Barley — Production in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Barley — Production was 48.98 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Production in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — production in European Union (27) is 48.98 million t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 3.4% on the previous year and down 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — production in European Union (27) peaked at 62.81 million t in 1984 and was at its lowest, 20.79 million t, in 1961.
That places European Union (27) 3rd out of 26 groups 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 European Union (27), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20.79 million t | — |
| 1962 | 23.85 million t | +14.7% |
| 1963 | 25.32 million t | +6.2% |
| 1964 | 25.64 million t | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 27.07 million t | +5.6% |
| 1966 | 28.05 million t | +3.6% |
| 1967 | 33.38 million t | +19.0% |
| 1968 | 34.41 million t | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 36.12 million t | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 33.73 million t | -6.6% |
| 1971 | 40.03 million t | +18.7% |
| 1972 | 42.19 million t | +5.4% |
| 1973 | 43.63 million t | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 47.61 million t | +9.1% |
| 1975 | 46.55 million t | -2.2% |
| 1976 | 44.46 million t | -4.5% |
| 1977 | 50.40 million t | +13.3% |
| 1978 | 56.47 million t | +12.0% |
| 1979 | 53.23 million t | -5.7% |
| 1980 | 57.36 million t | +7.8% |
| 1981 | 50.83 million t | -11.4% |
| 1982 | 54.37 million t | +7.0% |
| 1983 | 49.76 million t | -8.5% |
| 1984 | 62.81 million t | +26.2% |
| 1985 | 59.65 million t | -5.0% |
| 1986 | 55.19 million t | -7.5% |
| 1987 | 55.23 million t | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 60.06 million t | +8.7% |
| 1989 | 58.54 million t | -2.5% |
| 1990 | 57.60 million t | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 59.20 million t | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 49.18 million t | -16.9% |
| 1993 | 53.86 million t | +9.5% |
| 1994 | 50.59 million t | -6.1% |
| 1995 | 48.99 million t | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 55.90 million t | +14.1% |
| 1997 | 57.84 million t | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 56.80 million t | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 52.44 million t | -7.7% |
| 2000 | 53.86 million t | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 52.78 million t | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 52.95 million t | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 49.49 million t | -6.5% |
| 2004 | 58.72 million t | +18.7% |
| 2005 | 49.49 million t | -15.7% |
| 2006 | 51.01 million t | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 53.13 million t | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 59.54 million t | +12.1% |
| 2009 | 55.67 million t | -6.5% |
| 2010 | 47.86 million t | -14.0% |
| 2011 | 46.41 million t | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 49.49 million t | +6.6% |
| 2013 | 52.76 million t | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 53.70 million t | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 54.78 million t | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 53.30 million t | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 51.67 million t | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 50.15 million t | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 55.59 million t | +10.8% |
| 2020 | 54.67 million t | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 52.09 million t | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 51.99 million t | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 47.39 million t | -8.8% |
| 2024 | 48.98 million t | +3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28.29 million t | 20.79 million t | 36.12 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 45.83 million t | 33.73 million t | 56.47 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 56.38 million t | 49.76 million t | 62.81 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 54.24 million t | 48.99 million t | 59.20 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 53.66 million t | 49.49 million t | 59.54 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 51.57 million t | 46.41 million t | 55.59 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 51.03 million t | 47.39 million t | 54.67 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 1 USSR 41.51 million t compare
- 2 Russian Federation 16.67 million t compare
- 2 Türkiye 8.10 million t compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4.00 million t compare
- 3 Australia and New Zealand 13.62 million t compare
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — production in European Union (27)?
- Barley — production in European Union (27) was 48.98 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — production recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 62.81 million t in 1984.
- What is the lowest barley — production recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.79 million t in 1961.
- How does European Union (27) rank for barley — production?
- European Union (27) ranks 3rd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — production rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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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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.