Barley and Products Consumption by Country

FAO Food Balances data show that China had the largest listed food supply of barley and products in 2023, at 2,325 thousand tonnes, followed by Ethiopia at 1,888 thousand tonnes and the United States at 1,277 thousand tonnes. North Macedonia had the highest per-capita food supply at 33.33 kilograms per person. The data cover 146 reporters and include annual figures from 2019 through 2023.

China had the highest listed barley and products food supply in 2023 at 2,325 thousand tonnes, while North Macedonia recorded the highest per-capita figure at 33.33 kilograms per person. China's listed quantity was 1.23 times Ethiopia's 1,888 thousand tonnes, and the ten largest reporters accounted for 81.2 percent of the 10,908-thousand-tonne listed total.

Key Takeaways

China, Ethiopia and the United States were the three largest reporters by quantity in 2023, with 2,325, 1,888 and 1,277 thousand tonnes respectively. India followed with 1,113 thousand tonnes, while Morocco recorded 950 thousand tonnes. On a per-capita basis, North Macedonia led with 33.33 kilograms per person, followed by Iceland at 32.46 kilograms.

Among the 144 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply increased by 1,981 thousand tonnes, or 22.2 percent. China accounted for 783 thousand tonnes of the increase and the United States for another 629 thousand tonnes. These figures represent food available for human consumption in the FAO Food Balances and should not be interpreted as the amount of barley or barley products actually eaten.

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#	Country	2023 (thousand tonnes)2023	2023 (kg per person per year)2023
1	China CN	2.33K	1.63
2	Ethiopia ET	1.89K	14.67
3	United States US	1.28K	3.72
4	India IN	1.11K	0.77
5	Morocco MA	950	25.19
6	Algeria DZ	393	8.51
7	Russia RU	299	2.06
8	Spain ES	251	5.24
9	United Kingdom GB	223	3.25
10	Finland FI	133	23.78
11	Peru PE	130	3.85
12	Uzbekistan UZ	127	3.56
13	Ukraine UA	124	3.3
14	Poland PL	115	2.98
15	Tunisia TN	104	8.55
16	Senegal SN	73	4.05
17	Thailand TH	72	1.01
18	Indonesia ID	69	0.25
19	Belarus BY	65	7.18
20	Colombia CO	63	1.2
21	North Macedonia MK	61	33.33
22	Libya LY	60	8.21
23	Netherlands NL	58	3.22
24	South Korea KR	53	1.02
25	Tajikistan TJ	52	4.98
26	France FR	51	0.77
27	Philippines PH	44	0.38
28	Pakistan PK	41	0.17
29	Germany DE	39	0.46
30	Lithuania LT	36	12.62
31	Iran IR	33	0.36
32	Kazakhstan KZ	32	1.58
33	Chile CL	30	1.52
34	Azerbaijan AZ	27	2.66
35	Portugal PT	27	2.63
36	Laos LA	26	3.45
37	Georgia GE	25	6.56
38	Yemen YE	24	0.61
39	Latvia LV	23	12.34
40	Mauritania MR	23	4.48
41	Iraq IQ	22	0.56
42	Italy IT	22	0.37
43	DR Congo CD	19	0.18
44	Armenia AM	18	6.22
45	Romania RO	17	0.89
46	Belgium BE	16	1.4
47	Jordan JO	15	1.28
48	Canada CA	14	0.35
49	Greece GR	13	1.31
50	Iceland IS	13	32.46
51	Nepal NP	13	0.42
52	Switzerland CH	11	1.27
53	Lebanon LB	10	1.78
54	Malaysia MY	10	0.27
55	Burkina Faso BF	9	0.38
56	Sweden SE	9	0.88
57	Taiwan TW	9	0.38
58	Bangladesh BD	8	0.05
59	Cyprus CY	8	6.21
60	Estonia EE	8	5.99
61	Moldova MD	7	2.91
62	Slovakia SK	7	1.36
63	Haiti HT	6	0.48
64	Slovenia SI	6	2.6
65	Hungary HU	5	0.49
66	Vietnam VN	5	0.05
67	Austria AT	4	0.39
68	Afghanistan AF	3	0.07
69	Croatia HR	3	0.81
70	Guinea-Bissau GW	3	1.44
71	Ireland IE	3	0.59
72	New Zealand NZ	3	0.6
73	Uganda UG	3	0.05
74	Zimbabwe ZW	3	0.16
75	Bhutan BT	2	3.15
76	Bulgaria BG	2	0.31
77	Gambia GM	2	0.78
78	Liberia LR	2	0.41
79	Paraguay PY	2	0.36
80	Sao Tome and Principe ST	2	6.58
81	Uruguay UY	2	0.69
82	Albania AL	1	0.36
83	Bahamas BS	1	1.76
84	Bahrain BH	1	0.54
85	Barbados BB	1	2.25
86	Dominican Republic DO	1	0.07
87	Grenada GD	1	4.82
88	Israel IL	1	0.07
89	Kyrgyzstan KG	1	0.1
90	Mauritius MU	1	0.64
91	Saudi Arabia SA	1	0.03
92	Angola AO	0	0
93	Antigua and Barbuda AG	0	0.01
94	Australia AU	0	0
95	Belize BZ	0	0
96	Bolivia BO	0	0.01
97	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	0	0.1
98	Botswana BW	0	0
99	Brazil BR	0	0
100	Cambodia KH	0	0
101	Cameroon CM	0	0
102	Cape Verde CV	0	0
103	Comoros KM	0	0.01
104	Congo CG	0	0
105	Costa Rica CR	0	0
106	Czech Republic CZ	0	0.02
107	Denmark DK	0	0
108	Djibouti DJ	0	0
109	Ecuador EC	0	0
110	Egypt EG	0	0
111	El Salvador SV	0	0
112	Eswatini SZ	0	0
113	Fiji FJ	0	0
114	French Polynesia PF	0	0
115	Gabon GA	0	0
116	Ghana GH	0	0
117	Guatemala GT	0	0
118	Guinea GN	0	0
119	Guyana GY	0	0
120	Honduras HN	0	0.03
121	Hong Kong HK	0	0.03
122	Ivory Coast CI	0	0
123	Jamaica JM	0	0
124	Kenya KE	0	0
125	Kiribati KI	0	1.07
126	Kuwait KW	0	0
127	Lesotho LS	0	0.11
128	Luxembourg LU	0	0.28
129	Macau MO	0	0.01
130	Madagascar MG	0	0
131	Malawi MW	0	0
132	Maldives MV	0	0.01
133	Malta MT	0	0
134	Marshall Islands MH	0	0.13
135	Mexico MX	0	0
136	Mongolia MN	0	0
137	Montenegro ME	0	0.04
138	Mozambique MZ	0	0.01
139	Myanmar MM	0	0
140	Namibia NA	0	0.05
141	Nauru NR	0	0.67
142	New Caledonia NC	0	0.01
143	Nicaragua NI	0	0
144	Niger NE	0	0
145	Nigeria NG	0	0
146	Norway NO	0	0
147	Oman OM	0	0
148	Panama PA	0	0
149	Papua New Guinea PG	0	0.01
150	Qatar QA	0	0
151	Rwanda RW	0	0
152	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	0	5.72
153	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	0	0.01
154	Samoa WS	0	0.02
155	Serbia RS	0	0
156	Seychelles SC	0	0.01
157	Sierra Leone SL	0	0.04
158	Solomon Islands SB	0	0.01
159	South Africa ZA	0	0
160	Sri Lanka LK	0	0
161	Suriname SR	0	0.03
162	Syria SY	0	0
163	Tanzania TZ	0	0
164	Timor-Leste TL	0	0.36
165	Tonga TO	0	0.02
166	Trinidad and Tobago TT	0	0
167	Turkmenistan TM	0	0.05
168	Tuvalu TV	0	0.04
169	Türkiye TR	0	0
170	United Arab Emirates AE	0	0
171	Vanuatu VU	0	1.43
172	Venezuela VE	0	0
173	Zambia ZM	0	0

Barley and Products Consumption by Country in 2023

China had the largest listed food supply of barley and products in the 2023 data with 2,325 thousand tonnes (21.3 percent of the listed total), followed by Ethiopia with 1,888 thousand tonnes (17.3 percent) and the United States with 1,277 thousand tonnes (11.7 percent). India ranked fourth with 1,113 thousand tonnes and Morocco fifth with 950 thousand tonnes.

The top three reporters hold 50.3 percent of the listed 2023 total, the top five 69.2 percent and the top ten 81.2 percent of the 10,908-thousand-tonne total.

China Adds 783 Thousand Tonnes Between 2022 and 2023

Among the 144 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply increased from 8,927 thousand tonnes to 10,908 thousand tonnes, a gain of 1,981 thousand tonnes (22.2 percent). China added 783 thousand tonnes (up 50.8 percent), accounting for 39.5 percent of the increase, followed by the United States with 629 thousand tonnes (up 97.1 percent), India with 343 thousand tonnes (up 44.5 percent) and Ethiopia with 230 thousand tonnes (up 13.9 percent).

Spain added 209 thousand tonnes, rising from 42 to 251 thousand tonnes (up 497.6 percent). Colombia recorded the largest decline among the countries highlighted here, falling by 96 thousand tonnes (down 60.4 percent), followed by Ukraine with a decline of 81 thousand tonnes (down 39.5 percent) and Morocco with a decline of 72 thousand tonnes (down 7.0 percent).

United States Adds 1,180 Thousand Tonnes Since 2019

For the 142 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply increased from 9,393 thousand tonnes to 10,903 thousand tonnes, a gain of 1,510 thousand tonnes (16.1 percent). The annual listed totals across all reporters were 9,393 thousand tonnes in 2019 and 10,908 thousand tonnes in 2023; these totals differ from the common-reporter calculation because not every reporter had data in both endpoint years.

The United States recorded the largest increase among the countries highlighted, rising by 1,180 thousand tonnes from 97 thousand tonnes in 2019 to 1,277 thousand tonnes in 2023 (up 1,216.5 percent). China added 696 thousand tonnes (up 42.7 percent), while Spain added 216 thousand tonnes, rising from 35 to 251 thousand tonnes (up 617.1 percent). Algeria fell by 253 thousand tonnes (down 39.2 percent), while Thailand declined by 183 thousand tonnes (down 71.8 percent), Iraq by 138 thousand tonnes (down 86.2 percent), India by 132 thousand tonnes (down 10.6 percent) and Poland by 131 thousand tonnes (down 53.3 percent).

The United States and China together added more than the net increase across the common reporter universe, while declines in several other countries reduced the overall gain. Per-capita values also differed substantially from total quantities: Iceland recorded 32.46 kilograms per person and Morocco 25.19 kilograms, compared with 1.63 kilograms for China and 14.67 kilograms for Ethiopia.

In 2023, China had the largest listed food supply of barley and products at 2,325 thousand tonnes, while North Macedonia had the highest per-capita food supply at 33.33 kilograms per person per year. FAO Food Balances data cover 146 reporters for this comparison and measure food available for human consumption rather than the amount actually eaten.

What Does Barley and Products Consumption Measure?

In this dataset, barley and products consumption refers to the quantity classified as food in the FAO Food Balances. It represents food available for human consumption during the reference year rather than the amount people actually eat. The item includes barley and products derived from it, while other commodities and processed products are recorded according to their respective FAO items.

The per-capita figure expresses the same food supply on a population basis, in kilograms per person per year. A country's total quantity and per-capita value therefore answer different questions: total quantity shows the size of the listed food supply, while the per-capita measure adjusts it for population.

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#	Country	2019 (1000 t)	2019 (kg/cap/yr)	2020 (1000 t)	2020 (kg/cap/yr)	2021 (1000 t)	2021 (kg/cap/yr)	2022 (1000 t)	2022 (kg/cap/yr)	2023 (1000 t)	2023 (kg/cap/yr)
1	China	1.63K	1.14	2.39K	1.67	4.46K	3.13	1.54K	1.08	2.33K	1.63
2	Ethiopia	1.98K	17.1	1.68K	14.12	1.53K	12.51	1.66K	13.22	1.89K	14.67
3	United States	97	0.29	37	0.11	53	0.16	648	1.9	1.28K	3.72
4	India	1.25K	0.9	1.31K	0.93	1.27K	0.89	770	0.54	1.11K	0.77
5	Morocco	939	25.93	948	25.91	1.15K	30.98	1.02K	27.38	950	25.19
6	Algeria	646	14.93	565	12.82	496	11.08	362	7.96	393	8.51
7	Russia	253	1.73	311	2.13	224	1.54	290	1.99	299	2.06
8	Spain	35	0.74	44	0.93	30	0.62	42	0.88	251	5.24
9	United Kingdom	215	3.2	162	2.41	372	5.5	217	3.18	223	3.25
10	Finland	43	7.83	123	22.31	134	24.13	152	27.23	133	23.78
11	Peru	134	4.12	117	3.55	130	3.91	129	3.86	130	3.85
12	Uzbekistan	83	2.53	94	2.79	66	1.92	91	2.59	127	3.56
13	Ukraine	154	3.43	148	3.3	229	5.16	205	5	124	3.3
14	Poland	246	6.44	224	5.86	121	3.17	120	3.13	115	2.98
15	Tunisia	76	6.4	91	7.63	97	8.05	51	4.21	104	8.55
16	Senegal	18	1.09	26	1.55	43	2.51	54	3.07	73	4.05
17	Thailand	255	3.57	468	6.53	28	0.39	34	0.47	72	1.01
18	Indonesia	4	0.02	113	0.41	90	0.33	78	0.28	69	0.25
19	Belarus	46	4.92	54	5.74	79	8.5	82	8.98	65	7.18
20	Colombia	45	0.91	69	1.37	66	1.28	159	3.07	63	1.2
21	North Macedonia	46	24.41	53	28.26	49	26.63	47	25.75	61	33.33
22	Libya	40	5.76	53	7.57	60	8.42	53	7.39	60	8.21
23	Netherlands	53	3.05	60	3.4	69	3.87	65	3.65	58	3.22
24	South Korea	64	1.23	47	0.91	52	1	29	0.55	53	1.02
25	Tajikistan	36	3.82	42	4.31	78	7.8	37	3.63	52	4.98
26	France	47	0.72	43	0.65	44	0.67	44	0.66	51	0.77
27	Philippines	27	0.25	16	0.14	47	0.41	46	0.4	44	0.38
28	Pakistan	51	0.22	42	0.18	35	0.15	34	0.14	41	0.17
29	Germany	21	0.25	17	0.2	89	1.06	103	1.23	39	0.46
30	Lithuania	33	11.93	50	17.92	31	10.96	40	14.26	36	12.62
31	Iran	28	0.32	39	0.44	34	0.38	30	0.33	33	0.36
32	Kazakhstan	68	3.54	116	5.94	68	3.43	26	1.29	32	1.58
33	Chile	26	1.37	26	1.33	25	1.26	25	1.29	30	1.52
34	Azerbaijan	0	0	0	0	48	4.65	47	4.61	27	2.66
35	Portugal	19	1.86	30	2.93	36	3.44	31	2.94	27	2.63
36	Laos	70	9.69	62	8.48	46	6.21	64	8.44	26	3.45
37	Georgia	6	1.57	7	1.81	18	4.76	26	6.84	25	6.56
38	Yemen	23	0.67	18	0.5	30	0.81	24	0.64	24	0.61
39	Latvia	32	16.46	26	13.53	19	10.12	21	11.28	23	12.34
40	Mauritania	1	0.32	5	1.1	28	5.94	21	4.24	23	4.48
41	Iraq	160	4.53	184	5.1	180	4.87	42	1.12	22	0.56
42	Italy	17	0.29	18	0.29	11	0.19	14	0.23	22	0.37
43	DR Congo	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	19	0.18
44	Armenia	20	6.97	15	5.34	16	5.54	15	5.3	18	6.22
45	Romania	23	1.18	16	0.81	21	1.08	21	1.11	17	0.89
46	Belgium	20	1.71	15	1.26	20	1.76	22	1.88	16	1.4
47	Jordan	3	0.3	2	0.17	3	0.29	15	1.35	15	1.28
48	Canada	15	0.39	14	0.37	6	0.16	12	0.32	14	0.35
49	Greece	8	0.77	13	1.19	35	3.27	20	1.88	13	1.31
50	Iceland	6	16.63	10	27.55	13	34.69	13	33.08	13	32.46
51	Nepal	20	0.7	15	0.53	14	0.46	13	0.44	13	0.42
52	Switzerland	13	1.55	13	1.48	13	1.46	15	1.67	11	1.27
53	Lebanon	13	2.22	9	1.6	11	1.9	12	2.05	10	1.78
54	Malaysia	0	0.01	0	0.01	8	0.22	9	0.27	10	0.27
55	Burkina Faso	7	0.31	9	0.43	8	0.36	11	0.48	9	0.38
56	Sweden	21	2.05	17	1.66	12	1.12	20	1.88	9	0.88
57	Taiwan	12	0.5	16	0.66	12	0.51	12	0.52	9	0.38
58	Bangladesh	0	0	15	0.09	0	0	0	0	8	0.05
59	Cyprus	8	6.22	8	6.22	8	6.18	8	6.19	8	6.21
60	Estonia	10	7.31	13	9.72	11	8.04	10	7.78	8	5.99
61	Moldova	8	3.04	7	2.69	8	3.29	8	3.13	7	2.91
62	Slovakia	11	1.97	10	1.88	12	2.29	8	1.43	7	1.36
63	Haiti	12	1.05	7	0.61	10	0.88	10	0.84	6	0.48
64	Slovenia	5	2.61	6	2.78	6	2.79	6	2.72	6	2.6
65	Hungary	3	0.36	3	0.26	6	0.63	11	1.17	5	0.49
66	Vietnam	-	-	-	-	0	0	3	0.03	5	0.05
67	Austria	9	0.96	5	0.56	6	0.65	3	0.35	4	0.39
68	Afghanistan	3	0.07	4	0.1	2	0.04	2	0.06	3	0.07
69	Croatia	4	0.92	4	1.02	2	0.41	3	0.79	3	0.81
70	Guinea-Bissau	5	2.39	1	0.3	0	0	2	1.15	3	1.44
71	Ireland	37	7.48	30	5.98	3	0.62	3	0.61	3	0.59
72	New Zealand	3	0.59	3	0.63	3	0.65	3	0.61	3	0.6
73	Uganda	16	0.38	2	0.05	18	0.4	3	0.06	3	0.05
74	Zimbabwe	2	0.16	2	0.16	3	0.16	3	0.16	3	0.16
75	Bhutan	9	11.26	6	8.14	6	7.75	1	1.91	2	3.15
76	Bulgaria	2	0.36	0	0.05	0	0.02	3	0.37	2	0.31
77	Gambia	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1.34	2	0.78
78	Liberia	1	0.26	1	0.26	2	0.35	2	0.39	2	0.41
79	Paraguay	1	0.22	2	0.32	3	0.43	2	0.26	2	0.36
80	Sao Tome and Principe	2	8.1	1	6.77	2	8.4	2	7.21	2	6.58
81	Uruguay	5	1.49	5	1.52	1	0.24	2	0.68	2	0.69
82	Albania	1	0.21	1	0.24	1	0.26	1	0.3	1	0.36
83	Bahamas	1	2.58	0	0.01	0	0	1	3.33	1	1.76
84	Bahrain	1	0.59	1	0.49	1	0.58	1	0.53	1	0.54
85	Barbados	0	0.98	1	2	1	2.03	1	2.67	1	2.25
86	Dominican Republic	0	0.02	0	0.04	0	0.02	0	0.04	1	0.07
87	Grenada	0	3.59	0	3.38	0	3.36	1	6.91	1	4.82
88	Israel	2	0.23	2	0.24	2	0.23	2	0.23	1	0.07
89	Kyrgyzstan	0	0.07	1	0.08	1	0.08	1	0.1	1	0.1
90	Mauritius	2	1.5	2	1.34	2	1.39	2	1.62	1	0.64
91	Saudi Arabia	4	0.13	2	0.06	2	0.06	3	0.08	1	0.03
92	Angola	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
93	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0.04	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01
94	Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
95	Belize	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
96	Bolivia	2	0.14	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.01
97	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0.38	2	0.62	4	1.1	0	0.1	0	0.1
98	Botswana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
100	Cambodia	4	0.23	0	0	2	0.13	1	0.06	0	0
101	Cameroon	1	0.03	1	0.05	0	0	0	0	0	0
102	Cape Verde	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0.11	0	0
103	Comoros	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.01
104	Congo	0	0	5	0.85	5	0.83	1	0.1	0	0
105	Costa Rica	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0
106	Czech Republic	3	0.29	5	0.44	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.02
107	Denmark	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0
108	Djibouti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
109	Ecuador	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0
110	Egypt	1	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
111	El Salvador	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
112	Eswatini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
113	Fiji	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
114	French Polynesia	0	0.22	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0
115	Gabon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
116	Ghana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
117	Guatemala	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
118	Guinea	0	0	5	0.39	3	0.24	12	0.83	0	0
119	Guyana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
120	Honduras	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.03
121	Hong Kong	0	0.05	0	0.03	0	0.05	0	0.04	0	0.03
122	Ivory Coast	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
123	Jamaica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
124	Kenya	1	0.03	1	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0
125	Kiribati	0	0.06	-	-	0	0	0	0.2	0	1.07
126	Kuwait	0	0.06	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0
127	Lesotho	0	0.18	0	0.18	0	0.1	0	0.1	0	0.11
128	Luxembourg	2	2.9	0	0.49	0	0.02	1	1.06	0	0.28
129	Macau	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.01
130	Madagascar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
131	Malawi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
132	Maldives	0	0.06	0	0.01	0	0.03	0	0.02	0	0.01
133	Malta	0	0.02	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0
134	Marshall Islands	0	0	0	0.1	0	0.1	0	0.02	0	0.13
135	Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
136	Mongolia	0	0.07	1	0.36	2	0.67	3	0.87	0	0
137	Montenegro	0	0.05	0	0.04	0	0.04	0	0.03	0	0.04
138	Mozambique	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0.02	0	0.01
139	Myanmar	0	0	1	0.01	3	0.06	1	0.02	0	0
140	Namibia	0	0	0	0.11	0	0	0	0.07	0	0.05
141	Nauru	0	0.49	0	0.35	0	0.3	0	0.42	0	0.67
142	New Caledonia	0	0	0	0.04	0	0.02	0	0.03	0	0.01
143	Nicaragua	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
144	Niger	17	0.76	14	0.59	13	0.55	2	0.09	0	0
145	Nigeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
146	Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
147	Oman	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0
148	Panama	0	0	-	-	0	0.01	0	0	0	0
149	Papua New Guinea	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
150	Qatar	2	0.54	0	0.01	1	0.31	0	0	0	0
151	Rwanda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
152	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	5.72
153	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01
154	Samoa	0	0	0	0.05	0	1.06	0	0	0	0.02
155	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
156	Seychelles	0	0	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.01
157	Sierra Leone	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.04
158	Solomon Islands	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0.01
159	South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
160	Sri Lanka	1	0.03	4	0.16	2	0.07	2	0.07	0	0
161	Suriname	0	0.13	0	0.05	0	0.07	0	0.09	0	0.03
162	Syria	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0
163	Tanzania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
164	Timor-Leste	0	0.02	0	0.05	1	0.43	1	0.69	0	0.36
165	Tonga	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	0	0	0.02
166	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
167	Turkmenistan	0	0.01	0	0.03	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.05
168	Tuvalu	0	0.06	-	-	0	0.06	0	0.19	0	0.04
169	Türkiye	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0	0
170	United Arab Emirates	-	-	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0
171	Vanuatu	0	0.72	0	0.72	0	0.6	0	0.74	0	1.43
172	Venezuela	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
173	Zambia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
174	Cuba	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
175	Micronesia	-	-	-	-	0	0.05	-	-	-	-
176	Saint Lucia	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	-	-	-	-

Quick Answer

In 2023, China had the largest listed barley and products food supply among the 144 reporters with reported values, at 2,325 thousand tonnes. Ethiopia ranked second at 1,888 thousand tonnes, while the United States ranked third at 1,277 thousand tonnes. North Macedonia had the highest per-capita barley and products food supply at 33.33 kilograms per person per year. These FAO Food Balances figures represent food available for human consumption, not a direct measurement of barley actually eaten.

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals use FAO Food Balances food quantity (Element 5142, thousand tonnes), while the per-capita figures use food supply quantity (Element 645, kg/capita/year) for Barley and products from 2019 through 2023. The Food element represents the quantity available for human consumption during the reference period. It is not a direct measure of the quantity actually eaten, as additional losses or waste may occur after food reaches the consumer.

The reporter universe contains 146 reporters. The tables list reporters only; aggregate rows such as World, regions and China (aggregate) are excluded, while China figures refer to the China reporter. For year-to-year comparisons, only reporters with values in both endpoint years are included in the arithmetic. A zero indicates a displayed value of zero, while an empty cell indicates that no value is available for that reporter and year.

Quantities of 1,000 thousand tonnes and above are shown as whole numbers; smaller quantities retain up to two decimal places. FAO Food Balances are compiled from national and other official sources. The FAO dataset reports the Food element in thousand tonnes and food supply quantity in kilograms per capita per year.