List of countries by vegetable production

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This is a list of countries by vegetable production in 2020 based on the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. The total world vegetable production for 2020 was 1,148,446,252 metric tonnes.

In 1961 production was 198 mln. tonnes.

Production by country

The table shows the countries with the largest production of vegetables (lettuce, lentil, beans, onion, chickpea, pulses, eggplant, cauliflower, broccoli, spinach, potato, cassava, soybean, carrot, cucumber, ginger, rapeseed, yams, sweet potato, sesame, okra).[1]

Rank Country/Region Vegetable production
(tonnes)
1  People's Republic of China 594,049,398
2  India 141,195,036
3  United States 33,124,467
4  Turkey 25,960,714
5  Vietnam 17,002,195
6  Egypt 16,135,024
7  Nigeria 15,706,483
8  Mexico 15,098,212
9  Russia 13,950,679
10  Spain 12,668,790
11  Iran 12,623,192
12  Indonesia 12,581,898
13  Italy 10,849,360
14  Japan 10,221,895
15  Uzbekistan 9,903,740
16  Ukraine 9,675,389
17  South Korea 9,476,881
18  Brazil 8,373,666
19  Algeria 7,986,465
20  Bangladesh 7,138,722
21  Philippines 6,624,100
22  Pakistan 5,572,793
23  Netherlands 5,293,140
24  Myanmar 4,820,496
25  Kazakhstan 4,450,783
26  France 4,422,070
27  Poland 4,320,800
28  Nepal 4,169,485
29  Morocco 3,983,906
30  Sudan 3,868,342
31  Kenya 3,602,389
32  Germany 3,437,190
33  Niger 3,333,839
34  North Korea 3,318,019
35  Argentina 3,209,268
36  Tunisia 3,138,362
37  Cameroon 3,051,807
38  Peru 2,943,057
39  Thailand 2,820,271
40  Tanzania 2,772,533
41  South Africa 2,636,219
42  Mali 2,535,287
43  United Kingdom 2,525,470
44  Colombia 2,450,822
45  Tajikistan 2,374,585
46  Canada 2,241,369
47  Belgium 2,095,600
48  Syria 2,088,946
49  Portugal 2,288,910
50  Chile 2,134,555
51  Taiwan 2,080,502
52  Greece 1,918,930
53  Malawi 1,824,553
54  Afghanistan 1,822,632
55  Romania 1,798,720
56  Belarus 1,782,395
57  Azerbaijan 1,740,427
58  Iraq 1,733,642
59  Ethiopia 1,622,146
60  Cuba 1,628,116
61  Australia 1,588,764
62  Laos 1,533,045
63  Jordan 1,401,350
64  Uganda 1,380,470
65  Sri Lanka 1,306,938
66  Israel 1,247,103
67  Guatemala 1,238,156
68  Venezuela 1,221,274
69  Malaysia 1,171,544
70  Kyrgyzstan 1,101,996
71  Saudi Arabia 1,052,171
72  Senegal 1,000,629
1,000,000–10,000,000 tonnes
73  Albania 988,507
74  Mozambique 981,152
75  New Zealand 886,443
76  Dominican Republic 873,844
77  Oman 836,190
78  Bosnia and Herzegovina 799,683
79  Ghana 788,396
80  Ivory Coast 770,581
81  Angola 743,741
82  Benin 702,795
83  North Macedonia 695,920
84  Libya 688,745
85  Lebanon 680,318
86  Turkmenistan 678,063
87  Serbia 669,062
88  Hungary 666,410
89  Rwanda 661,274
90  Cambodia 624,613
91  Armenia 599,918
92  Democratic Republic of the Congo 591,691
93  Austria 588,640
94  Guinea 561,210
95  Papua New Guinea 560,596
96  South Sudan 496,999
97  Burundi 482,675
98  Yemen 480,563
99  Sierra Leone 468,497
100  Palestine 465,434
101  Madagascar 455,672
102  Zambia 434,774
103  Ecuador 421,052
104  Switzerland 399,411
105  Bolivia 392,752
106  Kuwait 376,740
107  Honduras 363,892
108  Sweden 342,880
109  Bulgaria 340,500
110  Burkina Faso 302,869
111  Finland 270,240
112  Jamaica 266,000
113  Denmark 253,830
114  Nicaragua 236,147
115  United Arab Emirates 233,009
116  Zimbabwe 228,485
117  Moldova 222,946
118  Czech Republic 203,050
119  Guyana 194,361
120  Ireland 187,590
121  Norway 185,195
122  Costa Rica 177,115
123  Georgia 176,100
124  Uruguay 174,117
125  Croatia 166,310
126  Lithuania 164,250
127  Paraguay 153,840
128  Haiti 152,995
129  Togo 149,504
130  Republic of the Congo 142,528
131  Slovenia 133,108
132  Mongolia 121,569
133  El Salvador 121,223
134  Liberia 120,806
135  Chad 110,564
136  Slovakia 106,930
137  Somalia 104,260
100,000–1,000,000 tonnes
138  Central African Republic 95,169
139  Botswana 81,439
140  Qatar 71,035
141  Latvia 68,500
142  Namibia 65,405
143  Mauritius 56,606
144  Fiji 55,316
145  Eritrea 54,883
146  Panama 51,842
147  Gabon 50,018
148  Cyprus 49,940
149  Bhutan 48,273
150  Malta 40,050
151  Puerto Rico 39,838
152  Guinea-Bissau 39,426
153  Hong Kong 36,371
154  Djibouti 35,486
155  Bahamas 33,388
156  Timor-Leste 32,945
157  Lesotho 31,936
158  Cape Verde 30,500
159  Tonga 27,320
160  Estonia 26,810
161  Singapore 25,569
162  Montenegro 22,564
163  Suriname 22,204
164  Trinidad and Tobago 18,420
165  Bahrain 18,179
166  Vanuatu 13,273
167  Eswatini 13,154
168  Gambia 12,828
169  Belize 11,854
170  Barbados 10,563
10,000–100,000 tonnes
171  Brunei 9,858
172  New Caledonia 8,749
173  Dominica 7,145
174  Grenada 6,438
175  Solomon Islands 6,042
176  Kiribati 5,993
177  Comoros 5,295
178  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5,056
179  French Polynesia 5,011
180  Mauritania 4,794
181  Iceland 4,650
182  São Tomé and Príncipe 3,691
183  Federated States of Micronesia 3,543
184  Luxembourg 3,460
185  Saint Lucia 3,179
186  Seychelles 3,001
187  Maldives 2,611
188  Cook Islands 1,880
189  Samoa 1,318
<1,000 tonnes
190  Antigua and Barbuda 847
191  Saint Kitts and Nevis 687
192  Tuvalu 596
193  Nauru 465
194  Niue 143

World production

World production in tonnes.[1]
Year Production
1961 197,671,814
1962 196,715,193
1963 197,456,216
1964 199,990,920
1965 202,754,670
1966 210,055,185
1967 217,391,148
1968 223,144,023
1969 225,787,672
1970 224,755,551
Year Production
1971 234,107,826
1972 232,383,229
1973 245,911,746
1974 253,000,158
1975 258,240,178
1976 259,662,192
1977 271,567,493
1978 287,487,480
1979 292,551,466
1980 290,296,229
Year Production
1981 304,430,900
1982 320,997,192
1983 327,336,913
1984 352,900,356
1985 355,672,363
1986 377,278,383
1987 384,438,108
1988 394,252,404
1989 407,857,861
1990 418,766,676
Year Production
1991 420,137,589
1992 434,676,614
1993 462,473,461
1994 486,468,064
1995 512,780,209
1996 542,738,059
1997 551,844,581
1998 572,757,665
1999 615,205,362
2000 686,643,002
Year Production
2001 705,280,012
2002 727,270,140
2003 758,206,091
2004 768,465,892
2005 789,725,045
2006 820,287,834
2007 855,731,062
2008 889,497,326
2009 915,993,340
2010 938,781,301
Year Production
2011 974,818,555
2012 999,784,428
2013 1,021,617,554
2014 1,056,014,216
2015 1,084,174,676
2016 1,087,828,966
2017 1,109,345,242
2018 1,111,045,830
2019 1,129,672,958
2020 1,148,446,252

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