Based on a comparison of 120 countries in 2022, China ranked the highest in wheat production with 137,720 kt followed by India and Russia. On the other end of the scale was Kuwait with 0.037 kt, Qatar with 0.149 kt and Guatemala with 0.254 kt.
Total wheat production reached 808,442 kt in 2022 in the World according to Faostat. This is 4.41 % more than in the previous year and 16.7 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total wheat production reached an all time high of 808,442 kt in 2022 and an all time low of 222,357 kt in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 2.14 % since 1961.
The top ranked country, China, accounted for 17.0 % of wheat production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 43.3 % share while the ten largest countries some 70.6 % in 2022.
Data for more countries are available at Wheat Production indicator page.
Wheat 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 | 11,315 | 18,395 | 18,518 | 19,460 | 19,777 | ||||||||||||||||
Australia | kt | 22,275 | 31,819 | 20,941 | 17,598 | 14,480 | ||||||||||||||||
Canada | kt | 32,140 | 30,377 | 32,352 | 32,670 | 35,437 | ||||||||||||||||
China | kt | 133,271 | 134,241 | 131,441 | 133,596 | 134,250 | ||||||||||||||||
France | kt | 29,316 | 38,678 | 35,424 | 40,605 | 30,181 | ||||||||||||||||
Germany | kt | 24,464 | 24,482 | 20,264 | 23,063 | 22,172 | ||||||||||||||||
India | kt | 92,290 | 98,510 | 99,870 | 103,596 | 107,861 | ||||||||||||||||
Kazakhstan | kt | 14,985 | 14,803 | 13,944 | 11,452 | 14,258 | ||||||||||||||||
Pakistan | kt | 25,633 | 26,674 | 25,076 | 24,349 | 25,248 | ||||||||||||||||
Poland | kt | 10,828 | 11,666 | 9,638 | 10,807 | 12,515 | ||||||||||||||||
Russia | kt | 73,346 | 86,003 | 72,136 | 74,453 | 85,896 | ||||||||||||||||
Turkey | kt | 20,600 | 21,500 | 20,000 | 19,000 | 20,500 | ||||||||||||||||
USA | kt | 62,832 | 47,380 | 51,306 | 52,581 | 49,751 | ||||||||||||||||
Ukraine | kt | 26,099 | 26,209 | 24,653 | 28,370 | 24,912 | ||||||||||||||||
United Kingdom | kt | 14,383 | 14,837 | 13,555 | 16,225 | 9,658 |