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Which Country Produces the Most Grapefruits?

Grapefruit Production Including Pomelo (tonnes), 2021
Agriculture | January 12, 2023
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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