Barley — Production in Canada
Canada: Barley — Production was 8.14 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Production in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Canada recorded 8.14 million t for barley — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.6% on the previous year and up 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — production in Canada peaked at 15.56 million t in 1996 and was at its lowest, 2.45 million t, in 1961.
That places Canada 7th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Production in Canada, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.45 million t | — |
| 1962 | 3.61 million t | +47.3% |
| 1963 | 4.82 million t | +33.4% |
| 1964 | 3.67 million t | -23.9% |
| 1965 | 4.75 million t | +29.6% |
| 1966 | 6.56 million t | +38.0% |
| 1967 | 5.51 million t | -16.1% |
| 1968 | 7.10 million t | +28.9% |
| 1969 | 8.08 million t | +13.9% |
| 1970 | 8.89 million t | +10.0% |
| 1971 | 13.10 million t | +47.4% |
| 1972 | 11.28 million t | -13.8% |
| 1973 | 10.22 million t | -9.4% |
| 1974 | 8.79 million t | -14.0% |
| 1975 | 9.51 million t | +8.2% |
| 1976 | 10.51 million t | +10.5% |
| 1977 | 11.80 million t | +12.3% |
| 1978 | 10.40 million t | -11.9% |
| 1979 | 8.48 million t | -18.5% |
| 1980 | 11.39 million t | +34.4% |
| 1981 | 13.72 million t | +20.4% |
| 1982 | 13.97 million t | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 10.21 million t | -26.9% |
| 1984 | 10.30 million t | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 12.39 million t | +20.3% |
| 1986 | 14.57 million t | +17.6% |
| 1987 | 13.96 million t | -4.2% |
| 1988 | 10.22 million t | -26.8% |
| 1989 | 11.78 million t | +15.3% |
| 1990 | 13.44 million t | +14.1% |
| 1991 | 11.62 million t | -13.6% |
| 1992 | 11.03 million t | -5.0% |
| 1993 | 12.97 million t | +17.6% |
| 1994 | 11.69 million t | -9.9% |
| 1995 | 13.03 million t | +11.5% |
| 1996 | 15.56 million t | +19.4% |
| 1997 | 13.53 million t | -13.0% |
| 1998 | 12.71 million t | -6.1% |
| 1999 | 13.20 million t | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 13.23 million t | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 10.85 million t | -18.0% |
| 2002 | 7.47 million t | -31.1% |
| 2003 | 12.16 million t | +62.9% |
| 2004 | 12.56 million t | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 11.68 million t | -7.0% |
| 2006 | 9.57 million t | -18.0% |
| 2007 | 10.91 million t | +14.0% |
| 2008 | 11.79 million t | +8.0% |
| 2009 | 9.53 million t | -19.2% |
| 2010 | 7.63 million t | -20.0% |
| 2011 | 7.89 million t | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 8.01 million t | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 10.28 million t | +28.3% |
| 2014 | 7.12 million t | -30.8% |
| 2015 | 8.26 million t | +16.0% |
| 2016 | 8.84 million t | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 7.89 million t | -10.7% |
| 2018 | 8.38 million t | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 10.38 million t | +23.9% |
| 2020 | 10.74 million t | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 6.85 million t | -36.2% |
| 2022 | 9.99 million t | +45.8% |
| 2023 | 8.91 million t | -10.8% |
| 2024 | 8.14 million t | -8.6% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 8.14 million t is above the median for high income countries, which is 475,278 t, 17.1× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.17 million t | 2.45 million t | 8.08 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 10.30 million t | 8.48 million t | 13.10 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.25 million t | 10.21 million t | 14.57 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.88 million t | 11.03 million t | 15.56 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.97 million t | 7.47 million t | 13.23 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.47 million t | 7.12 million t | 10.38 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.92 million t | 6.85 million t | 10.74 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 4 Australia 13.27 million t compare
- 5 Germany 10.61 million t compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 1.57 million t compare
- 6 France 9.67 million t compare
- 6 Republic of Moldova 200,444 t compare
- 7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 53,060 t compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 47,246 t compare
- 8 Spain 7.44 million t compare
- 9 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7.09 million t compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 7,544 t compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,007 t compare
- 10 Ukraine 5.31 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Canada
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 31.61 % change on previous year (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0193 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,092 current US$ per person (2022)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0803 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1712 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.9% (2022)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.9% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — production in Canada?
- Barley — production in Canada was 8.14 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — production recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 15.56 million t in 1996.
- What is the lowest barley — production recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.45 million t in 1961.
- How does Canada rank for barley — production?
- Canada ranks 7th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — production rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada 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.