Top Barley Producing Countries

Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is one of the world’s oldest cultivated grains, with its domestication dating back over 10,000 years in the Fertile Crescent, a region encompassing parts of modern-day Iraq, Syria, Israel, and Turkey. Ancient civilizations, including the Sumerians, Egyptians, and Greeks, relied on barley as a staple food and for brewing beer. Over centuries, barley spread across Europe, Asia, and North Africa, adapting to diverse climates. Today, the leading barley-producing countries are Russia, France, Germany, Ukraine, and Australia, with significant contributions also from Canada, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. These nations benefit from temperate climates and advanced agricultural practices, making them central to global barley production, which is primarily used for animal feed, malting for beer and whiskey, and as a food grain.

Rank	Country	Metric Tons
1	Russia	17,995,908
2	Australia	14,648,581
3	France	11,321,320
4	Germany	10,411,100
5	Ukraine	9,437,020
6	Spain	9,275,920
7	United Kingdom	6,961,000
8	Canada	6,848,137
9	Turkey	5,750,000
10	Argentina	4,036,130
11	Denmark	3,462,170
12	Poland	2,961,650
13	Iran	2,814,264
14	Morocco	2,780,345
15	United States of America	2,562,030
16	Kazakhstan	2,366,805
17	Ethiopia	2,350,000
18	China	2,000,000
19	Romania	1,981,030
20	Czechia	1,749,130
21	Hungary	1,711,630
22	India	1,660,000
23	Ireland	1,506,410
24	Azerbaijan	1,116,729
25	Italy	1,091,970
26	Belarus	1,077,000
27	Sweden	1,060,400
28	Finland	1,045,500
29	Mexico	1,032,812
30	Uruguay	888,800
31	Austria	742,530
32	Bulgaria	704,070
33	Norway	608,800
34	Slovakia	592,740
35	Algeria	555,364
36	Serbia	553,924
37	Lithuania	500,410
38	Brazil	452,827
39	Tunisia	430,100
40	Estonia	396,370
41	Saudi Arabia	383,333
42	Greece	331,970
43	South Africa	331,100
44	New Zealand	325,057
45	Croatia	309,770
46	Belgium	300,070
47	Kyrgyzstan	274,082
48	Iraq	266,581
49	Moldova	253,400
50	Syria	252,326
51	Japan	234,800
52	Peru	219,846
53	Latvia	215,800
54	Netherlands	196,590
55	Tajikistan	196,000
56	Switzerland	171,138
57	Thailand	169,953
58	Chile	157,531
59	North Macedonia	151,435
60	Afghanistan	122,693
61	Slovenia	119,130
62	Egypt	102,793
63	Uzbekistan	95,828
64	South Korea	88,523
65	Bosnia and Herzegovina	86,279
66	Libya	70,000
67	Eritrea	65,000
68	Georgia	58,100
69	Zimbabwe	56,503
70	North Korea	50,886
71	Portugal	49,720
72	Bolivia	48,180
73	Pakistan	41,856
74	Armenia	38,000
75	Jordan	35,000
76	Kenya	33,117
77	Lebanon	30,000
78	Nepal	29,433
79	Luxembourg	29,040
80	Cyprus	25,610
81	Tanzania	20,546
82	Palestine	20,279
83.5	Turkmenistan	20,000
83.5	Yemen	20,000
85	Albania	15,310
86	Ecuador	14,681
87	Mongolia	11,687
88	Israel	9,800
89	Zambia	8,556
90	Iceland	7,490
91	Colombia	6,290
92	Kuwait	4,622
93	Oman	2,188
94	Mauritania	1,436
95	Montenegro	1,011

Data from United Nations FAO Stat