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Which Country Produces the Most Barley?

Barley Production (kt), 2022
Agriculture | December 17, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 100 countries in 2022, Russia ranked the highest in barley production with 23,394 kt followed by Australia and France. On the other end of the scale was Guatemala with 0.018 kt, Qatar with 0.078 kt and Bangladesh with 0.172 kt.

Total barley production reached 154,877 kt in 2022 in the World according to Faostat. This is 6.29 % more than in the previous year and 14.5 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total barley production reached an all time high of 179,138 kt in 1990 and an all time low of 72,411 kt in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 1.25 % since 1961.

The top ranked country, Russia, accounted for 15.1 % of barley production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 31.7 % share while the ten largest countries some 67.2 % in 2022.

Data for more countries are available at Barley Production indicator page.

Barley Production Unit 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Argentina kt 4,939 3,741 5,061 3,785 3,613
Australia kt 8,992 13,506 9,254 8,819 10,127
Canada kt 8,839 7,891 8,380 10,383 10,741
Denmark kt 3,950 3,992 3,445 3,625 4,157
France kt 10,439 12,087 11,043 13,565 10,277
Germany kt 10,731 10,853 9,584 11,592 10,769
Iran kt 3,724 2,747 2,910 3,600 2,941
Kazakhstan kt 3,231 3,305 3,971 3,830 3,659
Poland kt 3,441 3,793 2,992 3,312 2,948
Russia kt 17,967 20,629 16,992 20,489 20,939
Spain kt 9,176 5,786 9,554 7,744 11,465
Turkey kt 6,700 7,100 7,000 7,600 8,300
USA kt 4,353 3,119 3,343 3,756 3,719
Ukraine kt 9,436 8,285 7,349 8,917 7,636
United Kingdom kt 6,655 7,169 6,510 8,048 8,117

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