Barley Price

Barley: 162.8 USD/mt (World, 2026-07). Source: World Bank.

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About Barley

Used mainly as livestock feed and for malting and brewing (beer and whisky). Major producers include the EU, Russia, Australia and Canada. Malting-grade barley (which must meet stricter germination and protein specs) trades at a real premium over feed-grade barley, so the same harvest can produce two distinct price tiers depending on quality. Trade is also politically exposed - China's 2020 anti-dumping tariffs on Australian barley, lifted only in 2023, cut off what had been Australia's largest single export market for several years. Prices tend to track corn and wheat, since the three grains substitute for each other in animal feed rations.

Latest World price (2026-07): -12% vs. the 5-year average, +11% vs. the 10-year average, -4% vs. a year ago.

Right now, 1 t of barley buys about 0.41 t of urea — World benchmark prices, 2026-07.

Top Barley Producers

Rank	Country
1	Russia	20,500,000 t	2.7 t/ha
2	France	12,143,490 t	6.7 t/ha
3	Germany	10,999,900 t	6.8 t/ha
4	Australia	10,961,886 t	2.7 t/ha
5	Türkiye	9,200,000 t	2.8 t/ha
6	Canada	8,905,385 t	3.3 t/ha
7	United Kingdom	6,963,000 t	6.1 t/ha
8	Ukraine	5,507,190 t	3.7 t/ha
9	Argentina	4,695,914 t	3.0 t/ha
10	United States	4,028,680 t	3.9 t/ha
11	Spain	3,757,570 t	1.6 t/ha
12	Iran	3,605,000 t	2.3 t/ha
13	Poland	2,850,870 t	4.4 t/ha
14	Kazakhstan	2,613,882 t	1.1 t/ha
15	Denmark	2,541,600 t	4.5 t/ha
16	Ethiopia	2,436,612 t	2.2 t/ha
17	Hungary	2,219,720 t	5.4 t/ha
18	Romania	1,997,620 t	4.0 t/ha
19	India	1,912,919 t	3.0 t/ha
20	Czechia	1,764,210 t	5.5 t/ha
21	Morocco	1,348,114 t	1.1 t/ha
22	Syria	1,226,399 t	1.0 t/ha
23	Ireland	1,224,200 t	6.6 t/ha
24	Italy	1,193,930 t	4.1 t/ha
25	Belarus	1,150,000 t	4.1 t/ha
26	Finland	1,078,700 t	3.2 t/ha
27	Azerbaijan	1,039,019 t	2.9 t/ha
28	China	990,995 t	3.6 t/ha
29	Uruguay	897,200 t	4.3 t/ha
30	Sweden	855,500 t	3.3 t/ha
31	Algeria	850,000 t	1.3 t/ha
32	Mexico	832,037 t	2.8 t/ha
33	Bulgaria	797,220 t	5.3 t/ha
34	Austria	772,120 t	6.3 t/ha
35	Slovakia	603,020 t	5.3 t/ha
36	Lithuania	566,880 t	3.6 t/ha
37	Serbia	538,215 t	4.9 t/ha
38	Norway	405,000 t	2.9 t/ha
39	Belgium	393,780 t	8.1 t/ha
40	Kyrgyzstan	382,085 t	1.6 t/ha
41	South Africa	377,000 t	3.5 t/ha
42	Brazil	375,423 t	2.8 t/ha
43	Greece	362,520 t	2.8 t/ha
44	New Zealand	357,882 t	7.2 t/ha
45	Estonia	331,690 t	3.0 t/ha
46	Croatia	293,410 t	4.0 t/ha
47	Turkmenistan	277,645 t	2.0 t/ha
48	Moldova	242,927 t	4.0 t/ha
49	Latvia	232,900 t	2.8 t/ha
50	Japan	232,300 t	3.6 t/ha
51	Netherlands	230,510 t	6.5 t/ha
52	Peru	205,507 t	1.9 t/ha
53	Thailand	182,575 t	2.4 t/ha
54	Tajikistan	169,900 t	2.4 t/ha
55	Switzerland	164,594 t	6.1 t/ha
56	Uzbekistan	163,690 t	1.6 t/ha
57	Chile	151,456 t	7.0 t/ha
58	North Macedonia	145,019 t	3.2 t/ha
59	Egypt	117,617 t	4.1 t/ha
60	Iraq	105,903 t	0.9 t/ha
61	Slovenia	101,050 t	4.6 t/ha
62	Afghanistan	90,424 t	1.4 t/ha
63	Tunisia	89,000 t	0.8 t/ha
64	Armenia	83,649 t	2.1 t/ha
65	Bosnia & Herzegovina	75,561 t	3.7 t/ha
66	Libya	68,000 t	0.5 t/ha
67	South Korea	66,094 t	2.6 t/ha
68	Eritrea	65,000 t	1.4 t/ha
69	Zimbabwe	58,718 t	5.5 t/ha
70	North Korea	56,700 t	1.2 t/ha
71	Georgia	52,900 t	2.2 t/ha
72	Bolivia	47,485 t	0.9 t/ha
73	Jordan	44,497 t	1.3 t/ha
74	Pakistan	43,485 t	1.1 t/ha
75	Yemen	40,220 t	1.4 t/ha
76	Kenya	32,876 t	2.5 t/ha
77	Luxembourg	30,980 t	5.4 t/ha
78	Lebanon	27,453 t	2.2 t/ha
79	Portugal	26,330 t	1.9 t/ha
80	Nepal	25,912 t	1.5 t/ha
81	Albania	21,179 t	3.4 t/ha
82	Cyprus	19,790 t	2.1 t/ha
83	Israel	11,200 t	1.4 t/ha
84	Ecuador	8,519 t	1.4 t/ha
85	Colombia	8,271 t	2.5 t/ha
86	Iceland	7,679 t	2.4 t/ha
87	Mongolia	6,518 t	1.3 t/ha
88	Kuwait	5,125 t	7.1 t/ha
89	Tanzania	3,787 t	1.9 t/ha
90	Zambia	3,519 t	7.3 t/ha
91	Saudi Arabia	2,000 t	6.7 t/ha
92	Mauritania	1,478 t	3.1 t/ha
93	Congo - Kinshasa	1,001 t	0.7 t/ha
94	Montenegro	776 t	2.6 t/ha
95	Oman	693 t	3.1 t/ha
96	Bhutan	518 t	1.1 t/ha
97	Lesotho	299 t	0.4 t/ha
98	Qatar	193 t	8.0 t/ha
99	Bangladesh	159 t	0.9 t/ha
100	Guatemala	19 t	2.2 t/ha

FAOSTAT production data, 2023. World average yield: 3.1 t/ha.

Top Barley Importers

Rank	Country
1	China	11,322,193 t
2	Spain	3,360,525 t
3	Iran	2,864,722 t
4	Netherlands	2,489,154 t
5	Saudi Arabia	2,076,742 t
6	Belgium	1,645,647 t
7	Germany	1,632,305 t
8	Türkiye	1,457,362 t
9	Tunisia	1,430,368 t
10	Japan	1,233,989 t
11	Morocco	1,124,162 t
12	Jordan	963,752 t
13	Italy	675,643 t
14	Thailand	650,659 t
15	Brazil	616,188 t
16	Romania	527,076 t
17	Portugal	514,549 t
18	Vietnam	499,967 t
19	Kazakhstan	486,117 t
20	United States	425,846 t
21	Kuwait	419,662 t
22	United Arab Emirates	388,289 t
23	Colombia	354,051 t
24	Philippines	295,301 t
25	Ireland	287,239 t
26	Austria	266,241 t
27	Israel	247,823 t
28	Libya	233,512 t
29	Algeria	225,326 t
30	Poland	202,358 t
31	Qatar	198,176 t
32	Cyprus	186,349 t
33	India	185,456 t
34	Uzbekistan	159,637 t
35	Belarus	135,000 t
36	United Kingdom	133,757 t
37	Denmark	118,229 t
38	South Korea	117,882 t
39	Peru	116,246 t
40	Oman	98,541 t
41	South Africa	93,028 t
42	Slovakia	80,260 t
43	Sweden	79,861 t
44	Greece	75,691 t
45	Croatia	75,689 t
46	Tajikistan	59,959 t
47	Kyrgyzstan	56,467 t
48	Armenia	54,528 t
49	France	54,030 t
50	Canada	50,962 t
51	Azerbaijan	47,665 t
52	Czechia	46,178 t
53	Iraq	45,345 t
54	Egypt	42,447 t
55	Switzerland	38,814 t
56	Lebanon	37,792 t
57	Ecuador	37,098 t
58	Uganda	36,243 t
59	Norway	27,743 t
60	Uruguay	27,400 t
61	Taiwan	26,233 t
62	Latvia	25,196 t
63	Slovenia	25,161 t
64	Syria	24,859 t
65	Bosnia & Herzegovina	23,576 t
66	Lithuania	23,171 t
67	Finland	19,489 t
68	Hungary	19,113 t
69	Georgia	18,298 t
70	New Zealand	16,912 t
71	Afghanistan	15,464 t
72	Iceland	13,477 t
73	Bangladesh	12,041 t
74	Malta	11,676 t
75	Palestinian Territories	11,103 t
76	Ethiopia	8,952 t
77	Albania	8,031 t
78	Pakistan	5,650 t
79	Malaysia	4,466 t
80	Estonia	4,296 t
81	Zambia	4,295 t
82	Russia	3,305 t
83	Laos	3,294 t
84	New Caledonia	2,978 t
85	Bahrain	2,611 t
86	Serbia	2,037 t
87	Tanzania	1,977 t
88	Luxembourg	1,963 t
89	Sudan	1,536 t
90	Montenegro	1,522 t
91	Djibouti	1,383 t
92	Bulgaria	967 t
93	Moldova	894 t
94	North Macedonia	784 t
95	Nepal	737 t
96	Sierra Leone	682 t
97	Singapore	447 t
98	Mongolia	395 t
99	Ukraine	375 t
100	Mozambique	375 t
101	Mauritania	233 t
102	Sri Lanka	183 t
103	Bhutan	147 t
104	Yemen	78 t
105	Costa Rica	74 t
106	Hong Kong SAR China	63 t
107	Cuba	45 t
108	Guyana	42 t
109	Botswana	37 t
110	Australia	23 t
111	Indonesia	23 t
112	Paraguay	22 t
113	Angola	22 t
114	Chile	13 t
115	Mauritius	12 t
116	Nigeria	12 t
117	Argentina	11 t
118	El Salvador	11 t
119	Rwanda	9 t
120	Lesotho	7 t
121	Senegal	7 t
122	Trinidad & Tobago	6 t
123	Macao SAR China	5 t
124	Maldives	5 t
125	Barbados	5 t
126	Dominican Republic	4 t
127	Guatemala	4 t
128	Turkmenistan	4 t
129	Namibia	4 t
130	Kenya	3 t
131	Jamaica	3 t
132	Faroe Islands	2 t
133	Brunei	2 t
134	Honduras	2 t
135	Panama	2 t
136	Ghana	1 t
137	Bahamas	1 t
138	Seychelles	1 t
139	Kiribati	1 t
140	Congo - Brazzaville	1 t
141	Fiji	1 t
142	Cape Verde	1 t
143	Liberia	1 t
144	Antigua & Barbuda	0 t
145	Malawi	0 t
146	Benin	0 t
147	Congo - Kinshasa	0 t
148	Cambodia	0 t
149	Cameroon	0 t
150	Timor-Leste	0 t
151	St. Vincent & Grenadines	0 t
152	Nicaragua	0 t
153	Grenada	0 t
154	Vanuatu	0 t
155	Dominica	0 t
156	Marshall Islands	0 t
157	Eswatini	0 t
158	Côte d’Ivoire	0 t
159	Guinea-Bissau	0 t
160	Madagascar	0 t
161	Palau	0 t
162	São Tomé & Príncipe	0 t
163	Tonga	0 t
164	Venezuela	0 t

FAOSTAT trade data, 2023.

Top Barley Exporters

Rank	Country
1	Australia	8,280,186 t
2	France	6,827,676 t
3	Russia	3,745,414 t
4	Germany	3,629,964 t
5	Argentina	2,837,265 t
6	Canada	2,430,795 t
7	Romania	2,262,944 t
8	Ukraine	2,161,969 t
9	Kazakhstan	1,303,698 t
10	Hungary	1,141,570 t
11	United Kingdom	937,647 t
12	Denmark	902,304 t
13	Bulgaria	525,295 t
14	Poland	476,848 t
15	Czechia	452,714 t
16	Sweden	317,287 t
17	Lithuania	235,320 t
18	Estonia	174,607 t
19	Uruguay	162,819 t
20	Slovakia	154,773 t
21	Moldova	143,718 t
22	Croatia	136,289 t
23	Netherlands	131,895 t
24	Portugal	121,879 t
25	Latvia	121,003 t
26	Serbia	102,380 t
27	Belgium	85,791 t
28	Spain	78,429 t
29	Türkiye	75,852 t
30	United States	71,986 t
31	Austria	70,165 t
32	United Arab Emirates	48,274 t
33	Finland	39,337 t
34	Kenya	27,916 t
35	Ireland	22,857 t
36	Slovenia	16,867 t
37	North Macedonia	12,339 t
38	Luxembourg	10,972 t
39	India	7,072 t
40	South Africa	5,219 t
41	Greece	4,246 t
42	Uganda	3,436 t
43	Afghanistan	3,112 t
44	Italy	2,377 t
45	Azerbaijan	1,942 t
46	Zambia	1,660 t
47	Djibouti	1,536 t
48	Iran	940 t
49	Switzerland	710 t
50	Syria	524 t
51	Algeria	233 t
52	Malaysia	194 t
53	Georgia	163 t
54	Chile	160 t
55	Norway	112 t
56	New Zealand	94 t
57	Kyrgyzstan	85 t
58	Ethiopia	81 t
59	South Korea	79 t
60	Egypt	72 t
61	Yemen	61 t
62	Lebanon	56 t
63	Peru	40 t
64	Ecuador	36 t
65	Bosnia & Herzegovina	35 t
66	Tanzania	23 t
67	Singapore	20 t
68	Morocco	20 t
69	Japan	16 t
70	China	15 t
71	Guatemala	11 t
72	Indonesia	8 t
73	Oman	4 t
74	Pakistan	2 t
75	Thailand	1 t
76	Sri Lanka	1 t
77	Namibia	1 t
78	Costa Rica	1 t
79	Brazil	1 t
80	Hong Kong SAR China	1 t
81	Trinidad & Tobago	0 t
82	Colombia	0 t
83	Bahrain	0 t
84	Taiwan	0 t
85	Lesotho	0 t
86	Iraq	0 t
87	Guyana	0 t
88	Turkmenistan	0 t
89	Libya	0 t
90	Nigeria	0 t
91	Mauritius	0 t

FAOSTAT trade data, 2023.

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