ha | +20.3% |
| 1998 | 509,951 ha | -17.8% |
| 1999 | 411,798 ha | -19.2% |
| 2000 | 403,482 ha | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 526,132 ha | +30.4% |
| 2002 | 549,738 ha | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 317,235 ha | -42.3% |
| 2004 | 412,007 ha | +29.9% |
| 2005 | 471,635 ha | +14.5% |
| 2006 | 326,419 ha | -30.8% |
| 2007 | 338,727 ha | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 386,706 ha | +14.2% |
| 2009 | 514,907 ha | +33.2% |
| 2010 | 510,488 ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 419,109 ha | -17.9% |
| 2012 | 423,354 ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 494,617 ha | +16.8% |
| 2014 | 512,148 ha | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 468,569 ha | -8.5% |
| 2016 | 480,943 ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 455,029 ha | -5.4% |
| 2018 | 423,500 ha | -6.9% |
| 2019 | 448,890 ha | +6.0% |
| 2020 | 441,980 ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 449,390 ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 425,950 ha | -5.2% |
| 2023 | 497,770 ha | +16.9% |
| 2024 | 531,050 ha | +6.7% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 531,050 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 120,900 ha, 4.4× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Romania's 531,050 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 125,680 ha, 4.2× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 254,342 ha | 195,500 ha | 307,471 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 460,516 ha | 288,443 ha | 773,236 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 764,030 ha | 666,100 ha | 943,061 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 645,616 ha | 411,798 ha | 1.02 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 424,699 ha | 317,235 ha | 549,738 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 463,665 ha | 419,109 ha | 512,148 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 469,228 ha | 425,950 ha | 531,050 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Romania?
- Barley — area harvested in Romania was 531,050 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 million ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 195,500 ha in 1964.
- How does Romania rank for barley — area harvested?
- Romania ranks 21st out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Romania 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.