Barley — Production by country

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...

Countries reporting
112
Highest
41.51 million t
USSR
Lowest
0 t
China, Taiwan Province of
Median
218,077 t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
7,699

What the numbers show

Barley — Production is currently reported for 112 countries. The highest value is 41.51 million t in USSR; the lowest is 0 t in China, Taiwan Province of.

The median across all reporting countries is 218,077 t, and the mean is 1.79 million t.

Over the past decade 51 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Democratic People's Republic of Korea (up 342.2%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 100.0%).

Barley — Production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 USSR 41.51 million t 1991 up 24.5% rising
2 Russian Federation 16.67 million t 2024 down 18.5% flat
3 Australia and New Zealand 13.62 million t 2024 up 50.5% volatile
4 Australia 13.27 million t 2024 up 53.4% volatile
5 Germany 10.61 million t 2024 down 8.2% rising
6 France 9.67 million t 2024 down 17.6% rising
7 Canada 8.14 million t 2024 up 14.4% rising
8 Türkiye 8.10 million t 2024 up 28.6% rising
9 Spain 7.44 million t 2024 up 6.6% rising
10 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7.09 million t 2024 up 2.6% falling
11 Ukraine 5.31 million t 2024 down 41.3% falling
12 Argentina 5.10 million t 2024 up 75.7% volatile
13 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4.00 million t 2024 up 35.3% rising
14 Kazakhstan 3.84 million t 2024 up 59.2% volatile
15 Czechoslovakia 3.55 million t 1992 down 2.8% rising
16 Denmark 3.14 million t 2024 down 11.5% falling
17 Poland 2.96 million t 2024 down 9.6% rising
18 Ethiopia 2.52 million t 2024 up 22.2% rising
19 Romania 2.20 million t 2024 up 28.7% volatile
20 India 1.70 million t 2024 down 7.1% falling
21 Czechia 1.67 million t 2024 down 15.0% falling
22 Syrian Arab Republic 1.57 million t 2024 up 162.0% volatile
23 Hungary 1.55 million t 2024 up 22.0% rising
24 Ireland 1.28 million t 2024 down 25.9% rising
25 Sweden 1.26 million t 2024 down 19.7% falling
26 Finland 1.18 million t 2024 down 36.4% rising
27 Bulgaria 1.10 million t 2024 up 29.2% falling
28 Belarus 1.10 million t 2024 down 44.7% falling
29 Azerbaijan 1.07 million t 2024 up 56.5% volatile
30 Algeria 1.00 million t 2024 up 6.5% volatile
31 China 985,986 t 2024 down 32.5% falling
31 China, mainland 985,986 t 2024 down 32.5% falling
33 Italy 918,580 t 2024 up 8.6% rising
34 Uruguay 828,978 t 2024 up 228.4% volatile
35 Mexico 827,491 t 2024 down 2.2% rising
36 Ethiopia PDR 792,182 t 1992 down 15.3% rising
37 Lithuania 748,510 t 2024 down 26.5% falling
38 Yugoslav SFR 734,700 t 1991 up 2.0% rising
39 Austria 720,290 t 2024 down 14.8% falling
40 Morocco 659,225 t 2024 down 59.8% flat
41 Norway 645,000 t 2024 up 22.3% rising
42 Kyrgyzstan 611,050 t 2024 up 210.0% rising
43 Slovakia 595,040 t 2024 down 12.0% falling
44 Serbia 518,761 t 2024 up 60.5% rising
45 Brazil 427,956 t 2024 up 70.1% volatile
46 Belgium-Luxembourg 387,564 t 1999 down 45.1% falling
47 New Zealand 355,515 t 2024 down 12.4% rising
48 Greece 333,170 t 2024 down 20.8% falling
49 Estonia 315,200 t 2024 down 31.2% rising
50 Serbia and Montenegro 311,092 t 2005 up 1.3% rising
51 Croatia 301,390 t 2024 up 71.6% rising
52 Belgium 300,910 t 2024 down 24.8% rising
53 Tunisia 300,000 t 2024 down 61.2% volatile
54 Latvia 252,900 t 2024 down 39.6% falling
55 Peru 244,114 t 2024 up 7.9% rising
56 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 235,710 t 2024 up 19.7% falling
57 Republic of Moldova 200,444 t 2024 down 9.1% falling
58 Thailand 190,988 t 2024 up 59.2% volatile
59 Chile 189,333 t 2024 up 129.9% rising
60 Japan 185,600 t 2024 up 9.4% volatile
61 Tajikistan 165,000 t 2024 up 45.5% volatile
62 Iraq 164,495 t 2024 down 87.1% falling
63 Uzbekistan 157,985 t 2024 up 13.2% falling
64 North Macedonia 145,149 t 2024 down 5.2% rising
65 Switzerland 116,806 t 2024 down 41.9% rising
66 Slovenia 100,700 t 2024 up 12.3% rising
67 Afghanistan 100,000 t 2024 down 80.8% falling
68 Egypt 90,000 t 2024 down 12.0% falling
69 Bosnia and Herzegovina 77,697 t 2024 up 59.7% rising
70 Armenia 71,939 t 2024 down 62.2% rising
71 Eritrea 65,000 t 2024 unchanged rising
71 Libya 65,000 t 2024 down 31.6% falling
73 Turkmenistan 64,559 t 2024 up 115.2% volatile
74 Zimbabwe 58,151 t 2024 up 8.4% volatile
75 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 53,060 t 2024 up 342.2% falling
76 Georgia 48,400 t 2024 up 81.3% rising
77 Kenya 48,237 t 2024 down 26.2% volatile
78 Republic of Korea 47,730 t 2024 down 45.9% volatile
79 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 47,246 t 2024 up 5.5% falling
80 Portugal 45,760 t 2024 up 20.7% falling
81 Pakistan 43,878 t 2024 down 34.0% falling
82 Jordan 43,180 t 2024 up 11.1% volatile
83 Luxembourg 32,920 t 2024 down 28.4% falling
84 Yemen 30,000 t 2024 up 7.3% volatile
85 Nepal 24,931 t 2024 down 28.4% rising
86 Albania 23,792 t 2024 up 225.9% volatile
87 Lebanon 20,000 t 2024 down 39.4% volatile
88 Palestine 12,751 t 2022 up 53.8% falling
89 Saudi Arabia 11,775 t 2024 down 98.0% volatile
90 Colombia 10,488 t 2024 down 24.4% volatile
91 Ecuador 10,462 t 2024 down 27.8% volatile
92 Mongolia 9,111 t 2024 up 6.8% volatile
93 Zambia 8,154 t 2024 down 3.2% volatile
94 United Republic of Tanzania 7,544 t 2024 down 33.8% volatile
95 Israel 7,200 t 2024 down 52.0% volatile
96 Cyprus 6,590 t 2024 up 142.3% volatile
97 Kuwait 5,181 t 2024 down 5.5% volatile
98 Iceland 4,986 t 2024 up 7.5% rising
99 Mauritania 1,476 t 2024 up 3.2% volatile
100 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,007 t 2024 up 5.6% volatile
101 Oman 722 t 2024 down 66.6% falling
102 Montenegro 651.9 t 2024 down 43.2% falling
103 Bhutan 526.67 t 2024 down 70.0% falling
104 Lesotho 298.31 t 2024 down 6.3% volatile
105 Bangladesh 195 t 2024 down 26.7% volatile
106 Qatar 142.84 t 2024 down 79.8% volatile
107 Guatemala 18.49 t 2024 up 1.9% volatile
108 Malta 0 t 2024 down 100.0% falling
108 Myanmar 0 t 1989 volatile
108 Rwanda 0 t 1992 volatile
108 Sudan (former) 0 t 1992 volatile
108 China, Taiwan Province of 0 t 1999 volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Barley — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
142 places, 7,699 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.