Barley — Area harvested in United States of America
United States of America: Barley — Area harvested was 758,790 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Barley — Area harvested in United States of 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 United States of America is 758,790 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 26.6% on the previous year and down 24.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in United States of America peaked at 5.18 million ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 758,790 ha, in 2024.
United States of America ranks 21st of 26 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Area harvested in United States of America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5.18 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 4.94 million ha | -4.6% |
| 1963 | 4.55 million ha | -8.0% |
| 1964 | 4.16 million ha | -8.5% |
| 1965 | 3.71 million ha | -10.8% |
| 1966 | 4.15 million ha | +11.8% |
| 1967 | 3.74 million ha | -9.9% |
| 1968 | 3.94 million ha | +5.4% |
| 1969 | 3.87 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1970 | 3.93 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 4.09 million ha | +4.1% |
| 1972 | 3.90 million ha | -4.5% |
| 1973 | 4.17 million ha | +6.7% |
| 1974 | 3.21 million ha | -23.0% |
| 1975 | 3.49 million ha | +8.7% |
| 1976 | 3.42 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1977 | 3.94 million ha | +15.3% |
| 1978 | 3.74 million ha | -4.9% |
| 1979 | 3.05 million ha | -18.6% |
| 1980 | 2.94 million ha | -3.5% |
| 1981 | 3.66 million ha | +24.5% |
| 1982 | 3.65 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 3.94 million ha | +8.0% |
| 1984 | 4.54 million ha | +15.3% |
| 1985 | 4.69 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1986 | 4.85 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 4.03 million ha | -16.8% |
| 1988 | 3.09 million ha | -23.3% |
| 1989 | 3.36 million ha | +8.9% |
| 1990 | 3.05 million ha | -9.4% |
| 1991 | 3.40 million ha | +11.7% |
| 1992 | 2.95 million ha | -13.4% |
| 1993 | 2.73 million ha | -7.3% |
| 1994 | 2.70 million ha | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 2.54 million ha | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 2.71 million ha | +6.8% |
| 1997 | 2.51 million ha | -7.6% |
| 1998 | 2.37 million ha | -5.6% |
| 1999 | 1.85 million ha | -21.9% |
| 2000 | 2.10 million ha | +13.7% |
| 2001 | 1.73 million ha | -17.8% |
| 2002 | 1.67 million ha | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 1.91 million ha | +14.6% |
| 2004 | 1.63 million ha | -14.9% |
| 2005 | 1.32 million ha | -18.7% |
| 2006 | 1.19 million ha | -9.7% |
| 2007 | 1.42 million ha | +18.7% |
| 2008 | 1.53 million ha | +7.8% |
| 2009 | 1.26 million ha | -17.5% |
| 2010 | 997,560 ha | -20.8% |
| 2011 | 906,910 ha | -9.1% |
| 2012 | 1.32 million ha | +46.1% |
| 2013 | 1.23 million ha | -7.1% |
| 2014 | 1.01 million ha | -17.9% |
| 2015 | 1.26 million ha | +24.5% |
| 2016 | 1.04 million ha | -17.5% |
| 2017 | 794,000 ha | -23.5% |
| 2018 | 802,100 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 898,820 ha | +12.1% |
| 2020 | 895,980 ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 806,950 ha | -9.9% |
| 2022 | 981,370 ha | +21.6% |
| 2023 | 1.03 million ha | +5.4% |
| 2024 | 758,790 ha | -26.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.25 million ha | 3.71 million ha | 5.18 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.69 million ha | 3.05 million ha | 4.17 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.87 million ha | 2.94 million ha | 4.85 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.68 million ha | 1.85 million ha | 3.40 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.58 million ha | 1.19 million ha | 2.10 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.03 million ha | 794,000 ha | 1.32 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 895,414 ha | 758,790 ha | 1.03 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in United States of America?
- Barley — area harvested in United States of America was 758,790 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 5.18 million ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 758,790 ha in 2024.
- How does United States of America rank for barley — area harvested?
- United States of America ranks 21st out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States of 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.