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 |