Barley — Area harvested in Thailand
Thailand: Barley — Area harvested was 77,732 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Barley — Area harvested in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 77,732 ha for barley — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.7% on the previous year and up 44.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Thailand peaked at 77,732 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Thailand ranks 53rd of 105 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.
Barley — Area harvested in Thailand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 0 ha | — |
| 1983 | 0 ha | — |
| 1984 | 0 ha | — |
| 1985 | 0 ha | — |
| 1986 | 0 ha | — |
| 1987 | 0 ha | — |
| 1988 | 0 ha | — |
| 1989 | 580 ha | — |
| 1990 | 803 ha | +38.4% |
| 1991 | 1,951 ha | +143.0% |
| 1992 | 2,895 ha | +48.4% |
| 1993 | 6,000 ha | +107.3% |
| 1994 | 7,700 ha | +28.3% |
| 1995 | 10,000 ha | +29.9% |
| 1996 | 11,715 ha | +17.2% |
| 1997 | 7,757 ha | -33.8% |
| 1998 | 8,439 ha | +8.8% |
| 1999 | 8,792 ha | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 6,132 ha | -30.3% |
| 2001 | 6,913 ha | +12.7% |
| 2002 | 7,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 11,500 ha | +64.3% |
| 2004 | 12,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 14,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 2006 | 17,785 ha | +27.0% |
| 2007 | 21,885 ha | +23.1% |
| 2008 | 25,568 ha | +16.8% |
| 2009 | 29,217 ha | +14.3% |
| 2010 | 32,670 ha | +11.8% |
| 2011 | 36,954 ha | +13.1% |
| 2012 | 40,466 ha | +9.5% |
| 2013 | 43,001 ha | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 53,808 ha | +25.1% |
| 2015 | 53,051 ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 52,380 ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 60,430 ha | +15.4% |
| 2018 | 55,543 ha | -8.1% |
| 2019 | 61,365 ha | +10.5% |
| 2020 | 67,938 ha | +10.7% |
| 2021 | 70,935 ha | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 72,399 ha | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 74,941 ha | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 77,732 ha | +3.7% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 77,732 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 98,213 ha, 79% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 77,732 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 65,000 ha, 1.2× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — Area harvested in Thailand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +143.0% | 803 ha | 1,951 ha |
| 1993 | +107.3% | 2,895 ha | 6,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 58 ha | 0 ha | 580 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,605 ha | 803 ha | 11,715 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,200 ha | 6,132 ha | 29,217 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 48,967 ha | 32,670 ha | 61,365 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 72,789 ha | 67,938 ha | 77,732 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Thailand?
- Barley — area harvested in Thailand was 77,732 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 77,732 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Thailand rank for barley — area harvested?
- Thailand ranks 53rd out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Thailand 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.