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 |