Barley — Production in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Barley — Production was 100,000 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Barley — Production in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 100,000 t for barley — production in 2024.
The figure is up 10.6% on the previous year and down 80.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — production in Afghanistan peaked at 521,000 t in 2014 and was at its lowest, 56,781 t, in 2018.
That places Afghanistan 64th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Production in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 378,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 378,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 378,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 380,000 t | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 380,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 375,000 t | -1.3% |
| 1967 | 357,000 t | -4.8% |
| 1968 | 361,000 t | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 365,000 t | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 370,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 355,000 t | -4.1% |
| 1972 | 350,000 t | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 360,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 380,000 t | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 384,000 t | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 400,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1977 | 300,000 t | -25.0% |
| 1978 | 325,000 t | +8.3% |
| 1979 | 318,000 t | -2.2% |
| 1980 | 321,000 t | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 300,000 t | -6.5% |
| 1982 | 276,000 t | -8.0% |
| 1983 | 266,000 t | -3.6% |
| 1984 | 254,000 t | -4.5% |
| 1985 | 240,000 t | -5.5% |
| 1986 | 231,000 t | -3.8% |
| 1987 | 231,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 235,000 t | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 231,000 t | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 216,000 t | -6.5% |
| 1991 | 217,000 t | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 200,000 t | -7.8% |
| 1993 | 250,000 t | +25.0% |
| 1994 | 230,000 t | -8.0% |
| 1995 | 200,000 t | -13.0% |
| 1996 | 220,000 t | +10.0% |
| 1997 | 250,000 t | +13.6% |
| 1998 | 240,000 t | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 216,000 t | -10.0% |
| 2000 | 74,000 t | -65.7% |
| 2001 | 87,000 t | +17.6% |
| 2002 | 345,000 t | +296.6% |
| 2003 | 240,000 t | -30.4% |
| 2004 | 290,000 t | +20.8% |
| 2005 | 337,000 t | +16.2% |
| 2006 | 364,000 t | +8.0% |
| 2007 | 370,000 t | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 333,000 t | -10.0% |
| 2009 | 486,000 t | +45.9% |
| 2010 | 437,000 t | -10.1% |
| 2011 | 305,900 t | -30.0% |
| 2012 | 504,000 t | +64.8% |
| 2013 | 514,000 t | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 521,000 t | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 403,000 t | -22.6% |
| 2016 | 301,856 t | -25.1% |
| 2017 | 94,995 t | -68.5% |
| 2018 | 56,781 t | -40.2% |
| 2019 | 123,576 t | +117.6% |
| 2020 | 127,757 t | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 65,102 t | -49.0% |
| 2022 | 94,687 t | +45.4% |
| 2023 | 90,424 t | -4.5% |
| 2024 | 100,000 t | +10.6% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 100,000 t is above the median for low income countries, which is 65,000 t, 1.5× the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 100,000 t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 36,590 t, 2.7× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — Production in Afghanistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +296.6% | 87,000 t | 345,000 t |
| 2019 | +117.6% | 56,781 t | 123,576 t |
| 2017 | -68.5% | 301,856 t | 94,995 t |
| 2000 | -65.7% | 216,000 t | 74,000 t |
| 2012 | +64.8% | 305,900 t | 504,000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 372,444 t | 357,000 t | 380,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 354,200 t | 300,000 t | 400,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 258,500 t | 231,000 t | 321,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 223,900 t | 200,000 t | 250,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 292,600 t | 74,000 t | 486,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 326,211 t | 56,781 t | 521,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 95,594 t | 65,102 t | 127,757 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 61 North Macedonia 145,149 t compare
- 62 Switzerland 116,806 t compare
- 63 Slovenia 100,700 t compare
- 65 Egypt 90,000 t compare
- 66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 77,697 t compare
- 67 Armenia 71,939 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — production in Afghanistan?
- Barley — production in Afghanistan was 100,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — production recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 521,000 t in 2014.
- What is the lowest barley — production recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 56,781 t in 2018.
- How does Afghanistan rank for barley — production?
- Afghanistan ranks 64th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — production rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 80.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Barley — Production. 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.