Barley — Production in Portugal
Portugal: Barley — Production was 45,760 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Barley — Production in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — production in Portugal is 45,760 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 73.8% on the previous year and up 20.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — production in Portugal peaked at 124,104 t in 1991 and was at its lowest, 12,597 t, in 2001.
Portugal ranks 75th of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Production in Portugal, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 52,051 t | — |
| 1962 | 72,100 t | +38.5% |
| 1963 | 61,167 t | -15.2% |
| 1964 | 45,531 t | -25.6% |
| 1965 | 72,013 t | +58.2% |
| 1966 | 49,700 t | -31.0% |
| 1967 | 74,200 t | +49.3% |
| 1968 | 94,300 t | +27.1% |
| 1969 | 54,800 t | -41.9% |
| 1970 | 54,400 t | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 85,000 t | +56.2% |
| 1972 | 62,600 t | -26.4% |
| 1973 | 56,800 t | -9.3% |
| 1974 | 74,700 t | +31.5% |
| 1975 | 86,700 t | +16.1% |
| 1976 | 117,059 t | +35.0% |
| 1977 | 39,597 t | -66.2% |
| 1978 | 44,094 t | +11.4% |
| 1979 | 41,150 t | -6.7% |
| 1980 | 53,910 t | +31.0% |
| 1981 | 40,815 t | -24.3% |
| 1982 | 51,478 t | +26.1% |
| 1983 | 54,294 t | +5.5% |
| 1984 | 91,184 t | +67.9% |
| 1985 | 65,311 t | -28.4% |
| 1986 | 89,722 t | +37.4% |
| 1987 | 79,548 t | -11.3% |
| 1988 | 50,821 t | -36.1% |
| 1989 | 84,437 t | +66.1% |
| 1990 | 78,532 t | -7.0% |
| 1991 | 124,104 t | +58.0% |
| 1992 | 63,000 t | -49.2% |
| 1993 | 98,500 t | +56.3% |
| 1994 | 96,213 t | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 53,058 t | -44.9% |
| 1996 | 69,950 t | +31.8% |
| 1997 | 28,792 t | -58.8% |
| 1998 | 26,203 t | -9.0% |
| 1999 | 29,304 t | +11.8% |
| 2000 | 36,353 t | +24.1% |
| 2001 | 12,597 t | -65.3% |
| 2002 | 20,022 t | +58.9% |
| 2003 | 13,028 t | -34.9% |
| 2004 | 26,248 t | +101.5% |
| 2005 | 26,271 t | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 105,552 t | +301.8% |
| 2007 | 80,718 t | -23.5% |
| 2008 | 99,827 t | +23.7% |
| 2009 | 72,799 t | -27.1% |
| 2010 | 30,620 t | -57.9% |
| 2011 | 21,000 t | -31.4% |
| 2012 | 21,151 t | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 32,949 t | +55.8% |
| 2014 | 37,914 t | +15.1% |
| 2015 | 44,402 t | +17.1% |
| 2016 | 46,615 t | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 55,261 t | +18.5% |
| 2018 | 62,340 t | +12.8% |
| 2019 | 71,650 t | +14.9% |
| 2020 | 61,950 t | -13.5% |
| 2021 | 49,720 t | -19.7% |
| 2022 | 27,780 t | -44.1% |
| 2023 | 26,330 t | -5.2% |
| 2024 | 45,760 t | +73.8% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 45,760 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 475,278 t, 10% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 45,760 t is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 595,040 t, 8% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — Production in Portugal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +301.8% | 26,271 t | 105,552 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 63,985 t | 45,531 t | 94,300 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 66,210 t | 39,597 t | 117,059 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 66,152 t | 40,815 t | 91,184 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 66,766 t | 26,203 t | 124,104 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 49,342 t | 12,597 t | 105,552 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 42,390 t | 21,000 t | 71,650 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 42,308 t | 26,330 t | 61,950 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — production in Portugal?
- Barley — production in Portugal was 45,760 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — production recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 124,104 t in 1991.
- What is the lowest barley — production recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,597 t in 2001.
- How does Portugal rank for barley — production?
- Portugal ranks 75th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — production rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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.