Rye production by country

Rye production is measured in tonnes.

Countries reporting
65
Highest
14.70 million tonnes
USSR
Lowest
0 tonnes
Japan
Median
13,540 tonnes
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
3,206

What the numbers show

Rye production is currently reported for 65 countries. The highest value is 14.70 million tonnes in USSR; the lowest is 0 tonnes in Japan.

The median across all reporting countries is 13,540 tonnes, and the mean is 404,655 tonnes.

Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Kyrgyzstan (up 3,507.0%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 100.0%).

Rye production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 USSR 14.70 million tonnes 1991 up 70.8% rising
2 Germany 2.58 million tonnes 2024 down 32.9% falling
3 Poland 2.39 million tonnes 2024 down 14.3% falling
4 Russia 1.20 million tonnes 2024 down 63.4% volatile
5 Belarus 800,000 tonnes 2024 down 7.7% falling
6 Denmark 649,760 tonnes 2024 down 4.1% volatile
7 China 514,091 tonnes 2024 down 1.1% falling
8 Canada 420,925 tonnes 2024 up 93.5% falling
9 United States 374,130 tonnes 2024 up 104.9% volatile
10 Iraq 315,111 tonnes 2024 down 21.8% rising
11 Turkey 257,000 tonnes 2024 down 14.3% volatile
12 Spain 223,510 tonnes 2024 down 23.2% falling
13 Ukraine 218,390 tonnes 2024 down 54.3% volatile
14 Argentina 217,699 tonnes 2024 up 317.6% volatile
15 Sweden 155,500 tonnes 2024 down 10.4% falling
16 United Kingdom 138,259 tonnes 2024 up 147.3% volatile
17 Austria 128,620 tonnes 2024 down 44.7% falling
18 Latvia 116,600 tonnes 2024 up 2.0% falling
19 France 108,350 tonnes 2024 down 15.5% falling
20 Czechia 105,640 tonnes 2024 down 18.1% falling
21 Egypt 95,618 tonnes 2024 up 6.2% volatile
22 Estonia 72,620 tonnes 2024 up 46.4% volatile
23 Hungary 70,820 tonnes 2024 down 26.2% falling
24 North Korea 64,778 tonnes 2024 down 4.9% falling
25 Lithuania 60,500 tonnes 2024 down 29.1% volatile
26 Finland 44,000 tonnes 2024 down 41.3% volatile
27 Kazakhstan 31,285 tonnes 2024 down 48.4% volatile
28 Australia 28,684 tonnes 2024 down 2.8% rising
29 Romania 27,920 tonnes 2024 up 14.6% volatile
30 Slovakia 24,030 tonnes 2024 down 55.1% falling
31 Norway 23,400 tonnes 2024 down 38.6% volatile
32 Serbia 17,343 tonnes 2024 up 48.2% rising
33 Bulgaria 13,540 tonnes 2024 down 52.0% volatile
34 Greece 13,480 tonnes 2024 down 57.4% volatile
35 Portugal 12,960 tonnes 2024 down 26.5% volatile
36 Italy 11,970 tonnes 2024 up 3.8% volatile
37 Switzerland 7,395 tonnes 2024 down 42.8% volatile
38 Luxembourg 6,200 tonnes 2024 up 10.9% rising
39 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,669 tonnes 2024 down 43.1% rising
40 Brazil 5,254 tonnes 2024 up 18.0% volatile
41 Uzbekistan 4,938 tonnes 2024 down 32.4% volatile
42 North Macedonia 4,897 tonnes 2024 down 57.1% falling
43 Chile 4,487 tonnes 2024 up 22.8% volatile
44 Slovenia 4,420 tonnes 2024 down 34.4% falling
45 Netherlands 3,920 tonnes 2024 down 44.8% volatile
46 Albania 2,928 tonnes 2024 down 4.6% volatile
47 Belgium 2,850 tonnes 2024 up 58.1% flat
48 Morocco 2,352 tonnes 2024 down 3.9% volatile
49 Croatia 2,150 tonnes 2024 down 23.2% falling
50 South Africa 1,957 tonnes 2024 down 5.6% volatile
51 Kyrgyzstan 1,551 tonnes 2024 up 3,507.0% volatile
52 Moldova 1,464 tonnes 2024 up 35.4% volatile
53 Iran 445.51 tonnes 2024 down 21.9% volatile
54 Tajikistan 292.18 tonnes 2024 up 83.8% volatile
55 Bolivia 280.7 tonnes 2024 up 2.4% volatile
56 Armenia 271.8 tonnes 2024 down 70.6% volatile
57 Azerbaijan 206.47 tonnes 2024 up 140.1% volatile
58 Georgia 196.23 tonnes 2024 down 1.9% volatile
59 Montenegro 151.9 tonnes 2024 down 71.2% rising
60 Mexico 80 tonnes 2024 up 459.4% volatile
61 Ecuador 79.9 tonnes 2024 down 2.0% volatile
62 Peru 47.39 tonnes 2024 down 57.3% volatile
63 South Korea 2.62 tonnes 2024 up 9.6% volatile
64 Ireland 0 tonnes 2024 down 100.0% falling
64 Japan 0 tonnes 1992 down 100.0% volatile

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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
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Rye production is measured in tonnes.