Barley — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Barley — Area harvested was 101,540 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — area harvested in Southern Africa stood at 101,540 ha.
The figure is down 6.4% on the previous year and up 18.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 142,535 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 45,216 ha, in 1970.
That places Southern Africa 24th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Area harvested in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 61,885 ha | — |
| 1962 | 66,000 ha | +6.6% |
| 1963 | 74,000 ha | +12.1% |
| 1964 | 62,500 ha | -15.5% |
| 1965 | 73,000 ha | +16.8% |
| 1966 | 64,500 ha | -11.6% |
| 1967 | 80,500 ha | +24.8% |
| 1968 | 66,000 ha | -18.0% |
| 1969 | 59,419 ha | -10.0% |
| 1970 | 45,216 ha | -23.9% |
| 1971 | 47,007 ha | +4.0% |
| 1972 | 52,000 ha | +10.6% |
| 1973 | 62,000 ha | +19.2% |
| 1974 | 68,000 ha | +9.7% |
| 1975 | 75,200 ha | +10.6% |
| 1976 | 89,307 ha | +18.8% |
| 1977 | 91,300 ha | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 99,300 ha | +8.8% |
| 1979 | 108,300 ha | +9.1% |
| 1980 | 69,300 ha | -36.0% |
| 1981 | 70,300 ha | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 65,300 ha | -7.1% |
| 1983 | 80,300 ha | +23.0% |
| 1984 | 88,300 ha | +10.0% |
| 1985 | 102,300 ha | +15.9% |
| 1986 | 92,300 ha | -9.8% |
| 1987 | 101,300 ha | +9.8% |
| 1988 | 81,300 ha | -19.7% |
| 1989 | 98,000 ha | +20.5% |
| 1990 | 110,260 ha | +12.5% |
| 1991 | 136,413 ha | +23.7% |
| 1992 | 135,514 ha | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 117,500 ha | -13.3% |
| 1994 | 121,294 ha | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 126,284 ha | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 128,639 ha | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 133,354 ha | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 113,100 ha | -15.2% |
| 1999 | 102,469 ha | -9.4% |
| 2000 | 78,490 ha | -23.4% |
| 2001 | 74,319 ha | -5.3% |
| 2002 | 73,307 ha | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 85,493 ha | +16.6% |
| 2004 | 84,405 ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 91,342 ha | +8.2% |
| 2006 | 91,080 ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 75,152 ha | -17.5% |
| 2008 | 69,882 ha | -7.0% |
| 2009 | 77,607 ha | +11.1% |
| 2010 | 84,764 ha | +9.2% |
| 2011 | 81,628 ha | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 86,155 ha | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 82,021 ha | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 86,034 ha | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 94,589 ha | +9.9% |
| 2016 | 89,557 ha | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 92,235 ha | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 119,859 ha | +29.9% |
| 2019 | 132,782 ha | +10.8% |
| 2020 | 142,535 ha | +7.3% |
| 2021 | 95,572 ha | -32.9% |
| 2022 | 101,837 ha | +6.6% |
| 2023 | 108,441 ha | +6.5% |
| 2024 | 101,540 ha | -6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 67,534 ha | 59,419 ha | 80,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 73,763 ha | 45,216 ha | 108,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 84,870 ha | 65,300 ha | 102,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 122,483 ha | 102,469 ha | 136,413 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 80,108 ha | 69,882 ha | 91,342 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 94,962 ha | 81,628 ha | 132,782 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 109,985 ha | 95,572 ha | 142,535 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Barley — area harvested in Southern Africa was 101,540 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 142,535 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 45,216 ha in 1970.
- How does Southern Africa rank for barley — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 24th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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.