This is a list of countries by eggplant (aubergine) production from the years 2017 to 2022, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. [1] The estimated total world production for eggplants in 2022 was 59,312,600 metric tonnes, up by 1.0% from 58,705,398 tonnes in 2021. [1] China was by far the largest producer of eggplants, accounting for nearly 65% of global production at 38,284,897 tonnes. Dependent territories are shown in italics.
| Rank | Country/region | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China | 38,284,897 | 37,398,440 | 36,581,247 | 35,590,700 | 34,482,916 | 33,408,032 |
| 2 |  India | 12,765,000 | 12,874,000 | 12,682,000 | 12,680,000 | 12,801,000 | 12,510,000 |
| 3 |  Egypt | 1,396,725 | 1,414,860 | 1,278,350 | 1,347,230 | 1,179,173 | 1,376,303 |
| 4 |  Turkey | 781,242 | 832,938 | 835,422 | 822,659 | 836,284 | 883,917 |
| 5 |  Indonesia | 691,738 | 676,339 | 618,202 | 575,392 | 551,529 | 535,436 |
| 6 |  Bangladesh | 618,542 | 587,000 | 558,000 | 530,610 | 516,007 | 507,432 |
| 7 |  Iran | 595,943 | 598,356 | 595,336 | 594,136 | 605,597 | 586,275 |
| 8 |  Italy | 307,430 | 306,440 | 304,690 | 300,620 | 298,310 | 286,473 |
| 9 |  Japan | 294,600 | 297,700 | 297,000 | 301,700 | 300,400 | 307,800 |
| 10 |  Spain | 276,320 | 265,290 | 282,200 | 245,150 | 238,330 | 225,912 |
| 11 |  Philippines | 248,151 | 244,035 | 242,730 | 249,890 | 244,838 | 241,901 |
| 12 |  Algeria | 207,549 | 192,893 | 178,417 | 184,145 | 181,618 | 155,878 |
| 13 |  Uzbekistan | 203,889 | 210,300 | 188,000 | 169,200 | 73,900 | 60,364 |
| 14 |  Iraq | 183,056 | 215,687 | 207,202 | 136,749 | 104,402 | 94,483 |
| 15 |  Syria | 141,122 | 165,033 | 180,002 | 154,807 | 170,901 | 168,106 |
| 16 |  Sri Lanka | 128,249 | 129,516 | 141,882 | 134,863 | 129,212 | 108,856 |
| 17 |  Kazakhstan | 125,193 | 128,413 | 125,054 | 108,065 | 95,233 | 85,635 |
| 18 |  Saudi Arabia | 118,850 | 112,000 | 109,138 | 50,344 | 25,384 | 23,850 |
| 19 |  Ivory Coast | 110,845 | 107,512 | 109,052 | 106,085 | 102,995 | 99,000 |
| 20 |  Mexico | 108,358 | 125,531 | 112,195 | 185,234 | 179,656 | 184,872 |
| 21 |  Mali | 106,845 | 92,801 | 99,841 | 81,644 | 80,528 | 96,943 |
| 22 |  United States | 98,585 | 98,560 | 98,973 | 98,223 | 98,484 | 100,212 |
| 23 |  Pakistan | 95,001 | 106,177 | 100,184 | 89,724 | 87,587 | 84,255 |
| 24 |  Azerbaijan | 91,675 | 88,932 | 80,637 | 81,479 | 79,724 | 77,817 |
| 25 |  Rwanda | 89,265 | 94,292 | 83,186 | 77,499 | 79,533 | 51,032 |
| 26 |  Sudan | 87,834 | 87,663 | 88,009 | 87,832 | 87,149 | 89,046 |
| 27 |  Jordan | 79,854 | 72,307 | 57,356 | 55,630 | 61,254 | 65,319 |
| 28 |  Netherlands | 66,000 | 63,000 | 65,000 | 62,000 | 55,000 | 53,000 |
| 29 |  Romania | 64,560 | 95,860 | 88,420 | 79,660 | 88,150 | 127,763 |
| 30 |  Morocco | 60,998 | 81,044 | 60,913 | 68,266 | 52,754 | 52,966 |
| 31 |  Armenia | 57,348 | 65,123 | 62,408 | 43,900 | 51,300 | 84,500 |
| 32 |  Guyana | 52,852 | 47,060 | 46,411 | 46,147 | 47,992 | 46,170 |
| 33 |  Ghana | 52,685 | 52,362 | 52,111 | 53,581 | 51,394 | 51,359 |
| 34 |  North Korea | 49,588 | 49,388 | 49,188 | 49,067 | 48,741 | 48,455 |
| 35 |  Palestine | 48,731 | 46,356 | 49,060 | 48,490 | 49,247 | 49,279 |
| 36 |  Malaysia | 46,129 | 42,732 | 39,786 | |||
| 37 |  Greece | 44,500 | 60,030 | 60,980 | 54,910 | 70,940 | 50,548 |
| 38 |  France | 42,480 | 44,260 | 57,060 | 29,570 | 31,990 | 30,089 |
| 39 |  Israel | 38,622 | 51,194 | 47,431 | 49,154 | 51,404 | 48,996 |
| 40 |  Oman | 38,004 | 36,349 | 39,226 | 30,895 | 32,214 | 32,062 |
| 41 |  Kuwait | 35,514 | 29,533 | 21,596 | 39,385 | 27,602 | 32,075 |
| 42 |  Malawi | 35,064 | 34,021 | 32,020 | 30,551 | 29,242 | 26,664 |
| 43 |  Albania | 33,890 | 35,425 | 34,680 | 31,122 | 31,491 | 27,898 |
| 44 |  Taiwan | 33,357 | 33,988 | 35,344 | 34,874 | 34,561 | 32,015 |
| 45 |  Ukraine | 30,350 | 59,480 | 67,910 | 66,420 | 68,510 | 74,790 |
| 46 |  Lebanon | 26,775 | 27,750 | 26,980 | 31,630 | 33,740 | 35,277 |
| 47 |  Dominican Republic | 25,389 | 24,597 | 24,741 | 27,821 | 26,851 | 24,955 |
| 48 |  Thailand | 21,032 | 20,931 | 21,236 | 20,927 | 20,629 | 22,153 |
| 49 |  Honduras | 18,963 | 18,863 | 20,552 | 19,000 | 17,000 | 15,000 |
| 50 |  Venezuela | 16,429 | 15,566 | 15,260 | 14,919 | 13,487 | 14,188 |
| 51 |  United Arab Emirates | 15,158 | 17,761 | 20,571 | 26,982 | 20,859 | 20,486 |
| 52 |  Niger | 14,967 | 15,878 | 16,363 | 11,029 | 8,512 | 8,886 |
| 53 |  Belgium | 13,800 | 14,160 | 11,400 | 10,580 | 10,120 | 8,100 |
| 54 |  Colombia | 13,584 | 15,556 | 16,569 | 6,944 | 5,658 | 4,177 |
| 55 |  Bulgaria | 9,690 | 7,800 | 9,920 | 11,180 | 11,260 | 11,908 |
| 56 |  Fiji | 7,128 | 4,689 | 4,147 | 2,526 | 2,424 | 1,366 |
| 57 |  Moldova | 6,200 | 4,800 | 4,183 | 5,401 | 5,022 | 4,352 |
| 58 |  Qatar | 5,684 | 6,248 | 5,770 | 5,393 | 2,902 | 3,829 |
| 59 |  Portugal | 5,390 | 10,160 | 6,500 | 5,660 | 6,850 | 5,267 |
| 60 |  South Korea | 5,141 | 5,118 | 5,131 | 5,175 | 5,049 | 5,168 |
| 61 |  Yemen | 4,712 | 4,754 | 4,796 | 4,900 | 4,725 | 4,670 |
| 62 |  Senegal | 4,372 | 4,349 | 4,363 | 4,406 | 4,278 | 4,404 |
| 63 |  Mauritius | 3,165 | 3,093 | 3,496 | 3,385 | 2,495 | 3,099 |
| 64 |  Georgia | 2,900 | 3,000 | 4,100 | 4,400 | 3,700 | 2,600 |
| 65 |  Congo | 2,621 | 2,628 | 2,624 | 2,612 | 2,649 | 2,611 |
| 66 |  Libya | 2,570 | 3,881 | 2,900 | 1,500 | 1,540 | 2,960 |
| 67 |  Cameroon | 2,177 | 2,181 | 2,179 | 2,172 | 2,193 | 2,172 |
| 68 |  Serbia | 2,052 | 2,053 | 2,054 | 2,046 | 2,054 | 2,052 |
| 69 |  Madagascar | 1,786 | 1,793 | 1,790 | 1,776 | 1,813 | 1,780 |
| 70 |  Austria | 1,770 | 1,810 | 1,420 | 1,170 | 1,130 | 1,062 |
| 71 |  Bahrain | 1,626 | 1,590 | 1,500 | 1,418 | 1,394 | 1,234 |
| 72 |  Croatia | 1,500 | align="left"| | ||||
| 73 |  Cyprus | 1,300 | 1,310 | 1,340 | 1,230 | 1,710 | 2,192 |
| 74 |  Puerto Rico | 1,081 | 1.074 | 1,075 | 1,044 | 966 | 1,056 |
| 75 |  North Macedonia | 971 | 977 | 972 | 964 | 995 | 955 |
| 76 |  Poland | 900 | 2,400 | 500 | |||
| 77 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 886 | 1,334 | 2,325 | 1,467 | 488 | 915 |
| 78 |  Haiti | 862 | 861 | 859 | 858 | 855 | 853 |
| 79 |  Malta | 820 | 730 | 850 | 860 | 840 | 792 |
| 80 |  Hungary | 740 | 1,060 | 830 | 800 | 990 | 826 |
| 81 |  Tunisia | 708 | 703 | 699 | 711 | 717 | 714 |
| 82 |  Kyrgyzstan | 585 | 578 | 564 | 614 | 555 | 522 |
| 83 |  Dominica | 503 | 503 | 504 | 503 | 503 | 505 |
| 84 |  Jamaica | 460 | 423 | 352 | 357 | 385 | 405 |
| 85 |  Slovenia | 340 | 420 | 550 | 500 | 330 | |
| 86 |  Peru | 286 | 491 | 427 | 356 | 476 | 261 |
| 87 |  Hong Kong | 271 | 271 | 270 | 273 | 275 | 275 |
| 88 |  Brunei | 211 | 298 | 341 | 292 | 283 | 623 |
| 89 |  Bhutan | 197 | 303 | 429 | 300 | 245 | 643 |
| 90 |  New Caledonia | 153 | 124 | 198 | 146 | 183 | 187 |
| 91 |  Gabon | 102 | 102 | 101 | 102 | 100 | 99 |
| 92 |  Costa Rica | 96 | 97 | 97 | 96 | 98 | 96 |
| 93 |  Djibouti | 59 | 58 | 57 | 58 | 57 | 54 |
| 94 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 35 | 33 | 34 | 74 | 123 | 190 |
| 95 |  Sweden | 20 | 20 | 20 | |||
| 96 |  Nauru | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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