Barley — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Barley — Area harvested was 477 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Area harvested in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — area harvested in Western Africa stood at 477 ha.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 570 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 200 ha, in 1973.
That places Western Africa 26th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 58 years of available data.
Barley — Area harvested in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 320 ha | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 300 ha | -6.2% |
| 1973 | 200 ha | -33.3% |
| 1974 | 210 ha | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 220 ha | +4.8% |
| 1976 | 230 ha | +4.5% |
| 1977 | 240 ha | +4.3% |
| 1978 | 300 ha | +25.0% |
| 1979 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 320 ha | +6.7% |
| 1981 | 340 ha | +6.2% |
| 1982 | 340 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 350 ha | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 360 ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 360 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 360 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 370 ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 380 ha | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 390 ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 400 ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 414 ha | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 380 ha | -8.2% |
| 1993 | 340 ha | -10.5% |
| 1994 | 349 ha | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 380 ha | +8.9% |
| 1996 | 345 ha | -9.2% |
| 1997 | 340 ha | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 344 ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 340 ha | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 340 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 500 ha | +47.1% |
| 2002 | 400 ha | -20.0% |
| 2003 | 570 ha | +42.5% |
| 2010 | 534 ha | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 522 ha | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 514 ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 507 ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 510 ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 490 ha | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 490 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 489 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 483 ha | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 476 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 469 ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 481 ha | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 479 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 478 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 477 ha | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 304.44 ha | 300 ha | 320 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 264 ha | 200 ha | 320 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 357 ha | 320 ha | 390 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 363.2 ha | 340 ha | 414 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 452.5 ha | 340 ha | 570 ha | 4 |
| 2010s | 501.5 ha | 476 ha | 534 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 476.8 ha | 469 ha | 481 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Barley — area harvested in Western Africa was 477 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 570 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 ha in 1973.
- How does Western Africa rank for barley — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 26th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.