Based on a comparison of 67 countries in 2018, China ranked the highest in grapefruit production with 4,965,768 tonnes followed by Vietnam and USA. On the other end of the scale was Malta with 16.0 tonnes, Cameroon with 114 tonnes and Portugal with 239 tonnes.
Total grapefruit production reached 9,374,739 tonnes in 2018 in the World according to Faostat. This is 4.35 % more than in the previous year and 20.0 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total grapefruit production reached an all time high of 9,374,739 tonnes in 2018 and an all time low of 1,910,557 tonnes in 1963. The average annual growth amounted to 2.61 % since 1961.
The top ranked country, China, accounted for 53.0 % of grapefruit production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 65.9 % share while the ten largest countries some 87.4 % in 2018.
Data for more countries are available at Grapefruit Production Including Pomelo indicator page.
| Grapefruit Production Including Pomelo | Unit | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Argentina | tonnes | 132,196 | 113,549 | 130,786 | 130,382 | 102,259 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | tonnes | 78,000 | 78,000 | 78,686 | 79,989 | 80,426 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | tonnes | 3,370,300 | 3,717,324 | 3,702,150 | 4,367,908 | 4,517,844 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | tonnes | 322,500 | 285,300 | 248,500 | 260,500 | 390,500 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | tonnes | 82,394 | 86,941 | 93,723 | 85,706 | 71,314 | ||||||||||||||||
| Israel | tonnes | 246,618 | 210,681 | 227,126 | 185,029 | 176,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | tonnes | 415,471 | 425,433 | 424,678 | 424,315 | 438,057 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | tonnes | 308,742 | 442,847 | 417,613 | 390,313 | 318,671 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | tonnes | 56,634 | 58,800 | 68,516 | 71,758 | 72,236 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | tonnes | 196,000 | 197,960 | 197,987 | 219,100 | 220,160 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | tonnes | 245,500 | 247,080 | 242,150 | 232,965 | 231,845 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | tonnes | 96,000 | 96,312 | 98,065 | 100,868 | 100,851 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | tonnes | 226,738 | 228,799 | 229,555 | 250,025 | 253,120 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | tonnes | 1,204,000 | 1,092,250 | 949,822 | 825,540 | 728,470 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | tonnes | 437,436 | 439,602 | 466,630 | 471,380 | 497,288 |
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