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Which Country Produces the Most Almonds?

Almond Production (tonnes), 2022
Agriculture | November 26, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 46 countries in 2022, USA ranked the highest in almond production with 1,858,010 tonnes followed by Australia and Spain. On the other end of the scale was Nepal with 8.22 tonnes, Slovenia with 10.0 tonnes and Bosnia and Herzegovina with 18.0 tonnes.

Total almond production reached 3,630,428 tonnes in 2022 in the World according to Faostat. This is 10.9 % less than in the previous year and 19.8 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total almond production reached an all time high of 4,173,322 tonnes in 2020 and an all time low of 436,538 tonnes in 1962. The average annual growth amounted to 2.60 % since 1961.

The top ranked country, USA, accounted for 51.2 % of almond production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 67.9 % share while the ten largest countries some 89.0 % in 2022.

Data for more countries are available at Almond Production indicator page.

Almond Production Unit 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Afghanistan tonnes 32,843 27,291 34,413 38,205 39,307
Algeria tonnes 66,095 61,934 57,213 72,412 60,832
Australia tonnes 174,660 185,980 173,000 212,000 258,000
Chile tonnes 33,801 36,619 40,788 42,188 43,089
China tonnes 43,271 86,000 86,000 90,000 88,000
Greece tonnes 38,563 42,999 26,710 21,950 28,240
Iran tonnes 111,845 129,566 200,882 177,015 140,023
Italy tonnes 74,584 79,599 79,800 77,300 80,520
Libya tonnes 34,578 34,616 37,470 38,420 34,690
Morocco tonnes 112,681 116,923 117,270 102,185 134,436
Portugal tonnes 8,713 23,140 21,640 32,300 31,610
Spain tonnes 199,167 255,503 339,030 340,420 416,950
Tunisia tonnes 61,000 67,000 68,000 75,000 62,000
Turkey tonnes 85,000 90,000 100,000 150,000 159,187
USA tonnes 1,617,816 1,716,850 1,721,380 1,913,160 2,345,070

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