Asparagus — Production by country
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area...
What the numbers show
Asparagus — Production is currently reported for 54 countries. The highest value is 7.79 million t in China; the lowest is 0 t in Bulgaria.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,117 t, and the mean is 308,802 t.
Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Türkiye (up 3,410.3%), and the largest decrease in Bulgaria (down 100.0%).
Asparagus — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 7.79 million t | 2024 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 7.78 million t | 2024 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 22,292 t | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 3 | Peru | 333,055 t | 2024 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Türkiye | 2,387 t | 2024 | up 3,410.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Mexico | 330,056 t | 2024 | up 93.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Germany | 108,130 t | 2024 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Italy | 60,100 t | 2024 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 7 | Spain | 56,490 t | 2024 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 8 | France | 27,570 t | 2024 | up 34.1% | falling |
| 9 | Japan | 25,408 t | 2024 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 10 | Thailand | 24,264 t | 2024 | up 62.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Poland | 18,400 t | 2024 | up 510.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 13,320 t | 2024 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 13 | Canada | 11,430 t | 2024 | up 58.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Argentina | 10,829 t | 2024 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Greece | 8,710 t | 2024 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Chile | 8,414 t | 2024 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Australia and New Zealand | 6,859 t | 2024 | down 35.2% | rising |
| 18 | Australia | 5,786 t | 2024 | down 32.0% | rising |
| 19 | Hungary | 5,340 t | 2024 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 20 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 4,951 t | 2024 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Belgium | 2,880 t | 2024 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Austria | 2,720 t | 2024 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 23 | China, Taiwan Province of | 2,559 t | 2024 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Ecuador | 1,958 t | 2024 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 25 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 1,161 t | 1999 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 26 | New Zealand | 1,073 t | 2024 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 27 | South Africa | 836 t | 2024 | up 157.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Switzerland | 777 t | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 29 | North Macedonia | 727.56 t | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 30 | Croatia | 590 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Lithuania | 498.19 t | 2017 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 32 | Philippines | 404.4 t | 2024 | down 86.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Colombia | 402.5 t | 2024 | up 483.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Czechia | 340 t | 2024 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 35 | Denmark | 320 t | 2024 | up 52.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Slovakia | 320 t | 2023 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Zimbabwe | 302.75 t | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 38 | Slovenia | 300 t | 2024 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Tunisia | 268.19 t | 2024 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Sweden | 260 t | 2024 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 41 | Portugal | 250 t | 2024 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Kenya | 213.47 t | 2024 | up 77.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Costa Rica | 134.43 t | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 44 | Israel | 108 t | 2024 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Réunion | 104 t | 2006 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Morocco | 100 t | 2024 | down 96.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Luxembourg | 90 t | 2024 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 48 | Bhutan | 83.33 t | 2024 | down 59.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Finland | 50 t | 2024 | up 257.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Romania | 10 t | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Comoros | 0 t | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Bulgaria | 0 t | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 8.91 million t
- Asia 7.86 million t
- Eastern Asia 7.81 million t
- Americas 726,760 t
- South America 354,659 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 333,720 t
- Central America 330,190 t
- Europe 312,326 t
- European Union (27) 305,870 t
- Western Europe 155,487 t
- Southern Europe 127,168 t
- Northern America 41,911 t
- United States of America 30,481 t
- South-Eastern Asia 24,669 t
- Eastern Europe 24,090 t
- Southern Asia 22,375 t
- Oceania 6,859 t
- Northern Europe 5,581 t
- Western Asia 2,495 t
- Africa 1,720 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1,114 t
- Southern Africa 836 t
- Eastern Africa 516.22 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 516.22 t
- Northern Africa 368.19 t
About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.