Barley — Area harvested in World
World: Barley — Area harvested was 44.05 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Barley — Area harvested in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — area harvested in World is 44.05 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.2% on the previous year and down 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in World peaked at 83.69 million ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 44.05 million ha, in 2024.
World ranks 1st of 30 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 60.92 million ha | 54.52 million ha | 66.22 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 76.57 million ha | 66.12 million ha | 83.69 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 78.12 million ha | 73.65 million ha | 81.54 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 67.67 million ha | 53.19 million ha | 76.14 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 55.83 million ha | 54.05 million ha | 58.10 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 48.99 million ha | 46.91 million ha | 51.00 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.95 million ha | 44.05 million ha | 51.89 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 USSR 28.59 million ha compare
- 2 Russian Federation 6.46 million ha compare
- 3 Australia and New Zealand 4.67 million ha compare
- 4 Australia 4.62 million ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 3.46 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.75 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 139.41 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 5.88 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 6.05 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in World?
- Barley — area harvested in World was 44.05 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 83.69 million ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.05 million ha in 2024.
- How does World rank for barley — area harvested?
- World ranks 1st out of 30 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this World 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.