Pearled Barley Consumption by Country

India held 393,420 tonnes of listed pearled barley food supply in 2023, 33.4 percent of a 1,177,148-tonne total, only 1.01 times Morocco at 389,188 tonnes. The 2022–2023 total rose 11.6 percent as India added 97,451 tonnes and Spain added 63,301, while Colombia fell 62.0 percent. Over five years the common total edged down 2.0 percent, with Thailand falling to zero from 91,280 tonnes and India falling 17.0 percent against gains in Spain, China, the United Kingdom and Tunisia. Morocco leads per person at 28.27 grams per person per day.

India leads at 393,420 tonnes, followed by Morocco at 389,188 and the United Kingdom at 84,153, with Spain fourth at 74,622 and China fifth at 45,691. Per capita Morocco leads at 28.27 grams per person per day, followed by Tunisia at 9.90 and Lithuania at 4.51 grams. India, first by total, records 0.75 grams per person per day.

Pearled Barley Food Supply at a Glance

• India had the largest listed pearled barley food supply in 2023 at 393,420 tonnes.
• Morocco ranked second at 389,188 tonnes, followed by the United Kingdom at 84,153 tonnes.
• Morocco had the highest per-capita food supply at 28.27 grams per person per day.
• The listed total was 1,177,148 tonnes across 56 reporters with reported values.
• Among 49 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed pearled barley food supply decreased by 23,936 tonnes, or 2.0 percent.
• The FAO food supply quantity measure represents food available for human consumption and is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten.

Key Takeaways

The FAO dataset lists 62 reporters with pearled barley values, although only 56 have a reported 2023 quantity. India and Morocco differ by about 1 percent at the top, and the top five hold 83.9 percent of the listed total.

India and Spain together added 160,752 tonnes in the single year against a net increase of 122,303, with declines in Colombia and Morocco offsetting part of those gains. Over five years Thailand's fall to zero and India's decline outweigh gains in Spain, China, the United Kingdom, Tunisia and Colombia.

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	India IN	393.42K	0.75
2	Morocco MA	389.19K	28.27
3	United Kingdom GB	84.15K	3.36
4	Spain ES	74.62K	4.27
5	China CN	45.69K	0.09
6	Tunisia TN	44.07K	9.9
7	Colombia CO	21.68K	1.14
8	Pakistan PK	14.21K	0.16
9	Poland PL	12.49K	0.88
10	Netherlands NL	11.86K	1.8
11	Belarus BY	10.61K	3.19
12	Portugal PT	9.97K	2.62
13	France FR	9.22K	0.38
14	Russia RU	6.94K	0.13
15	Finland FI	5.76K	2.82
16	United States US	5.65K	0.05
17	Belgium BE	5.05K	1.18
18	Lithuania LT	4.69K	4.51
19	Italy IT	3.85K	0.18
20	Sweden SE	3.75K	0.97
21	Greece GR	3.38K	0.9
22	Germany DE	3.31K	0.11
23	Romania RO	3.29K	0.47
24	Kazakhstan KZ	2.46K	0.33
25	Canada CA	1.94K	0.14
26	Slovakia SK	1.21K	0.6
27	Zimbabwe ZW	990.35	0.17
28	Austria AT	765.3	0.23
29	Croatia HR	515.55	0.36
30	Bulgaria BG	381.91	0.15
31	Ireland IE	286.92	0.15
32	Ukraine UA	285.88	0.02
33	New Zealand NZ	259.89	0.14
34	Hong Kong HK	236.64	0.09
35	South Korea KR	230.96	0.01
36	Latvia LV	208.05	0.3
37	Slovenia SI	175.12	0.23
38	Estonia EE	157.69	0.32
39	Hungary HU	59.19	0.02
40	Luxembourg LU	55.98	0.23
41	Vietnam VN	44.55	0
42	Denmark DK	11	0.01
43	Cyprus CY	2.87	0.01
44	Angola AO	0.49	0
45	New Caledonia NC	0.13	0
46	Marshall Islands MH	0.05	0
47	Iraq IQ	0.04	0
48	Guinea-Bissau GW	0.01	0
49	Albania AL	0	0
50	Cameroon CM	0	0
51	Czech Republic CZ	0	0
52	French Polynesia PF	0	0
53	Saudi Arabia SA	0	0
54	Sri Lanka LK	0	0
55	Thailand TH	0	0
56	Tonga TO	0	0

India and Morocco Differ by 1 Percent at the Top

The 2023 table is led by India at 393,420 tonnes, with Morocco second at 389,188 and the United Kingdom third at 84,153. Spain and China complete the top five at 74,622 and 45,691 tonnes, respectively. India holds 33.4 percent of the 1,177,148-tonne listed total.

The top three reporters accounted for 73.6 percent of the listed total, the top five 83.9 percent and the top ten 92.7 percent. The gap between first and second is 4,232 tonnes, about 1 percent of either leader. Per capita, Morocco's 28.27 grams per person per day lead Tunisia at 9.90 grams, while India, first by total, records 0.75 grams.

The Listed Total Rose 11.6 Percent in 2023

Among the 55 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply increased from 1,054,844 tonnes to 1,177,148 tonnes, a gain of 122,303 tonnes (11.6 percent). The two years share the same 55 reporters in the comparison; the Marshall Islands entered at a fraction of a tonne and no reporter left. India added 97,451 tonnes (up 32.9 percent), Spain added 63,301 tonnes (up 559.1 percent), Tunisia added 22,438 tonnes (up 103.7 percent) and China added 15,640 tonnes (up 52.0 percent).

On the declining side, Colombia fell 35,296 tonnes (down 62.0 percent), Morocco fell 28,821 tonnes (down 6.9 percent), Germany fell 6,232 tonnes (down 65.3 percent) and Belarus fell 5,041 tonnes (down 32.2 percent). India and Spain together added 160,752 tonnes against a net increase of 122,303, with declines in Colombia and Morocco offsetting part of those gains.

The Five-Year Common Total Fell 2.0 Percent

For the 49 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply fell from 1,201,038 tonnes to 1,177,102 tonnes, a decline of 23,936 tonnes (2.0 percent). The 2019 universe includes 52 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 universe includes 56; three reporters with a combined 2 tonnes left the comparison, while seven reporters with a combined 45 tonnes entered. Thailand fell 91,280 tonnes (down 100.0 percent) and India fell 80,488 tonnes (down 17.0 percent), while Spain added 65,988 tonnes (up 764.3 percent), China added 39,624 tonnes (up 653.1 percent), the United Kingdom added 15,869 tonnes (up 23.2 percent), Tunisia added 11,876 tonnes (up 36.9 percent), Colombia added 9,010 tonnes (up 71.1 percent) and the United States added 5,354 tonnes from 291 tonnes.

Thailand's fall from 91,280 tonnes to a reported zero removed its entire 2019 supply. Spain's rise from 8,634 to 74,622 tonnes and China's from 6,067 to 45,691 were the two largest increases in the comparison.

What Does the Pearled Barley Food Supply Measure?

The numbers in this article come from the Barley, pearled item in the FAO Supply Utilization Accounts, recorded as food available for human consumption during the reference year. A pearled barley total of this kind should not be read as an estimate of what people actually ate. This figure covers the FAO item Barley, pearled; other barley products such as pot barley and barley flour are not included in this specific item.

The per-capita figure puts the reported quantity into population terms, showing how much food supply was available per person each day. Morocco records the highest value at 28.27 grams.

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#	Country	2019 (t)	2019 (g/cap/d)	2020 (t)	2020 (g/cap/d)	2021 (t)	2021 (g/cap/d)	2022 (t)	2022 (g/cap/d)	2023 (t)	2023 (g/cap/d)
1	India	473.91K	0.93	470.9K	0.92	447.56K	0.87	295.97K	0.57	393.42K	0.75
2	Morocco	384.47K	29.09	388.77K	29.11	469.63K	34.82	418.01K	30.68	389.19K	28.27
3	United Kingdom	68.28K	2.79	67.98K	2.77	162.63K	6.58	79.55K	3.2	84.15K	3.36
4	Spain	8.63K	0.5	9.82K	0.56	9.59K	0.55	11.32K	0.65	74.62K	4.27
5	China	6.07K	0.01	8.98K	0.02	11.99K	0.02	30.05K	0.06	45.69K	0.09
6	Tunisia	32.19K	7.43	38.63K	8.84	41.07K	9.34	21.63K	4.89	44.07K	9.9
7	Colombia	12.67K	0.7	21.5K	1.16	20.19K	1.08	56.97K	3.02	21.68K	1.14
8	Pakistan	17.91K	0.21	14.63K	0.17	12.22K	0.14	11.68K	0.13	14.21K	0.16
9	Poland	10K	0.72	9.97K	0.72	3.58K	0.26	7.49K	0.53	12.49K	0.88
10	Netherlands	11.8K	1.84	13.84K	2.15	17.01K	2.63	12.48K	1.91	11.86K	1.8
11	Belarus	12.65K	3.67	7.35K	2.15	12.55K	3.72	15.65K	4.68	10.61K	3.19
12	Portugal	7K	1.85	11.03K	2.91	12.98K	3.42	11.13K	2.93	9.97K	2.62
13	France	9.83K	0.41	8.09K	0.34	8.36K	0.35	8.45K	0.35	9.22K	0.38
14	Russia	5.03K	0.09	4.27K	0.08	2.94K	0.06	6.66K	0.13	6.94K	0.13
15	Finland	1.4K	0.69	4.09K	2.02	5.78K	2.86	6.31K	3.1	5.76K	2.82
16	United States	290.53	0	2.69K	0.02	1.69K	0.01	10.26K	0.08	5.65K	0.05
17	Belgium	6.07K	1.45	3.85K	0.91	6.46K	1.53	7.29K	1.71	5.05K	1.18
18	Lithuania	5.57K	5.46	5.84K	5.72	4.08K	4	5.17K	5.03	4.69K	4.51
19	Italy	2.69K	0.12	2.57K	0.12	2.11K	0.1	2.66K	0.12	3.85K	0.18
20	Sweden	8.56K	2.28	6.97K	1.84	4.76K	1.25	8.03K	2.1	3.75K	0.97
21	Greece	230.69	0.06	194.31	0.05	428.36	0.11	5.17K	1.36	3.38K	0.9
22	Germany	0.45	0	40.65	0	7.87K	0.26	9.54K	0.31	3.31K	0.11
23	Romania	3.6K	0.51	3.86K	0.55	4K	0.57	4.02K	0.57	3.29K	0.47
24	Kazakhstan	5.63K	0.8	9.44K	1.33	5.61K	0.78	2.13K	0.29	2.46K	0.33
25	Canada	1.79K	0.13	1.35K	0.1	1.35K	0.1	1.39K	0.1	1.94K	0.14
26	Slovakia	1.68K	0.84	1.64K	0.82	1.59K	0.8	1.05K	0.52	1.21K	0.6
27	Zimbabwe	925.3	0.17	949.47	0.17	963.72	0.17	979.73	0.17	990.35	0.17
28	Austria	1.24K	0.38	1.15K	0.35	1.55K	0.47	417.43	0.13	765.3	0.23
29	Croatia	592.06	0.41	657.95	0.46	232.98	0.16	446.18	0.31	515.55	0.36
30	Bulgaria	678.52	0.27	86.89	0.03	0	0	409.24	0.16	381.91	0.15
31	Ireland	1.69K	0.94	1.35K	0.74	283.78	0.15	333.02	0.18	286.92	0.15
32	Ukraine	762.62	0.05	500.62	0.03	275.5	0.02	294.26	0.02	285.88	0.02
33	New Zealand	368.44	0.2	432.01	0.23	350.21	0.19	344.56	0.18	259.89	0.14
34	Hong Kong	369.9	0.14	255.81	0.09	374.53	0.14	268.87	0.1	236.64	0.09
35	South Korea	2.32K	0.12	1.81K	0.1	1.85K	0.1	346.51	0.02	230.96	0.01
36	Latvia	167.48	0.24	2.34	0	0.57	0	0	0	208.05	0.3
37	Slovenia	89.18	0.12	141.76	0.18	136.93	0.18	156.09	0.2	175.12	0.23
38	Estonia	460.98	0.95	440.97	0.91	332.43	0.68	258.38	0.52	157.69	0.32
39	Hungary	13.95	0	10.42	0	155.4	0.04	78.58	0.02	59.19	0.02
40	Luxembourg	736.21	3.25	9.32	0.04	0	0	0	0	55.98	0.23
41	Vietnam	-	-	-	-	0	0	13.74	0	44.55	0
42	Denmark	38.43	0.02	0	0	0	0	37.83	0.02	11	0.01
43	Cyprus	2.35	0.01	2.5	0.01	5.47	0.01	0.66	0	2.87	0.01
44	Angola	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.49	0
45	New Caledonia	-	-	0.09	0	-	-	0	0	0.13	0
46	Marshall Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.05	0
47	Iraq	-	-	0.79	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0
48	Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0
49	Albania	4	0	-	-	0	0	6.72	0.01	0	0
50	Cameroon	275.13	0.03	583.5	0.06	41.01	0	0.01	0	0	0
51	Czech Republic	835.35	0.22	1.61K	0.42	4.23	0	28.57	0.01	0	0
52	French Polynesia	0.06	0	0.69	0.01	1.37	0.01	0.89	0.01	0	0
53	Saudi Arabia	-	-	-	-	-	-	357	0.03	0	0
54	Sri Lanka	226.5	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	Thailand	91.28K	3.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
56	Tonga	-	-	0.16	0	-	-	0	0	0	0
57	Turkmenistan	0	0	85.2	0.03	73.47	0.03	-	-	-	-
58	Algeria	1.05	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
59	Montenegro	1.01	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
60	Bahamas	-	-	-	-	1	0.01	-	-	-	-
61	Liberia	-	-	-	-	0.05	0	-	-	-	-
62	Solomon Islands	-	-	0.01	0	-	-	-	-	-	-

Pearled Barley Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

In 2023, FAO Supply Utilization Accounts recorded 1,177,148 tonnes of listed pearled barley food supply across 56 reporters. India had the largest total at 393,420 tonnes, followed by Morocco at 389,188 tonnes and the United Kingdom at 84,153 tonnes. Morocco had the highest per-capita food supply at 28.27 grams per person per day. The figures represent food available for human consumption rather than a direct measure of how much pearled barley people actually ate.

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals use FAO Supply Utilization Accounts food supply quantity (Element 5141, tonnes), while the per-capita figures use food supply quantity (Element 665, g/capita/day) for Barley, pearled from 2019 through 2023. The food supply quantity measure represents the quantity available for human consumption during the reference period. It is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten, because food available for human consumption is not the same as actual dietary intake. No percentage change is shown where the base-year value is zero.

The reporter universe for this item contains 62 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 are shown in tonnes as reported, without additional rounding. The FAO dataset reports food supply quantity in tonnes and in grams per capita per day. The listed total of 1,177,148 tonnes is the sum of the 56 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value.