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Which Country Produces the Most Eggplants?

Eggplant (Aubergines) Production (kt), 2021 or latest
Agriculture | January 12, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 87 countries in 2021, China ranked the highest in eggplant production with 37,425 kt followed by India and Egypt. On the other end of the scale was Sweden with 0.020 kt, Djibouti with 0.058 kt and Costa Rica with 0.095 kt.

Total eggplant production reached 58,646 kt in 2021 in the World according to Faostat. This is 2.16 % more than in the previous year and 22.7 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total eggplant production reached an all time high of 58,646 kt in 2021 and an all time low of 5,895 kt in 1964. The average annual growth amounted to 3.60 % since 1961.

The top ranked country, China, accounted for 63.8 % of eggplant production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 88.0 % share while the ten largest countries some 94.0 % in 2021.

Data for more countries are available at Eggplant (Aubergines) Production indicator page.

Eggplant (Aubergines) Production Unit 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Algeria kt 127 156 182 184 178
Bangladesh kt ... ... ... ... ... ... 505 507 516 531 558
China kt 32,477 33,408 34,483 35,591 36,581
Egypt kt 1,300 1,376 1,179 1,347 1,278
India kt 12,515 12,510 12,801 12,680 12,682
Indonesia kt 510 535 552 575 618
Iran kt 591 586 606 594 595
Iraq kt 102 94.5 104 137 207
Italy kt 318 286 298 301 305
Japan kt 306 308 300 302 297
Philippines kt 236 242 245 250 243
Spain kt 243 226 238 245 282
Syria kt 158 168 171 155 180
Turkey kt 854 884 836 823 835
Uzbekistan kt 45.3 60.4 73.9 169 188