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Which Country Produces the Most Asparagus?

Asparagus Production (kt), 2022 or latest
Agriculture | November 26, 2023
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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

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