Tobacco Production (Unmanufactured)

Based on a comparison of 122 countries in 2018, China ranked the highest in unmanufactured tobacco production with 2,241,000 tonnes followed by Brazil and India. On the other end of the scale was Benin with 3.00 tonnes, Slovakia with 4.00 tonnes and Israel with 5.00 tonnes.

Total unmanufactured tobacco production reached 6,094,875 tonnes in 2018 in the World according to the National Statistical Office. This is 6.85% less than in the previous year and 9.07% less than 10 years ago.

Historically, total unmanufactured tobacco production reached an all time high of 8,944,164 tonnes in 1997 and an all time low of 3,573,815 tonnes in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 0.941% since 1961.

The top ranked country, China, accounted for 36.8 % of unmanufactured tobacco production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 61.6 % share while the ten largest countries some 77.8% in 2018.