Based on a comparison of 35 countries in 2022, India ranked the highest in ginger production with 2,219,000 tonnes followed by Nigeria and China. On the other end of the scale was Pakistan with 3.00 tonnes, Belize with 78.0 tonnes and Ghana with 95.8 tonnes.
Total ginger production reached 4,874,216 tonnes in 2022 in the World according to Faostat. This is 0.394 % more than in the previous year and 48.9 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total ginger production reached an all time high of 4,874,216 tonnes in 2022 and an all time low of 60,360 tonnes in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 7.46 % since 1961.
The top ranked country, India, accounted for 45.5 % of ginger production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 74.2 % share while the ten largest countries some 94.2 % in 2022.
Data for more countries are available at Ginger Production indicator page.
Ginger Production | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
Bangladesh | tonnes | 77,290 | 77,478 | 79,438 | 80,234 | 84,887 | ||||||||||||||||
Cameroon | tonnes | 40,000 | 44,990 | 49,940 | 51,039 | 55,428 | ||||||||||||||||
China | tonnes | 550,000 | 557,811 | 576,562 | 600,000 | 622,466 | ||||||||||||||||
Guyana | tonnes | 24,014 | 26,150 | 27,959 | 32,508 | 34,016 | ||||||||||||||||
India | tonnes | 1,109,000 | 1,070,000 | 1,762,000 | 1,788,000 | 1,868,000 | ||||||||||||||||
Indonesia | tonnes | 340,341 | 216,587 | 207,412 | 174,380 | 183,518 | ||||||||||||||||
Japan | tonnes | 50,800 | 48,300 | 46,600 | 46,500 | 44,700 | ||||||||||||||||
Mali | tonnes | 38,589 | 24,863 | 23,528 | 17,137 | 34,861 | ||||||||||||||||
Nepal | tonnes | 271,863 | 279,504 | 284,000 | 297,512 | 298,945 | ||||||||||||||||
Nigeria | tonnes | 774,887 | 834,634 | 700,000 | 663,667 | 681,390 | ||||||||||||||||
Peru | tonnes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15,100 | 27,170 | 21,700 | 36,374 | 48,800 | |||||||||||
Philippines | tonnes | 26,787 | 27,482 | 27,926 | 26,929 | 27,126 | ||||||||||||||||
South Korea | tonnes | 11,789 | 8,229 | 21,305 | 24,966 | 31,538 | ||||||||||||||||
Sri Lanka | tonnes | 23,184 | 16,326 | 14,208 | 15,687 | 42,019 | ||||||||||||||||
Thailand | tonnes | 166,431 | 168,880 | 170,294 | 171,507 | 169,367 |