Barley Production Data Across Africa

Ethiopia is the largest producer of Barley in this dataset, at 2,517.3 thousand tonnes in the most recent year on record, across 15 producing countries tracked.

CountryLatest Production (K tonnes)
Ethiopia2,517.3
Algeria1,000
Morocco659.2
South Africa374
Tunisia300
Egypt90
Eritrea65
Libya65
Zimbabwe58.2
Kenya48.2
Zambia8.2
Tanzania7.5
Mauritania1.5
DR Congo1
Lesotho0.3

Source: FAOSTAT and World Bank, via Afrixplorer. Last updated 2026-09-07.