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Which Country Produces the Most Walnuts?

Walnut Production (tonnes), 2022
Agriculture | November 26, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 54 countries in 2022, China ranked the highest in walnut production with 1,400,000 tonnes followed by USA and Iran. On the other end of the scale was Jordan with 10.1 tonnes, Luxembourg with 30.0 tonnes and Czechia with 120 tonnes.

Total walnut production reached 3,874,025 tonnes in 2022 in the World according to Faostat. This is 9.07 % more than in the previous year and 38.9 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total walnut production reached an all time high of 3,874,025 tonnes in 2022 and an all time low of 497,077 tonnes in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 3.42 % since 1961.

The top ranked country, China, accounted for 36.1 % of walnut production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 62.9 % share while the ten largest countries some 89.3 % in 2022.

Data for more countries are available at Walnut Production indicator page.

Walnut Production Unit 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Argentina tonnes 18,412 18,412 18,412 18,620 20,483
Burkina Faso tonnes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 91,000 107,000 127,000 128,000 128,000
Chile tonnes 90,000 100,000 152,000 125,000 140,400
China tonnes 1,060,000 1,000,000 850,000 1,000,000 1,100,000
Egypt tonnes 23,895 23,818 23,770 23,942 24,146
France tonnes 40,225 32,629 37,690 34,950 38,060
Greece tonnes 28,788 35,783 31,860 31,040 36,400
Iran tonnes 349,192 393,598 304,040 321,074 367,086
Italy tonnes 12,205 12,189 12,450 10,800 15,490
Mexico tonnes 141,818 147,198 159,535 171,368 164,652
Romania tonnes 34,095 45,797 54,000 49,580 48,350
Turkey tonnes 195,000 210,000 215,000 225,000 286,706
USA tonnes 625,050 571,530 615,980 594,206 716,680
Ukraine tonnes 107,990 108,660 127,190 125,850 113,320
Uzbekistan tonnes 45,333 47,151 50,189 47,558 48,299

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