Based on a comparison of 66 countries in 2021, China ranked the highest in grapefruit production with 5,200,000 tonnes followed by Vietnam and Mexico. On the other end of the scale was Malta with 10.0 tonnes, Cameroon with 127 tonnes and Portugal with 220 tonnes.
Total grapefruit production reached 9,556,999 tonnes in 2021 in the World according to Faostat. This is 1.84 % more than in the previous year and 17.1 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total grapefruit production reached an all time high of 9,556,999 tonnes in 2021 and an all time low of 1,910,557 tonnes in 1963. The average annual growth amounted to 2.51 % since 1961.
The top ranked country, China, accounted for 54.4 % of grapefruit production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 70.0 % share while the ten largest countries some 88.6 % in 2021.
Data for more countries are available at Grapefruit Production Including Pomelo indicator page.
Grapefruit Production Including Pomelo | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
Argentina | tonnes | 130,382 | 102,259 | 112,000 | 114,118 | 114,695 | ||||||||||||||||
Bangladesh | tonnes | 63,223 | 66,470 | 65,560 | 68,137 | 72,110 | ||||||||||||||||
Brazil | tonnes | 79,801 | 80,695 | 81,553 | 82,684 | 83,310 | ||||||||||||||||
China | tonnes | 4,367,908 | 4,517,844 | 4,580,136 | 4,900,000 | 4,930,000 | ||||||||||||||||
Iran | tonnes | 88,518 | 89,727 | 88,652 | 90,315 | 94,026 | ||||||||||||||||
Israel | tonnes | 185,029 | 176,000 | 158,255 | 148,896 | 148,800 | ||||||||||||||||
Mexico | tonnes | 424,315 | 438,057 | 441,873 | 459,610 | 488,776 | ||||||||||||||||
South Africa | tonnes | 390,313 | 318,671 | 325,566 | 445,385 | 379,174 | ||||||||||||||||
Spain | tonnes | 71,758 | 72,236 | 78,752 | 70,620 | 70,470 | ||||||||||||||||
Sudan | tonnes | 219,100 | 220,160 | 224,600 | 238,076 | 252,361 | ||||||||||||||||
Thailand | tonnes | 232,965 | 245,911 | 250,534 | 261,451 | 281,728 | ||||||||||||||||
Tunisia | tonnes | 102,442 | 99,260 | 104,640 | 102,114 | 102,005 | ||||||||||||||||
Turkey | tonnes | 250,025 | 253,120 | 260,000 | 250,000 | 249,185 | ||||||||||||||||
USA | tonnes | 825,540 | 728,470 | 633,210 | 461,760 | 547,940 | ||||||||||||||||
Vietnam | tonnes | 471,380 | 497,288 | 568,352 | 657,660 | 818,914 |