Barley production by country

Barley production is measured in tonnes.

Countries reporting
102
Highest
16.67 million tonnes
Russia
Lowest
0 tonnes
Taiwan
Median
190,160 tonnes
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
5,636

What the numbers show

Barley production is currently reported for 102 countries. The highest value is 16.67 million tonnes in Russia; the lowest is 0 tonnes in Taiwan.

The median across all reporting countries is 190,160 tonnes, and the mean is 1.38 million tonnes.

Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in North Korea (up 342.2%), and the largest decrease in Saudi Arabia (down 98.0%).

Barley production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russia 16.67 million tonnes 2024 down 18.5% flat
2 Australia 13.27 million tonnes 2024 up 53.4% volatile
3 Germany 10.61 million tonnes 2024 down 8.2% rising
4 France 9.67 million tonnes 2024 down 17.6% rising
5 Canada 8.14 million tonnes 2024 up 14.4% rising
6 Turkey 8.10 million tonnes 2024 up 28.6% rising
7 Spain 7.44 million tonnes 2024 up 6.6% rising
8 United Kingdom 7.09 million tonnes 2024 up 2.6% falling
9 Ukraine 5.31 million tonnes 2024 down 41.3% falling
10 Argentina 5.10 million tonnes 2024 up 75.7% volatile
11 Iran 4.00 million tonnes 2024 up 35.3% rising
12 Kazakhstan 3.84 million tonnes 2024 up 59.2% volatile
13 Denmark 3.14 million tonnes 2024 down 11.5% falling
14 United States 3.13 million tonnes 2024 down 20.8% falling
15 Poland 2.96 million tonnes 2024 down 9.6% rising
16 Ethiopia 2.52 million tonnes 2024 up 22.2% rising
17 Romania 2.20 million tonnes 2024 up 28.7% volatile
18 India 1.70 million tonnes 2024 down 7.1% falling
19 Czechia 1.67 million tonnes 2024 down 15.0% falling
20 Syria 1.57 million tonnes 2024 up 162.0% volatile
21 Hungary 1.55 million tonnes 2024 up 22.0% rising
23 Sweden 1.26 million tonnes 2024 down 19.7% falling
24 Finland 1.18 million tonnes 2024 down 36.4% rising
25 Bulgaria 1.10 million tonnes 2024 up 29.2% falling
26 Belarus 1.10 million tonnes 2024 down 44.7% falling
27 Azerbaijan 1.07 million tonnes 2024 up 56.5% volatile
28 Algeria 1.00 million tonnes 2024 up 6.5% volatile
29 China 985,986 tonnes 2024 down 32.5% falling
30 Italy 918,580 tonnes 2024 up 8.6% rising
31 Uruguay 828,978 tonnes 2024 up 228.4% volatile
32 Mexico 827,491 tonnes 2024 down 2.2% rising
33 Lithuania 748,510 tonnes 2024 down 26.5% falling
34 Austria 720,290 tonnes 2024 down 14.8% falling
35 Morocco 659,225 tonnes 2024 down 59.8% flat
36 Norway 645,000 tonnes 2024 up 22.3% rising
37 Kyrgyzstan 611,050 tonnes 2024 up 210.0% rising
38 Slovakia 595,040 tonnes 2024 down 12.0% falling
39 Serbia 518,761 tonnes 2024 up 60.5% rising
40 Brazil 427,956 tonnes 2024 up 70.1% volatile
41 South Africa 374,000 tonnes 2024 up 23.8% volatile
42 New Zealand 355,515 tonnes 2024 down 12.4% rising
43 Greece 333,170 tonnes 2024 down 20.8% falling
44 Estonia 315,200 tonnes 2024 down 31.2% rising
45 Croatia 301,390 tonnes 2024 up 71.6% rising
46 Belgium 300,910 tonnes 2024 down 24.8% rising
47 Tunisia 300,000 tonnes 2024 down 61.2% volatile
48 Latvia 252,900 tonnes 2024 down 39.6% falling
49 Peru 244,114 tonnes 2024 up 7.9% rising
50 Netherlands 235,710 tonnes 2024 up 19.7% falling
51 Moldova 200,444 tonnes 2024 down 9.1% falling
52 Thailand 190,988 tonnes 2024 up 59.2% volatile
53 Chile 189,333 tonnes 2024 up 129.9% rising
54 Japan 185,600 tonnes 2024 up 9.4% volatile
55 Tajikistan 165,000 tonnes 2024 up 45.5% volatile
56 Iraq 164,495 tonnes 2024 down 87.1% falling
57 Uzbekistan 157,985 tonnes 2024 up 13.2% falling
58 North Macedonia 145,149 tonnes 2024 down 5.2% rising
59 Switzerland 116,806 tonnes 2024 down 41.9% rising
60 Slovenia 100,700 tonnes 2024 up 12.3% rising
61 Afghanistan 100,000 tonnes 2024 down 80.8% falling
62 Egypt 90,000 tonnes 2024 down 12.0% falling
63 Bosnia and Herzegovina 77,697 tonnes 2024 up 59.7% rising
64 Armenia 71,939 tonnes 2024 down 62.2% rising
65 Eritrea 65,000 tonnes 2024 unchanged rising
65 Libya 65,000 tonnes 2024 down 31.6% falling
67 Turkmenistan 64,559 tonnes 2024 up 115.2% volatile
68 Zimbabwe 58,151 tonnes 2024 up 8.4% volatile
69 North Korea 53,060 tonnes 2024 up 342.2% falling
70 Georgia 48,400 tonnes 2024 up 81.3% rising
71 Kenya 48,237 tonnes 2024 down 26.2% volatile
72 South Korea 47,730 tonnes 2024 down 45.9% volatile
73 Bolivia 47,246 tonnes 2024 up 5.5% falling
74 Portugal 45,760 tonnes 2024 up 20.7% falling
75 Pakistan 43,878 tonnes 2024 down 34.0% falling
76 Jordan 43,180 tonnes 2024 up 11.1% volatile
78 Yemen 30,000 tonnes 2024 up 7.3% volatile
79 Nepal 24,931 tonnes 2024 down 28.4% rising
80 Albania 23,792 tonnes 2024 up 225.9% volatile
81 Lebanon 20,000 tonnes 2024 down 39.4% volatile
82 Palestine 12,751 tonnes 2022 up 53.8% falling
83 Saudi Arabia 11,775 tonnes 2024 down 98.0% volatile
84 Colombia 10,488 tonnes 2024 down 24.4% volatile
85 Ecuador 10,462 tonnes 2024 down 27.8% volatile
86 Mongolia 9,111 tonnes 2024 up 6.8% volatile
87 Zambia 8,154 tonnes 2024 down 3.2% volatile
88 Tanzania 7,544 tonnes 2024 down 33.8% volatile
89 Israel 7,200 tonnes 2024 down 52.0% volatile
90 Cyprus 6,590 tonnes 2024 up 142.3% volatile
91 Kuwait 5,181 tonnes 2024 down 5.5% volatile
92 Iceland 4,986 tonnes 2024 up 7.5% rising
93 Mauritania 1,476 tonnes 2024 up 3.2% volatile
94 Democratic Republic of Congo 1,007 tonnes 2024 up 5.6% volatile
95 Oman 722 tonnes 2024 down 66.6% falling
96 Montenegro 651.9 tonnes 2024 down 43.2% falling
97 Bhutan 526.67 tonnes 2024 down 70.0% falling
98 Lesotho 298.31 tonnes 2024 down 6.3% volatile
99 Bangladesh 195 tonnes 2024 down 26.7% volatile
100 Qatar 142.84 tonnes 2024 down 79.8% volatile
101 Guatemala 18.49 tonnes 2024 up 1.9% volatile
102 Myanmar 0 tonnes 1989 volatile
102 Rwanda 0 tonnes 1992 volatile
102 Taiwan 0 tonnes 1999 volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Barley production
Unit
tonnes
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
106 places, 5,636 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Barley production is measured in tonnes.