Barley — Area harvested in South America
South America: Barley — Area harvested was 1.83 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — area harvested in South America is 1.83 million ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 13.9% on the previous year and up 41.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in South America peaked at 2.16 million ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 505,566 ha, in 1983.
That places South America 19th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Area harvested in South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.29 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 956,524 ha | -26.1% |
| 1963 | 1.32 million ha | +37.8% |
| 1964 | 1.16 million ha | -12.0% |
| 1965 | 952,763 ha | -17.8% |
| 1966 | 1.00 million ha | +5.2% |
| 1967 | 1.09 million ha | +9.2% |
| 1968 | 1.13 million ha | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 1.02 million ha | -10.2% |
| 1970 | 934,219 ha | -8.0% |
| 1971 | 1.06 million ha | +13.8% |
| 1972 | 1.18 million ha | +11.3% |
| 1973 | 1.04 million ha | -12.2% |
| 1974 | 884,110 ha | -15.0% |
| 1975 | 994,815 ha | +12.5% |
| 1976 | 1.04 million ha | +4.4% |
| 1977 | 898,031 ha | -13.6% |
| 1978 | 902,950 ha | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 774,383 ha | -14.2% |
| 1980 | 604,185 ha | -22.0% |
| 1981 | 585,398 ha | -3.1% |
| 1982 | 637,231 ha | +8.9% |
| 1983 | 505,566 ha | -20.7% |
| 1984 | 514,434 ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 556,733 ha | +8.2% |
| 1986 | 553,580 ha | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 622,652 ha | +12.5% |
| 1988 | 674,590 ha | +8.3% |
| 1989 | 703,933 ha | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 629,192 ha | -10.6% |
| 1991 | 749,219 ha | +19.1% |
| 1992 | 716,153 ha | -4.4% |
| 1993 | 667,003 ha | -6.9% |
| 1994 | 585,235 ha | -12.3% |
| 1995 | 712,743 ha | +21.8% |
| 1996 | 793,607 ha | +11.3% |
| 1997 | 870,641 ha | +9.7% |
| 1998 | 748,720 ha | -14.0% |
| 1999 | 688,857 ha | -8.0% |
| 2000 | 795,518 ha | +15.5% |
| 2001 | 825,884 ha | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 813,021 ha | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 871,697 ha | +7.2% |
| 2004 | 839,542 ha | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 800,502 ha | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 860,851 ha | +7.5% |
| 2007 | 953,407 ha | +10.8% |
| 2008 | 1.08 million ha | +13.2% |
| 2009 | 994,411 ha | -7.9% |
| 2010 | 1.15 million ha | +16.0% |
| 2011 | 1.57 million ha | +36.3% |
| 2012 | 2.16 million ha | +37.2% |
| 2013 | 1.65 million ha | -23.6% |
| 2014 | 1.29 million ha | -21.4% |
| 2015 | 1.30 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 1.66 million ha | +27.7% |
| 2017 | 1.40 million ha | -15.9% |
| 2018 | 1.69 million ha | +21.2% |
| 2019 | 1.63 million ha | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 1.57 million ha | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 1.53 million ha | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 1.90 million ha | +24.3% |
| 2023 | 2.13 million ha | +12.0% |
| 2024 | 1.83 million ha | -13.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.10 million ha | 952,763 ha | 1.32 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 971,452 ha | 774,383 ha | 1.18 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 595,830 ha | 505,566 ha | 703,933 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 716,137 ha | 585,235 ha | 870,641 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 883,413 ha | 795,518 ha | 1.08 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.55 million ha | 1.15 million ha | 2.16 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.79 million ha | 1.53 million ha | 2.13 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in South America?
- Barley — area harvested in South America was 1.83 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 2.16 million ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 505,566 ha in 1983.
- How does South America rank for barley — area harvested?
- South America ranks 19th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.