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Which Country Produces the Most Apricots?

Apricot Production (kt), 2021
Agriculture | January 12, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 66 countries in 2021, Turkey ranked the highest in apricot production with 800 kt followed by Uzbekistan and Iran. On the other end of the scale was Malta with 0.010 kt, Bhutan with 0.041 kt and Zimbabwe with 0.045 kt.

Total apricot production reached 3,578 kt in 2021 in the World according to Faostat. This is 3.87 % less than in the previous year and -6.53 % less than 10 years ago.

Historically, total apricot production reached an all time high of 4,789 kt in 2017 and an all time low of 1,088 kt in 1962. The average annual growth amounted to 1.68 % since 1961.

The top ranked country, Turkey, accounted for 22.4 % of apricot production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 43.3 % share while the ten largest countries some 69.4 % in 2021.

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

Apricot Production Unit 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Afghanistan kt 17.9 132 109 129 132
Algeria kt 257 257 242 209 187
Armenia kt 62.1 87.3 104 68.1 53.2
Egypt kt 89.8 96.4 94.2 76.7 66.3
Greece kt 94.6 114 109 118 126
Iran kt 240 331 314 330 309
Italy kt 237 266 229 273 173
Japan kt 92.7 86.8 112 88.1 71.1
Morocco kt 71.2 113 102 110 93.0
Pakistan kt 166 142 108 94.4 124
Russia kt 60.7 53.3 66.3 69.6 72.8
Spain kt 140 163 176 146 129
Turkey kt 730 985 750 847 833
Ukraine kt 81.3 86.7 112 83.7 69.5
Uzbekistan kt 569 533 494 537 529