Barley — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Barley — Area harvested was 1.19 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Barley — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland stood at 1.19 million ha.
That represents a change of up 5.0% on the previous year and up 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 2.48 million ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 881,000 ha, in 2006.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 12th of 105 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.55 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.61 million ha | +4.2% |
| 1963 | 1.91 million ha | +18.2% |
| 1964 | 2.04 million ha | +6.8% |
| 1965 | 2.18 million ha | +7.2% |
| 1966 | 2.48 million ha | +13.7% |
| 1967 | 2.44 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1968 | 2.40 million ha | -1.6% |
| 1969 | 2.41 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 2.24 million ha | -7.0% |
| 1971 | 2.29 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 2.29 million ha | -0.0% |
| 1973 | 2.27 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 2.22 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1975 | 2.35 million ha | +5.8% |
| 1976 | 2.18 million ha | -7.0% |
| 1977 | 2.40 million ha | +10.0% |
| 1978 | 2.35 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1979 | 2.34 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 2.33 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 2.33 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 2.22 million ha | -4.5% |
| 1983 | 2.14 million ha | -3.5% |
| 1984 | 1.98 million ha | -7.7% |
| 1985 | 1.97 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 1.92 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 1.83 million ha | -4.5% |
| 1988 | 1.88 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 1.65 million ha | -12.0% |
| 1990 | 1.52 million ha | -8.3% |
| 1991 | 1.39 million ha | -8.1% |
| 1992 | 1.30 million ha | -6.9% |
| 1993 | 1.16 million ha | -10.3% |
| 1994 | 1.11 million ha | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 1.19 million ha | +7.8% |
| 1996 | 1.27 million ha | +6.5% |
| 1997 | 1.36 million ha | +7.1% |
| 1998 | 1.25 million ha | -7.8% |
| 1999 | 1.18 million ha | -5.9% |
| 2000 | 1.13 million ha | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 1.25 million ha | +10.4% |
| 2002 | 1.10 million ha | -11.6% |
| 2003 | 1.08 million ha | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 1.01 million ha | -6.4% |
| 2005 | 938,000 ha | -6.9% |
| 2006 | 881,000 ha | -6.1% |
| 2007 | 898,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 1.03 million ha | +14.9% |
| 2009 | 1.14 million ha | +10.8% |
| 2010 | 921,000 ha | -19.4% |
| 2011 | 970,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 1.00 million ha | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 1.21 million ha | +21.1% |
| 2014 | 1.08 million ha | -11.0% |
| 2015 | 1.10 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 1.12 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 1.18 million ha | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 1.14 million ha | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 1.16 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 1.39 million ha | +19.4% |
| 2021 | 1.15 million ha | -17.1% |
| 2022 | 1.10 million ha | -4.0% |
| 2023 | 1.14 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 1.19 million ha | +5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.11 million ha | 1.55 million ha | 2.48 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.29 million ha | 2.18 million ha | 2.40 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.02 million ha | 1.65 million ha | 2.33 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.27 million ha | 1.11 million ha | 1.52 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.04 million ha | 881,000 ha | 1.25 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.09 million ha | 921,000 ha | 1.21 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.19 million ha | 1.10 million ha | 1.39 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- 9 Germany 1.66 million ha compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 3,864 ha compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,514 ha compare
- 10 Ukraine 1.40 million ha compare
- 11 Argentina 1.30 million ha compare
- 13 Ethiopia 1.07 million ha compare
- 14 Czechoslovakia 887,945 ha compare
- 15 Algeria 797,601 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Barley — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 1.19 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 2.48 million ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 881,000 ha in 2006.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for barley — area harvested?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 12th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.