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Which Country Produces the Most Apples?

Apple Production (kt), 2022
Agriculture | December 3, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 91 countries in 2022, China ranked the highest in apple production with 47,572 kt followed by Turkey and USA. On the other end of the scale was Malta with 0.010 kt, Honduras with 0.191 kt and Paraguay with 0.675 kt.

Total apple production reached 95,836 kt in 2022 in the World according to Faostat. This is 1.99 % more than in the previous year and 18.0 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total apple production reached an all time high of 95,836 kt in 2022 and an all time low of 17,054 kt in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 2.87 % since 1961.

The top ranked country, China, accounted for 49.6 % of apple production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 59.3 % share while the ten largest countries some 76.8 % in 2022.

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

Apple Production Unit 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Brazil kt 1,055 1,308 1,203 1,223 983
Chile kt 1,708 1,721 1,676 1,608 1,613
China kt 40,393 41,390 39,233 42,425 44,066
France kt 1,823 1,696 1,740 1,754 1,743
Germany kt 1,033 597 1,199 991 1,023
India kt 2,521 2,265 2,327 2,316 2,814
Iran kt 2,097 2,399 1,937 2,241 2,241
Italy kt 2,456 1,921 2,467 2,304 2,462
Poland kt 3,604 2,441 4,000 3,081 3,555
Russia kt 1,701 1,494 1,859 1,951 2,041
South Africa kt 916 929 830 895 999
Turkey kt 2,926 3,032 3,626 3,619 4,300
USA kt 5,214 5,241 4,645 5,029 4,665
Ukraine kt 1,099 1,076 1,462 1,154 1,115
Uzbekistan kt 1,442 1,029 1,130 1,124 1,148

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