Barley — Production in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Barley — Production was 15.92 million t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Barley — Production in Northern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Northern Europe recorded 15.92 million t for barley — production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 12.1% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — production in Northern Europe peaked at 24.00 million t in 1984 and was at its lowest, 10.11 million t, in 1961.
That places Northern Europe 7th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Production in Northern Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10.11 million t | — |
| 1962 | 11.31 million t | +11.8% |
| 1963 | 12.80 million t | +13.2% |
| 1964 | 14.20 million t | +10.9% |
| 1965 | 15.36 million t | +8.2% |
| 1966 | 15.94 million t | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 17.01 million t | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 17.19 million t | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 17.61 million t | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 16.55 million t | -6.1% |
| 1971 | 18.67 million t | +12.8% |
| 1972 | 19.32 million t | +3.5% |
| 1973 | 18.61 million t | -3.6% |
| 1974 | 20.11 million t | +8.1% |
| 1975 | 18.28 million t | -9.1% |
| 1976 | 17.24 million t | -5.7% |
| 1977 | 22.16 million t | +28.6% |
| 1978 | 22.21 million t | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 22.49 million t | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 22.42 million t | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 22.08 million t | -1.5% |
| 1982 | 23.59 million t | +6.8% |
| 1983 | 20.27 million t | -14.1% |
| 1984 | 24.00 million t | +18.4% |
| 1985 | 21.28 million t | -11.3% |
| 1986 | 21.16 million t | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 18.68 million t | -11.7% |
| 1988 | 19.64 million t | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 18.47 million t | -5.9% |
| 1990 | 18.69 million t | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 18.19 million t | -2.7% |
| 1992 | 16.27 million t | -10.6% |
| 1993 | 16.49 million t | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 16.26 million t | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 17.37 million t | +6.9% |
| 1996 | 19.45 million t | +12.0% |
| 1997 | 19.42 million t | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 16.58 million t | -14.6% |
| 1999 | 16.74 million t | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 17.42 million t | +4.1% |
| 2001 | 17.21 million t | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 16.68 million t | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 16.54 million t | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 16.20 million t | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 16.28 million t | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 14.62 million t | -10.2% |
| 2007 | 14.94 million t | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 16.82 million t | +12.6% |
| 2009 | 17.11 million t | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 13.60 million t | -20.5% |
| 2011 | 14.87 million t | +9.3% |
| 2012 | 16.03 million t | +7.8% |
| 2013 | 18.42 million t | +14.9% |
| 2014 | 18.04 million t | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 18.48 million t | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 17.02 million t | -7.9% |
| 2017 | 17.53 million t | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 15.30 million t | -12.7% |
| 2019 | 18.39 million t | +20.2% |
| 2020 | 18.75 million t | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 15.77 million t | -15.9% |
| 2022 | 17.89 million t | +13.4% |
| 2023 | 14.21 million t | -20.6% |
| 2024 | 15.92 million t | +12.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.61 million t | 10.11 million t | 17.61 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 19.56 million t | 16.55 million t | 22.49 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 21.16 million t | 18.47 million t | 24.00 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 17.55 million t | 16.26 million t | 19.45 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 16.38 million t | 14.62 million t | 17.42 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.77 million t | 13.60 million t | 18.48 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.51 million t | 14.21 million t | 18.75 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Europe
- 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 Canada 8.14 million 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
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- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -7.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -7.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 1.49 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — production in Northern Europe?
- Barley — production in Northern Europe was 15.92 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — production recorded in Northern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 24.00 million t in 1984.
- What is the lowest barley — production recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.11 million t in 1961.
- How does Northern Europe rank for barley — production?
- Northern Europe ranks 7th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — production rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern Europe 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.