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This is a list of countries by fruit production in 2020 based on the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. The total world fruit production for 2020 was 887,027,376 metric tonnes.
In 1961 production was 200 million tonnes.
The table shows the countries with the largest production of fruit (apricot, olive, pear, banana, mango, guava, coconut, fig, grapes, orange, papaya, peach, apple, pineapple, gooseberry, lemon, lime, raspberry, plum, strawberry, blueberry, kiwifruit, date, cherry, avocado, tomato, quince, watermelon). [1]
| Rank | Country/Region | Fruit production (tonnes) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  People's Republic of China | 242,793,824 |
| 2 |  India | 105,971,127 |
| 3 |  Brazil | 39,758,842 |
| 4 |  Turkey | 24,153,128 |
| 5 |  Mexico | 23,837,562 |
| 6 |  United States | 23,747,765 |
| 7 |  Indonesia | 22,743,965 |
| 8 |  Spain | 19,471,070 |
| 9 |  Iran | 18,963,596 |
| 10 |  Italy | 17,827,510 |
| 11 |  Philippines | 16,482,063 |
| 12 |  Egypt | 14,733,617 |
| 13 |  Nigeria | 11,529,922 |
| 14 |  Vietnam | 10,616,559 |
| 15 |  Colombia | 10,521,546 |
| 16 |  Thailand | 10,098,175 |
| 17 |  Pakistan | 9,825,573 |
| 18 |  France | 8,887,220 |
| 19 |  Ecuador | 7,630,370 |
| 20 |  South Africa | 7,456,699 |
| 21 |  Argentina | 7,441,342 |
| 22 |  Uganda | 7,457,778 |
| 23 |  Peru | 7,375,819 |
| 24 |  Algeria | 7,055,092 |
| 25 |  Guatemala | 6,898,708 |
| 26 |  Chile | 6,779,886 |
| 27 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6,747,921 |
| 28 |  Cameroon | 6,410,141 |
| 29 |  Ghana | 6,350,716 |
| 30 |  Costa Rica | 6,190,882 |
| 31 |  Russia | 5,906,985 |
| 32 |  Uzbekistan | 5,824,616 |
| 33 |  Dominican Republic | 5,670,664 |
| 34 |  Tanzania | 5,664,181 |
| 35 |  Morocco | 5,586,937 |
| 36 |  Angola | 5,174,650 |
| 37 |  Bangladesh | 5,027,255 |
| 38 |  Poland | 4,499,680 |
| 39 |  Greece | 4,436,280 |
| 40 |  Kenya | 4,373,793 |
| 41 |  Malawi | 3,713,852 |
| 42 |  Venezuela | 3,558,935 |
| 43 |  Australia | 3,539,850 |
| 44 |  Afghanistan | 3,459,051 |
| 45 |  Sudan | 3,263,482 |
| 46 |  Romania | 2,953,850 |
| 47 |  Japan | 2,929,692 |
| 48 |  Saudi Arabia | 2,913,925 |
| 49 |  Ivory Coast | 2,891,070 |
| 50 |  Kazakhstan | 2,863,721 |
| 51 |  South Korea | 2,765,000 |
| 52 |  Myanmar | 2,732,463 |
| 53 |  Ukraine | 2,688,105 |
| 54 |  Taiwan | 2,653,885 |
| 55 |  Germany | 2,501,450 |
| 56 |  Papua New Guinea | 2,467,868 |
| 57 |  Syria | 2,449,998 |
| 58 |  Tunisia | 2,389,063 |
| 59 |  Mali | 2,350,297 |
| 60 |  Rwanda | 2,176,865 |
| 61 |  Iraq | 2,160,646 |
| 62 |  Portugal | 2,009,626 |
| 63 |  Senegal | 2,008,315 |
| 64 |  Serbia | 1,909,656 |
| 65 |  North Korea | 1,823,821 |
| 66 |  New Zealand | 1,780,310 |
| 67 |  Burundi | 1,723,465 |
| 68 |  Cuba | 1,697,454 |
| 69 |  Azerbaijan | 1,685,881 |
| 70 |  Ethiopia | 1,558,021 |
| 71 |  Honduras | 1,548,940 |
| 72 |  Bolivia | 1,540,081 |
| 73 |  Nepal | 1,503,925 |
| 74 |  Israel | 1,419,730 |
| 75 |  Tajikistan | 1,342,138 |
| 76 |  Sri Lanka | 1,339,584 |
| 77 |  Guinea | 1,317,847 |
| 78 |  Madagascar | 1,259,165 |
| 79 |  Yemen | 1,173,553 |
| 80 |  Haiti | 1,169,114 |
| 81 |  Hungary | 1,164,360 |
| 82 |  Laos | 1,146,352 |
| 83 |  Moldova | 1,141,221 |
| 84 |  Mozambique | 1,138,328 |
| 85 |  Malaysia | 1,113,002 |
| 86 |  Lebanon | 1,036,334 |
| 1,000,000–10,000,000 tonnes | ||
| 87 |  Canada | 925,776 |
| 88 |  Albania | 818,946 |
| 89 |  Paraguay | 776,987 |
| 90 |  Belarus | 776,183 |
| 91 |  Netherlands | 738,770 |
| 92 |  United Kingdom | 738,454 |
| 93 |  Austria | 699,860 |
| 94 |  Libya | 685,416 |
| 95 |  Turkmenistan | 683,563 |
| 96 |  Armenia | 680,216 |
| 97 |  Panama | 644,813 |
| 98 |  Niger | 636,912 |
| 99 |  North Macedonia | 635,961 |
| 100 |  Georgia | 633,400 |
| 101 |  Benin | 627,319 |
| 102 |  Belgium | 615,930 |
| 103 |  Nicaragua | 581,833 |
| 104 |  Jordan | 558,727 |
| 105 |  South Sudan | 553,035 |
| 106 |  Oman | 505,249 |
| 107 |  Bulgaria | 464,940 |
| 108 |  Kyrgyzstan | 457,024 |
| 109 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 432,324 |
| 110 |  Uruguay | 395,578 |
| 111 |  Gabon | 387,085 |
| 112 |  Jamaica | 373,962 |
| 113 |  Switzerland | 373,177 |
| 114 |  Cambodia | 372,535 |
| 115 |  United Arab Emirates | 361,471 |
| 116 |  Zimbabwe | 358,622 |
| 117 |  Guyana | 327,946 |
| 118 |  El Salvador | 316,695 |
| 119 |  Central African Republic | 310,775 |
| 120 |  Croatia | 281,670 |
| 121 |  Republic of the Congo | 269,986 |
| 122 |  Sierra Leone | 269,722 |
| 123 |  Czech Republic | 233,610 |
| 124 |  Liberia | 205,631 |
| 125 |  Somalia | 214,348 |
| 126 |  Belize | 211,576 |
| 127 |  Puerto Rico | 208,542 |
| 128 |  Slovenia | 186,100 |
| 129 |  Eswatini | 146,442 |
| 130 |  Cyprus | 126,480 |
| 131 |  Chad | 125,896 |
| 132 |  Kuwait | 124,522 |
| 133 |  Zambia | 116,340 |
| 134 |  Palestine | 109,350 |
| 135 |  Guinea-Bissau | 109,077 |
| 136 |  Burkina Faso | 104,416 |
| 100,000–1,000,000 tonnes | ||
| 137 |  Suriname | 97,803 |
| 138 |  Slovakia | 85,120 |
| 139 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 77,252 |
| 140 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 74,453 |
| 141 |  Montenegro | 73,505 |
| 142 |  Equatorial Guinea | 70,299 |
| 143 |  Lithuania | 68,580 |
| 144 |  Togo | 66,823 |
| 145 |  Namibia | 61,891 |
| 146 |  Denmark | 58,060 |
| 147 |  Bhutan | 56,475 |
| 148 |  Dominica | 51,623 |
| 149 |  São Tomé and Príncipe | 50,601 |
| 150 |  Comoros | 50,526 |
| 151 |  Sweden | 49,440 |
| 152 |  Bahamas | 48,413 |
| 153 |  Samoa | 46,538 |
| 154 |  Fiji | 40,895 |
| 155 |  Botswana | 32,152 |
| 156 |  Solomon Islands | 30,094 |
| 157 |  Mauritania | 29,055 |
| 158 |  Qatar | 29,144 |
| 159 |  Ireland | 26,150 |
| 160 |  Finland | 25,550 |
| 161 |  Mauritius | 24,434 |
| 162 |  Norway | 23,836 |
| 163 |  Vanuatu | 22,290 |
| 164 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 21,821 |
| 165 |  Bahrain | 21,284 |
| 166 |  Latvia | 19,500 |
| 167 |  Grenada | 19,111 |
| 168 |  French Polynesia | 17,218 |
| 169 |  Timor-Leste | 17,218 |
| 170 |  Luxembourg | 16,040 |
| 171 |  Lesotho | 15,350 |
| 172 |  New Caledonia | 12,552 |
| 173 |  Malta | 10,900 |
| 10,000–100,000 tonnes | ||
| 174 |  Gambia | 9,503 |
| 175 |  Kiribati | 9,024 |
| 176 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 8,726 |
| 177 |  Tonga | 8,611 |
| 178 |  Cape Verde | 8,366 |
| 179 |  Brunei | 8,133 |
| 180 |  Maldives | 6,144 |
| 181 |  Barbados | 5,146 |
| 182 |  Hong Kong | 5,088 |
| 183 |  Djibouti | 4,873 |
| 184 |  Eritrea | 4,853 |
| 185 |  Estonia | 4,190 |
| 186 |  Seychelles | 2,964 |
| 187 |  Federated States of Micronesia | 2,628 |
| 188 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,990 |
| 189 |  Mongolia | 1,600 |
| 190 |  Cook Islands | 1,269 |
| <1,000 tonnes | ||
| 191 |  Niue | 906 |
| 192 |  Tuvalu | 869 |
| 193 |  Nauru | 474 |
| 194 |  Tokelau | 76 |
| 195 |  Singapore | 5 |
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