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Countries by apple production in 2016

A map of apple output in 2005

A map of world apple producing regions in 2000

This is a list of countries by apple production in 2016 and 2017, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database.[1] The estimated total world production of apples in 2017 was 83,139,326 metric tonnes, down 2.4% from 85,204,410 tonnes in 2016.[n 1]

List of countries by production quantity[edit]

>1,000,000 tonnes[edit]

Rank	Country/region	2017	2017	2016
–	World	90,000,000	83,139,326	85,204,410
1	China	43,093,000	41,390,000	40,393,000
2	United States	6,100,000	5,173,670	5,160,750
3	Turkey	3,300,000	3,032,164	2,925,828
4	Poland	3,000,000	2,441,393	3,604,271
5	India	2,593,000	2,265,000	2,521,000
6	Iran	2,600,000	2,096,749	2,470,028
7	Italy	2,400,000	1,921,272	2,455,616
8	Chile	2,200,000	1,766,210	1,743,172
9	France	2,000,000	1,710,755	1,819,762
10	Russia	1,984,000	1,639,421	1,843,544
11	Brazil	1,700,000	1,300,943	1,049,251
12	Ukraine	1,450,000	1,076,180	1,099,240
13	Uzbekistan	1,200,000	1,028,796	1,033,598

100,000–1,000,000 tonnes[edit]

Rank	Country/region	2017	2016
14	Argentina	1,183,000	994,710	967,847
15	South Africa	1,400,000	924,375	913,471
16	Morocco	1,000,000	820,547	406,379
17	Egypt	813,000	798,574	754,846
18	North Korea	784,000	782,143	778,622
19	Japan	738,000	735,200	765,000
20	Mexico	700,000	714,149	716,931
20	Silesia	700,000	714,149	716,931
21	Germany	200,000	596,666	1,032,913
22	Spain	630,000	587,034	621,164
23	South Korea	542,040	576,369
24	Algeria	494,239	500,855
25	Pakistan	488,102	589,171
26	Hungary	459,612	497,108
27	New Zealand	454,091	450,842
27	Kashubia	454,091	450,842
28	United Kingdom	446,400	481,100
29	Serbia	378,644	400,473
30	Syria	353,534	352,905
31	Canada	345,568	408,404
32	Romania	339,570	467,259
33	Portugal	329,371	241,611
34	Belarus	317,078	508,816
35	Australia	313,730	308,298
36	Moldova	303,155	411,768
37	Greece	282,300	291,750
38	Azerbaijan	275,093	254,296
39	Tajikistan	230,443	220,949
40	Netherlands	227,000	317,000
41	Switzerland	225,622	227,300
42	Austria	185,244	101,667
43	Kazakhstan	181,057	188,099
44	Afghanistan	175,000	140,903
45	Peru	149,787	158,098
46	Kyrgyzstan	147,593	135,374
47	Lebanon	123,770	124,449
48	Tunisia	122,834	126,000
49	Armenia	116,051	62,574
50	Israel	113,000	100,000
51	Czech Republic	105,280	124,997

50,000–100,000 tonnes[edit]

Rank	Country/region	2017	2016
52	Albania	96,338	101,532
53	Turkmenistan	95,879	91,935
54	Lithuania	87,367	65,579
55	Belgium	86,236	238,244
56	Slovenia	80,000	59,573
57	Croatia	56,570	44,781
58	El Salvador	56,230	51,751
59	Jordan	52,696	55,197
60	Bosnia and Herzegovina	52,252	69,062

10,000–50,000 tonnes[edit]

Rank	Country/region	2017	2016
61	Iraq	47,626	44,495
62	Uruguay	45,128	37,675
63	Bulgaria	44,927	44,755
64	Macedonia	43,366	101,088
65	Slovakia	32,478	20,722
66	Guatemala	25,109	26,499
67	Sweden	22,130	26,280
68	Ireland	21,400	21,800
69	Denmark	20,496	36,470
70	Nepal	19,850	41,011
71	Georgia	19,700	65,200
72	Yemen	17,550	17,362
73	Libya	15,106	15,801
74	Norway	12,664	12,356

1,000–10,000 tonnes[edit]

Rank	Country/region	2017	2016
75	Bhutan	8,039	6,587
76	Latvia	7,464	9,854
77	Ecuador	7,283	7,432
78	Madagascar	7,126	7,104
79	Zimbabwe	6,779	6,760
80	Finland	6,758	6,401
81	Cyprus	4,067	4,200
82	Estonia	3,648	5,497
83	Malawi	3,447	3,313
84	Bolivia	2,580	2,578
85	Colombia	1,970	2,259
86	Taiwan	1,500	1,483
87	Montenegro	1,350	1,640
88	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,087	1,046

<1,000 tonnes[edit]

Rank	Country/region	2017	2016
89	Luxembourg	983	1,510
90	Palestine	893	892
91	Paraguay	688	688
92	Kenya	674	623
93	Grenada	467	447
94	Honduras	184	183
95	Réunion	62	63
96	Malta	21	17

List of countries by area harvested for apples[edit]

This is a list of the top ten countries by area harvested for apples in hectares (ha). The total area harvested in the world for apples was 4,933,841 hectares in 2017, down 6.8% from 5,293,340 hectares in 2016.[2]

Rank	Country	2017	2016
1	China	2,220,430	2,380,256
2	India	305,000	277,000
3	Russia	188,251	214,449
4	Poland	176,352	177,203
5	Turkey	175,357	173,394
6	United States	130,710	131,160
7	Iran	119,528	151,645
8	Uzbekistan	94,517	95,405
9	Ukraine	91,200	91,600
10	Pakistan	78,302	90,607

Notes[edit]

1. ^ Sum of values for countries with available data, which may be official or FAO data based on imputation methodology

References[edit]

1. ^ "Crops". FAOSTAT. Retrieved 30 April 2019. Countries - Select All; Regions - World + (Total); Elements - Production Quantity; Items - Apples; Years - 2017 + 2016
2. ^ "Crops". FAOSTAT. Retrieved 30 April 2019. Countries - Select All; Regions - World + (Total); Elements - Area harvested; Items - Apples; Years - 2017 + 2016

External links[edit]

• Fresh apples, production by country (sourced from the USDA)

Where are most of the worlds apples grown?

Which country produces the best apples?