Barley — Production in Western Europe
Western Europe: Barley — Production was 21.69 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Production in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — production in Western Europe is 21.69 million t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 12.3% on the previous year and down 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — production in Western Europe peaked at 28.89 million t in 1984 and was at its lowest, 10.50 million t, in 1961.
That places Western Europe 5th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Production in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10.50 million t | — |
| 1962 | 12.55 million t | +19.5% |
| 1963 | 13.75 million t | +9.6% |
| 1964 | 13.82 million t | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 13.93 million t | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 14.57 million t | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 18.54 million t | +27.3% |
| 1968 | 18.13 million t | -2.2% |
| 1969 | 18.72 million t | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 16.79 million t | -10.3% |
| 1971 | 19.25 million t | +14.6% |
| 1972 | 21.22 million t | +10.2% |
| 1973 | 22.84 million t | +7.6% |
| 1974 | 23.02 million t | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 21.99 million t | -4.5% |
| 1976 | 20.85 million t | -5.2% |
| 1977 | 23.93 million t | +14.8% |
| 1978 | 26.90 million t | +12.4% |
| 1979 | 25.18 million t | -6.4% |
| 1980 | 27.35 million t | +8.6% |
| 1981 | 24.78 million t | -9.4% |
| 1982 | 26.28 million t | +6.1% |
| 1983 | 24.17 million t | -8.0% |
| 1984 | 28.89 million t | +19.5% |
| 1985 | 28.23 million t | -2.3% |
| 1986 | 26.38 million t | -6.6% |
| 1987 | 25.68 million t | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 26.04 million t | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 26.98 million t | +3.6% |
| 1990 | 26.66 million t | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 27.67 million t | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 25.04 million t | -9.5% |
| 1993 | 22.09 million t | -11.8% |
| 1994 | 20.57 million t | -6.9% |
| 1995 | 21.46 million t | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 23.57 million t | +9.8% |
| 1997 | 25.67 million t | +8.9% |
| 1998 | 25.07 million t | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 24.83 million t | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 23.62 million t | -4.9% |
| 2001 | 25.36 million t | +7.4% |
| 2002 | 23.72 million t | -6.5% |
| 2003 | 22.22 million t | -6.3% |
| 2004 | 25.94 million t | +16.7% |
| 2005 | 23.70 million t | -8.6% |
| 2006 | 24.20 million t | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 21.56 million t | -10.9% |
| 2008 | 26.00 million t | +20.6% |
| 2009 | 27.02 million t | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 22.00 million t | -18.6% |
| 2011 | 19.13 million t | -13.0% |
| 2012 | 23.18 million t | +21.2% |
| 2013 | 22.19 million t | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 24.98 million t | +12.6% |
| 2015 | 26.48 million t | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 22.81 million t | -13.9% |
| 2017 | 24.55 million t | +7.7% |
| 2018 | 22.11 million t | -10.0% |
| 2019 | 26.85 million t | +21.5% |
| 2020 | 22.71 million t | -15.4% |
| 2021 | 23.17 million t | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 24.14 million t | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 24.74 million t | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 21.69 million t | -12.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.94 million t | 10.50 million t | 18.72 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 22.20 million t | 16.79 million t | 26.90 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 26.48 million t | 24.17 million t | 28.89 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 24.27 million t | 20.57 million t | 27.67 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 24.33 million t | 21.56 million t | 27.02 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.43 million t | 19.13 million t | 26.85 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.29 million t | 21.69 million t | 24.74 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 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
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Western Europe
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -6.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -14.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.5427 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -0.0607 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 17.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -3.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 7.62 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — production in Western Europe?
- Barley — production in Western Europe was 21.69 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 28.89 million t in 1984.
- What is the lowest barley — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.50 million t in 1961.
- How does Western Europe rank for barley — production?
- Western Europe ranks 5th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is barley — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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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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.