Rye production by country

Rye production is measured in tonnes.

Countries reporting
62
Highest
2.58 million tonnes
Germany
Lowest
0 tonnes
Japan
Median
15,441 tonnes
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
3,206

What the numbers show

Rye production is currently reported for 62 countries. The highest value is 2.58 million tonnes in Germany; the lowest is 0 tonnes in Japan.

The median across all reporting countries is 15,441 tonnes, and the mean is 186,974 tonnes.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Kyrgyzstan (up 3,507.0%), and the largest decrease in Japan (down 100.0%).

Rye production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 2.58 million tonnes 2024 down 32.9% falling
2 Poland 2.39 million tonnes 2024 down 14.3% falling
3 Russia 1.20 million tonnes 2024 down 63.4% volatile
4 Belarus 800,000 tonnes 2024 down 7.7% falling
5 Denmark 649,760 tonnes 2024 down 4.1% volatile
6 China 514,091 tonnes 2024 down 1.1% falling
7 Canada 420,925 tonnes 2024 up 93.5% falling
8 United States 374,130 tonnes 2024 up 104.9% volatile
9 Iraq 315,111 tonnes 2024 down 21.8% rising
10 Turkey 257,000 tonnes 2024 down 14.3% volatile
11 Spain 223,510 tonnes 2024 down 23.2% falling
12 Ukraine 218,390 tonnes 2024 down 54.3% volatile
13 Argentina 217,699 tonnes 2024 up 317.6% volatile
14 Sweden 155,500 tonnes 2024 down 10.4% falling
15 United Kingdom 138,259 tonnes 2024 up 147.3% volatile
16 Austria 128,620 tonnes 2024 down 44.7% falling
17 Latvia 116,600 tonnes 2024 up 2.0% falling
18 France 108,350 tonnes 2024 down 15.5% falling
19 Czechia 105,640 tonnes 2024 down 18.1% falling
20 Egypt 95,618 tonnes 2024 up 6.2% volatile
21 Estonia 72,620 tonnes 2024 up 46.4% volatile
22 Hungary 70,820 tonnes 2024 down 26.2% falling
23 North Korea 64,778 tonnes 2024 down 4.9% falling
24 Lithuania 60,500 tonnes 2024 down 29.1% volatile
25 Finland 44,000 tonnes 2024 down 41.3% volatile
26 Kazakhstan 31,285 tonnes 2024 down 48.4% volatile
27 Australia 28,684 tonnes 2024 down 2.8% rising
28 Romania 27,920 tonnes 2024 up 14.6% volatile
29 Slovakia 24,030 tonnes 2024 down 55.1% falling
30 Norway 23,400 tonnes 2024 down 38.6% volatile
31 Serbia 17,343 tonnes 2024 up 48.2% rising
32 Bulgaria 13,540 tonnes 2024 down 52.0% volatile
33 Greece 13,480 tonnes 2024 down 57.4% volatile
34 Portugal 12,960 tonnes 2024 down 26.5% volatile
35 Italy 11,970 tonnes 2024 up 3.8% volatile
36 Switzerland 7,395 tonnes 2024 down 42.8% volatile
38 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,669 tonnes 2024 down 43.1% rising
39 Brazil 5,254 tonnes 2024 up 18.0% volatile
40 Uzbekistan 4,938 tonnes 2024 down 32.4% volatile
41 North Macedonia 4,897 tonnes 2024 down 57.1% falling
42 Chile 4,487 tonnes 2024 up 22.8% volatile
43 Slovenia 4,420 tonnes 2024 down 34.4% falling
44 Netherlands 3,920 tonnes 2024 down 44.8% volatile
45 Albania 2,928 tonnes 2024 down 4.6% volatile
46 Belgium 2,850 tonnes 2024 up 58.1% flat
47 Morocco 2,352 tonnes 2024 down 3.9% volatile
48 Croatia 2,150 tonnes 2024 down 23.2% falling
49 South Africa 1,957 tonnes 2024 down 5.6% volatile
50 Kyrgyzstan 1,551 tonnes 2024 up 3,507.0% volatile
51 Moldova 1,464 tonnes 2024 up 35.4% volatile
52 Iran 445.51 tonnes 2024 down 21.9% volatile
53 Tajikistan 292.18 tonnes 2024 up 83.8% volatile
54 Bolivia 280.7 tonnes 2024 up 2.4% volatile
55 Armenia 271.8 tonnes 2024 down 70.6% volatile
56 Azerbaijan 206.47 tonnes 2024 up 140.1% volatile
57 Georgia 196.23 tonnes 2024 down 1.9% volatile
58 Montenegro 151.9 tonnes 2024 down 71.2% rising
59 Mexico 80 tonnes 2024 up 459.4% volatile
60 Ecuador 79.9 tonnes 2024 down 2.0% volatile
61 Peru 47.39 tonnes 2024 down 57.3% volatile
62 South Korea 2.62 tonnes 2024 up 9.6% volatile
63 Japan 0 tonnes 1992 down 100.0% 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
Rye 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
66 places, 3,206 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Rye production is measured in tonnes.