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Which Country Produces the Most Chestnuts?

Chestnut Production (tonnes), 2022
Agriculture | November 26, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 26 countries in 2022, China ranked the highest in chestnut production with 1,562,686 tonnes followed by Spain and Bolivia. On the other end of the scale was Croatia with 30.0 tonnes, Bulgaria with 40.0 tonnes and Romania with 50.0 tonnes.

Total chestnut production reached 2,131,241 tonnes in 2022 in the World according to Faostat. This is 0.17 % less than in the previous year and 3.52 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total chestnut production reached an all time high of 2,158,715 tonnes in 2020 and an all time low of 406,777 tonnes in 1984. The average annual growth amounted to 2.12 % since 1961.

The top ranked country, China, accounted for 73.3 % of chestnut production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 85.4 % share while the ten largest countries some 98.8 % in 2022.

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

Chestnut Production Unit 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Albania tonnes 6,040 6,226 5,242 5,846 5,616
Bolivia tonnes 79,464 81,380 85,144 81,996 82,840
Bosnia and Herzegovina tonnes 1,590 1,753 1,931 1,758 1,890
Chile tonnes 2,823 2,108 2,159 3,066 2,946
China tonnes 1,600,300 1,568,319 1,538,460 1,590,582 1,578,879
Dem. People's Republic of Korea tonnes 12,213 12,357 12,498 12,589 12,644
France tonnes 7,982 5,706 8,700 7,350 8,730
Greece tonnes 29,628 30,304 35,230 28,980 34,080
Italy tonnes 53,145 53,422 32,790 39,980 49,750
Japan tonnes 16,500 18,700 16,500 15,700 16,900
Macedonia tonnes 1,400 1,433 1,511 1,472 1,522
Portugal tonnes 26,780 29,875 34,130 43,840 42,180
South Korea tonnes 53,600 54,173 54,351 54,214 53,405
Spain tonnes 16,178 15,623 184,770 188,930 188,690
Turkey tonnes 64,750 62,904 63,580 72,655 76,045

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