Based on a comparison of 34 countries in 2019, Ivory Coast ranked the highest in cashew nut production with 792,678 tonnes followed by India and Vietnam. On the other end of the scale was China with 149 tonnes, Malawi with 214 tonnes and El Salvador with 525 tonnes.
Total cashew nut production reached 3,960,680 tonnes in 2019 in the World according to Faostat. This is 3.34 % less than in the previous year and 19.3 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total cashew nut production reached an all time high of 4,092,959 tonnes in 2018 and an all time low of 287,535 tonnes in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 4.63 % since 1961.
The top ranked country, Ivory Coast, accounted for 20.0 % of cashew nut production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 45.9 % share while the ten largest countries some 82.0 % in 2019.
Data for more countries are available at Cashew Nut Production indicator page.
| Cashew Nut Production | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Benin | tonnes | 198,172 | 201,818 | 225,230 | 125,728 | 157,416 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | tonnes | 109,679 | 107,713 | 103,363 | 74,568 | 133,608 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | tonnes | 115,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 | 125,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burundi | tonnes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 215,765 | ||
| Ghana | tonnes | 42,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 78,268 | 90,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea Bissau | tonnes | 137,210 | 158,715 | 169,137 | 155,438 | 158,107 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | tonnes | 753,000 | 753,000 | 745,000 | 671,000 | 745,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | tonnes | 116,000 | 131,200 | 137,580 | 137,094 | 135,569 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | tonnes | 513,289 | 550,000 | 703,000 | 650,000 | 711,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | tonnes | 39,498 | 72,009 | 65,699 | 70,891 | 119,761 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | tonnes | 83,000 | 63,080 | 81,240 | 104,179 | 139,088 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | tonnes | 192,660 | 99,010 | 97,149 | 98,291 | 100,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Philippines | tonnes | 146,289 | 170,853 | 205,531 | 216,398 | 222,541 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | tonnes | 127,947 | 130,124 | 197,933 | 155,416 | 265,238 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | tonnes | 275,439 | 245,003 | 352,029 | 305,268 | 215,765 |
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