Based on a comparison of 47 countries in 2022, China ranked the highest in asparagus production with 7,684 kt followed by Peru and Mexico. On the other end of the scale was Morocco with 0.010 kt, Finland with 0.030 kt and Bulgaria with 0.060 kt.
Total asparagus production reached 8,824 kt in 2022 in the World according to Faostat. This is 0.501 % more than in the previous year and 6.12 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total asparagus production reached an all time high of 8,900 kt in 2020 and an all time low of 1,114 kt in 1970. The average annual growth amounted to 2.74 % since 1961.
The top ranked country, China, accounted for 87.1 % of asparagus production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 94.8 % share while the ten largest countries some 98.3 % in 2022.
Data for more countries are available at Asparagus Production indicator page.
Asparagus Production | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
Argentina | kt | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.8 | ||||||||||||||||
Chile | kt | 10.8 | 9.83 | 10.9 | 12.0 | 11.5 | ||||||||||||||||
China | kt | 7,203 | 7,306 | 7,386 | 7,682 | 7,760 | ||||||||||||||||
France | kt | 18.7 | 21.7 | 20.7 | 20.0 | 26.8 | ||||||||||||||||
Germany | kt | 120 | 131 | 133 | 131 | 118 | ||||||||||||||||
Iran | kt | 22.2 | 21.8 | 22.1 | 22.0 | 22.0 | ||||||||||||||||
Italy | kt | 43.7 | 46.4 | 49.0 | 49.9 | 47.0 | ||||||||||||||||
Japan | kt | 30.4 | 26.2 | 26.5 | 26.8 | 26.7 | ||||||||||||||||
Mexico | kt | 217 | 246 | 278 | 272 | 301 | ||||||||||||||||
Netherlands | kt | 18.6 | 20.8 | 19.0 | 18.2 | 17.9 | ||||||||||||||||
Peru | kt | 378 | 383 | 361 | 357 | 369 | ||||||||||||||||
Poland | kt | 2.75 | 2.79 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 12.2 | ||||||||||||||||
Spain | kt | 59.9 | 63.4 | 68.4 | 58.6 | 65.1 | ||||||||||||||||
Thailand | kt | 24.2 | 25.0 | 24.2 | 24.5 | 24.6 | ||||||||||||||||
USA | kt | 37.8 | 38.2 | 35.5 | 33.7 | 28.3 |