Barley — Area harvested in Syrian Arab Republic
Syrian Arab Republic: Barley — Area harvested was 1.36 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Area harvested in Syrian Arab Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — area harvested in Syrian Arab Republic stood at 1.36 million ha.
That represents a change of up 7.3% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Syrian Arab Republic peaked at 2.89 million ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 336,000 ha, in 1966.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Area harvested in Syrian Arab Republic, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 727,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 723,086 ha | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 803,156 ha | +11.1% |
| 1964 | 765,156 ha | -4.7% |
| 1965 | 681,901 ha | -10.9% |
| 1966 | 336,000 ha | -50.7% |
| 1967 | 646,000 ha | +92.3% |
| 1968 | 631,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 1969 | 626,117 ha | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 1.13 million ha | +79.9% |
| 1971 | 599,000 ha | -46.8% |
| 1972 | 593,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 914,475 ha | +54.2% |
| 1974 | 696,952 ha | -23.8% |
| 1975 | 1.01 million ha | +45.1% |
| 1976 | 1.17 million ha | +15.9% |
| 1977 | 1.02 million ha | -12.8% |
| 1978 | 1.03 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 1.10 million ha | +6.7% |
| 1980 | 1.21 million ha | +9.8% |
| 1981 | 1.35 million ha | +11.3% |
| 1982 | 1.59 million ha | +17.9% |
| 1983 | 1.52 million ha | -4.3% |
| 1984 | 1.29 million ha | -15.2% |
| 1985 | 1.39 million ha | +7.5% |
| 1986 | 1.55 million ha | +11.7% |
| 1987 | 1.57 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 1.84 million ha | +17.5% |
| 1989 | 2.89 million ha | +56.8% |
| 1990 | 2.73 million ha | -5.6% |
| 1991 | 2.23 million ha | -18.2% |
| 1992 | 2.27 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 2.17 million ha | -4.3% |
| 1994 | 1.89 million ha | -12.7% |
| 1995 | 1.96 million ha | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 1.55 million ha | -21.1% |
| 1997 | 1.57 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 1.54 million ha | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 1.41 million ha | -8.3% |
| 2000 | 1.32 million ha | -6.9% |
| 2001 | 1.30 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 1.23 million ha | -5.3% |
| 2003 | 1.25 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 1.29 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 1.33 million ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 1.31 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 1.36 million ha | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 1.43 million ha | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 1.29 million ha | -10.0% |
| 2010 | 1.53 million ha | +18.3% |
| 2011 | 1.29 million ha | -15.3% |
| 2012 | 1.13 million ha | -12.4% |
| 2013 | 1.26 million ha | +11.5% |
| 2014 | 1.22 million ha | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 1.12 million ha | -8.2% |
| 2016 | 1.24 million ha | +11.1% |
| 2017 | 1.18 million ha | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 1.19 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 1.48 million ha | +24.7% |
| 2020 | 1.50 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 1.44 million ha | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 1.11 million ha | -22.6% |
| 2023 | 1.27 million ha | +13.6% |
| 2024 | 1.36 million ha | +7.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — Area harvested in Syrian Arab Republic changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +92.3% | 336,000 ha | 646,000 ha |
| 1970 | +79.9% | 626,117 ha | 1.13 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 659,935 ha | 336,000 ha | 803,156 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 926,912 ha | 593,000 ha | 1.17 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.62 million ha | 1.21 million ha | 2.89 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.93 million ha | 1.41 million ha | 2.73 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.31 million ha | 1.23 million ha | 1.43 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.26 million ha | 1.12 million ha | 1.53 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.34 million ha | 1.11 million ha | 1.50 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Syrian Arab Republic
- 1 USSR 28.59 million ha compare
- 2 Russian Federation 6.46 million ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 3.19 million ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.71 million ha compare
- 3 Australia and New Zealand 4.67 million ha compare
- 4 Australia 4.62 million ha compare
- 5 Canada 2.39 million ha compare
- 6 Kazakhstan 2.28 million ha compare
- 6 Republic of Moldova 64,295 ha compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 53,713 ha compare
- 7 Spain 2.26 million ha compare
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- Raw hides and skins of cattle — Production, annual growth rate -1.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Syrian Arab Republic?
- Barley — area harvested in Syrian Arab Republic was 1.36 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Syrian Arab Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 2.89 million ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Syrian Arab Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 336,000 ha in 1966.
- How does Syrian Arab Republic rank for barley — area harvested?
- Syrian Arab Republic ranks 4th out of 11 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Syrian Arab Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Syrian Arab Republic 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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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.