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This is a list of countries by vegetable production in 2020 based on the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. The total world vegetable production for 2020 was 1,148,446,252 metric tonnes.
In 1961 production was 198 mln. tonnes.
The table shows the countries with the largest production of vegetables (lettuce, lentil, beans, onion, chickpea, pulses, eggplant, cauliflower, broccoli, spinach, potato, cassava, soybean, carrot, cucumber, ginger, rapeseed, yams, sweet potato, sesame, okra). [1]
| Rank | Country/Region | Vegetable production (tonnes) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  People's Republic of China | 594,049,398 |
| 2 |  India | 141,195,036 |
| 3 |  United States | 33,124,467 |
| 4 |  Turkey | 25,960,714 |
| 5 |  Vietnam | 17,002,195 |
| 6 |  Egypt | 16,135,024 |
| 7 |  Nigeria | 15,706,483 |
| 8 |  Mexico | 15,098,212 |
| 9 |  Russia | 13,950,679 |
| 10 |  Spain | 12,668,790 |
| 11 |  Iran | 12,623,192 |
| 12 |  Indonesia | 12,581,898 |
| 13 |  Italy | 10,849,360 |
| 14 |  Japan | 10,221,895 |
| 15 |  Uzbekistan | 9,903,740 |
| 16 |  Ukraine | 9,675,389 |
| 17 |  South Korea | 9,476,881 |
| 18 |  Brazil | 8,373,666 |
| 19 |  Algeria | 7,986,465 |
| 20 |  Bangladesh | 7,138,722 |
| 21 |  Philippines | 6,624,100 |
| 22 |  Pakistan | 5,572,793 |
| 23 |  Netherlands | 5,293,140 |
| 24 |  Myanmar | 4,820,496 |
| 25 |  Kazakhstan | 4,450,783 |
| 26 |  France | 4,422,070 |
| 27 |  Poland | 4,320,800 |
| 28 |  Nepal | 4,169,485 |
| 29 |  Morocco | 3,983,906 |
| 30 |  Sudan | 3,868,342 |
| 31 |  Kenya | 3,602,389 |
| 32 |  Germany | 3,437,190 |
| 33 |  Niger | 3,333,839 |
| 34 |  North Korea | 3,318,019 |
| 35 |  Argentina | 3,209,268 |
| 36 |  Tunisia | 3,138,362 |
| 37 |  Cameroon | 3,051,807 |
| 38 |  Peru | 2,943,057 |
| 39 |  Thailand | 2,820,271 |
| 40 |  Tanzania | 2,772,533 |
| 41 |  South Africa | 2,636,219 |
| 42 |  Mali | 2,535,287 |
| 43 |  United Kingdom | 2,525,470 |
| 44 |  Colombia | 2,450,822 |
| 45 |  Tajikistan | 2,374,585 |
| 46 |  Canada | 2,241,369 |
| 47 |  Belgium | 2,095,600 |
| 48 |  Syria | 2,088,946 |
| 49 |  Portugal | 2,288,910 |
| 50 |  Chile | 2,134,555 |
| 51 |  Taiwan | 2,080,502 |
| 52 |  Greece | 1,918,930 |
| 53 |  Malawi | 1,824,553 |
| 54 |  Afghanistan | 1,822,632 |
| 55 |  Romania | 1,798,720 |
| 56 |  Belarus | 1,782,395 |
| 57 |  Azerbaijan | 1,740,427 |
| 58 |  Iraq | 1,733,642 |
| 59 |  Ethiopia | 1,622,146 |
| 60 |  Cuba | 1,628,116 |
| 61 |  Australia | 1,588,764 |
| 62 |  Laos | 1,533,045 |
| 63 |  Jordan | 1,401,350 |
| 64 |  Uganda | 1,380,470 |
| 65 |  Sri Lanka | 1,306,938 |
| 66 |  Israel | 1,247,103 |
| 67 |  Guatemala | 1,238,156 |
| 68 |  Venezuela | 1,221,274 |
| 69 |  Malaysia | 1,171,544 |
| 70 |  Kyrgyzstan | 1,101,996 |
| 71 |  Saudi Arabia | 1,052,171 |
| 72 |  Senegal | 1,000,629 |
| 1,000,000–10,000,000 tonnes | ||
| 73 |  Albania | 988,507 |
| 74 |  Mozambique | 981,152 |
| 75 |  New Zealand | 886,443 |
| 76 |  Dominican Republic | 873,844 |
| 77 |  Oman | 836,190 |
| 78 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 799,683 |
| 79 |  Ghana | 788,396 |
| 80 |  Ivory Coast | 770,581 |
| 81 |  Angola | 743,741 |
| 82 |  Benin | 702,795 |
| 83 |  North Macedonia | 695,920 |
| 84 |  Libya | 688,745 |
| 85 |  Lebanon | 680,318 |
| 86 |  Turkmenistan | 678,063 |
| 87 |  Serbia | 669,062 |
| 88 |  Hungary | 666,410 |
| 89 |  Rwanda | 661,274 |
| 90 |  Cambodia | 624,613 |
| 91 |  Armenia | 599,918 |
| 92 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 591,691 |
| 93 |  Austria | 588,640 |
| 94 |  Guinea | 561,210 |
| 95 |  Papua New Guinea | 560,596 |
| 96 |  South Sudan | 496,999 |
| 97 |  Burundi | 482,675 |
| 98 |  Yemen | 480,563 |
| 99 |  Sierra Leone | 468,497 |
| 100 |  Palestine | 465,434 |
| 101 |  Madagascar | 455,672 |
| 102 |  Zambia | 434,774 |
| 103 |  Ecuador | 421,052 |
| 104 |  Switzerland | 399,411 |
| 105 |  Bolivia | 392,752 |
| 106 |  Kuwait | 376,740 |
| 107 |  Honduras | 363,892 |
| 108 |  Sweden | 342,880 |
| 109 |  Bulgaria | 340,500 |
| 110 |  Burkina Faso | 302,869 |
| 111 |  Finland | 270,240 |
| 112 |  Jamaica | 266,000 |
| 113 |  Denmark | 253,830 |
| 114 |  Nicaragua | 236,147 |
| 115 |  United Arab Emirates | 233,009 |
| 116 |  Zimbabwe | 228,485 |
| 117 |  Moldova | 222,946 |
| 118 |  Czech Republic | 203,050 |
| 119 |  Guyana | 194,361 |
| 120 |  Ireland | 187,590 |
| 121 |  Norway | 185,195 |
| 122 |  Costa Rica | 177,115 |
| 123 |  Georgia | 176,100 |
| 124 |  Uruguay | 174,117 |
| 125 |  Croatia | 166,310 |
| 126 |  Lithuania | 164,250 |
| 127 |  Paraguay | 153,840 |
| 128 |  Haiti | 152,995 |
| 129 |  Togo | 149,504 |
| 130 |  Republic of the Congo | 142,528 |
| 131 |  Slovenia | 133,108 |
| 132 |  Mongolia | 121,569 |
| 133 |  El Salvador | 121,223 |
| 134 |  Liberia | 120,806 |
| 135 |  Chad | 110,564 |
| 136 |  Slovakia | 106,930 |
| 137 |  Somalia | 104,260 |
| 100,000–1,000,000 tonnes | ||
| 138 |  Central African Republic | 95,169 |
| 139 |  Botswana | 81,439 |
| 140 |  Qatar | 71,035 |
| 141 |  Latvia | 68,500 |
| 142 |  Namibia | 65,405 |
| 143 |  Mauritius | 56,606 |
| 144 |  Fiji | 55,316 |
| 145 |  Eritrea | 54,883 |
| 146 |  Panama | 51,842 |
| 147 |  Gabon | 50,018 |
| 148 |  Cyprus | 49,940 |
| 149 |  Bhutan | 48,273 |
| 150 |  Malta | 40,050 |
| 151 |  Puerto Rico | 39,838 |
| 152 |  Guinea-Bissau | 39,426 |
| 153 |  Hong Kong | 36,371 |
| 154 |  Djibouti | 35,486 |
| 155 |  Bahamas | 33,388 |
| 156 |  Timor-Leste | 32,945 |
| 157 |  Lesotho | 31,936 |
| 158 |  Cape Verde | 30,500 |
| 159 |  Tonga | 27,320 |
| 160 |  Estonia | 26,810 |
| 161 |  Singapore | 25,569 |
| 162 |  Montenegro | 22,564 |
| 163 |  Suriname | 22,204 |
| 164 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 18,420 |
| 165 |  Bahrain | 18,179 |
| 166 |  Vanuatu | 13,273 |
| 167 |  Eswatini | 13,154 |
| 168 |  Gambia | 12,828 |
| 169 |  Belize | 11,854 |
| 170 |  Barbados | 10,563 |
| 10,000–100,000 tonnes | ||
| 171 |  Brunei | 9,858 |
| 172 |  New Caledonia | 8,749 |
| 173 |  Dominica | 7,145 |
| 174 |  Grenada | 6,438 |
| 175 |  Solomon Islands | 6,042 |
| 176 |  Kiribati | 5,993 |
| 177 |  Comoros | 5,295 |
| 178 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5,056 |
| 179 |  French Polynesia | 5,011 |
| 180 |  Mauritania | 4,794 |
| 181 |  Iceland | 4,650 |
| 182 |  São Tomé and Príncipe | 3,691 |
| 183 |  Federated States of Micronesia | 3,543 |
| 184 |  Luxembourg | 3,460 |
| 185 |  Saint Lucia | 3,179 |
| 186 |  Seychelles | 3,001 |
| 187 |  Maldives | 2,611 |
| 188 |  Cook Islands | 1,880 |
| 189 |  Samoa | 1,318 |
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| 190 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 847 |
| 191 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 687 |
| 192 |  Tuvalu | 596 |
| 193 |  Nauru | 465 |
| 194 |  Niue | 143 |
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