Barley — Production in Spain
Spain: Barley — Production was 7.44 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Production in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Spain recorded 7.44 million t for barley — production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 98.0% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — production in Spain peaked at 12.07 million t in 1988 and was at its lowest, 1.74 million t, in 1961.
Spain ranks 8th of 105 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Production in Spain, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.74 million t | — |
| 1962 | 2.16 million t | +24.0% |
| 1963 | 2.07 million t | -4.2% |
| 1964 | 1.93 million t | -6.9% |
| 1965 | 1.89 million t | -1.8% |
| 1966 | 2.01 million t | +6.1% |
| 1967 | 2.58 million t | +28.4% |
| 1968 | 3.44 million t | +33.6% |
| 1969 | 3.88 million t | +12.7% |
| 1970 | 3.10 million t | -20.0% |
| 1971 | 4.78 million t | +54.2% |
| 1972 | 4.36 million t | -8.9% |
| 1973 | 4.40 million t | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 5.40 million t | +22.8% |
| 1975 | 6.73 million t | +24.5% |
| 1976 | 5.47 million t | -18.7% |
| 1977 | 6.77 million t | +23.6% |
| 1978 | 8.07 million t | +19.2% |
| 1979 | 6.25 million t | -22.5% |
| 1980 | 8.71 million t | +39.2% |
| 1981 | 4.76 million t | -45.3% |
| 1982 | 5.27 million t | +10.8% |
| 1983 | 6.66 million t | +26.4% |
| 1984 | 10.79 million t | +61.9% |
| 1985 | 10.70 million t | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 7.43 million t | -30.5% |
| 1987 | 9.84 million t | +32.4% |
| 1988 | 12.07 million t | +22.7% |
| 1989 | 9.39 million t | -22.2% |
| 1990 | 9.38 million t | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 9.26 million t | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 6.11 million t | -34.1% |
| 1993 | 9.70 million t | +58.9% |
| 1994 | 7.42 million t | -23.6% |
| 1995 | 5.05 million t | -31.9% |
| 1996 | 10.70 million t | +112.0% |
| 1997 | 8.55 million t | -20.1% |
| 1998 | 10.90 million t | +27.4% |
| 1999 | 7.43 million t | -31.8% |
| 2000 | 11.06 million t | +48.8% |
| 2001 | 6.25 million t | -43.5% |
| 2002 | 8.36 million t | +33.8% |
| 2003 | 8.70 million t | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 10.64 million t | +22.3% |
| 2005 | 4.63 million t | -56.5% |
| 2006 | 8.14 million t | +75.9% |
| 2007 | 11.95 million t | +46.8% |
| 2008 | 11.26 million t | -5.7% |
| 2009 | 7.30 million t | -35.2% |
| 2010 | 8.15 million t | +11.8% |
| 2011 | 8.29 million t | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 5.96 million t | -28.1% |
| 2013 | 10.01 million t | +68.0% |
| 2014 | 6.98 million t | -30.2% |
| 2015 | 6.71 million t | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 9.18 million t | +36.9% |
| 2017 | 5.79 million t | -36.9% |
| 2018 | 9.55 million t | +65.1% |
| 2019 | 7.74 million t | -18.9% |
| 2020 | 11.47 million t | +48.1% |
| 2021 | 9.28 million t | -19.1% |
| 2022 | 7.03 million t | -24.2% |
| 2023 | 3.76 million t | -46.5% |
| 2024 | 7.44 million t | +98.0% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 7.44 million t is above the median for high income countries, which is 475,278 t, 15.7× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Spain's 7.44 million t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 595,040 t, 12.5× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.41 million t | 1.74 million t | 3.88 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.53 million t | 3.10 million t | 8.07 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 8.56 million t | 4.76 million t | 12.07 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.45 million t | 5.05 million t | 10.90 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.83 million t | 4.63 million t | 11.95 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.84 million t | 5.79 million t | 10.01 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.79 million t | 3.76 million t | 11.47 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 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
- 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
- 11 Argentina 5.10 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,036 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1949 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — production in Spain?
- Barley — production in Spain was 7.44 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — production recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 12.07 million t in 1988.
- What is the lowest barley — production recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.74 million t in 1961.
- How does Spain rank for barley — production?
- Spain ranks 8th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — production rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.