Barley — Production in Eritrea
Eritrea: Barley — Production was 65,000 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Production in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — production in Eritrea stood at 65,000 t.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — production in Eritrea peaked at 70,000 t in 2012 and was at its lowest, 6,392 t, in 2008.
That places Eritrea 68th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Barley — Production in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 9,730 t | — |
| 1994 | 30,660 t | +215.1% |
| 1995 | 27,940 t | -8.9% |
| 1996 | 12,826 t | -54.1% |
| 1997 | 16,085 t | +25.4% |
| 1998 | 56,605 t | +251.9% |
| 1999 | 31,835 t | -43.8% |
| 2000 | 25,786 t | -19.0% |
| 2001 | 44,934 t | +74.3% |
| 2002 | 9,736 t | -78.3% |
| 2003 | 8,576 t | -11.9% |
| 2004 | 16,864 t | +96.6% |
| 2005 | 56,025 t | +232.2% |
| 2006 | 52,345 t | -6.6% |
| 2007 | 39,489 t | -24.6% |
| 2008 | 6,392 t | -83.8% |
| 2009 | 65,084 t | +918.2% |
| 2010 | 67,000 t | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 65,000 t | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 70,000 t | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 65,000 t | -7.1% |
| 2014 | 65,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 65,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 65,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 65,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 65,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 65,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 65,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 65,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 65,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 65,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 65,000 t | +0.0% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 65,000 t is above the median for low income countries, which is 65,000 t, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 65,000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 48,237 t, 1.3× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — Production in Eritrea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +918.2% | 6,392 t | 65,084 t |
| 1998 | +251.9% | 16,085 t | 56,605 t |
| 2005 | +232.2% | 16,864 t | 56,025 t |
| 1994 | +215.1% | 9,730 t | 30,660 t |
| 2004 | +96.6% | 8,576 t | 16,864 t |
| 2008 | -83.8% | 39,489 t | 6,392 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26,526 t | 9,730 t | 56,605 t | 7 |
| 2000s | 32,523 t | 6,392 t | 65,084 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 65,700 t | 65,000 t | 70,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 65,000 t | 65,000 t | 65,000 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.26 % change on previous year (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 90.81 current US$ per person (2009)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6546 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.1% (2009)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — production in Eritrea?
- Barley — production in Eritrea was 65,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — production recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 70,000 t in 2012.
- What is the lowest barley — production recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,392 t in 2008.
- How does Eritrea rank for barley — production?
- Eritrea ranks 68th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — production rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.