Cashew nut yields by country

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.

Countries reporting
34
Highest
7.2 tonnes per hectare
Colombia
Lowest
0.0776 tonnes per hectare
Dominican Republic
Median
0.8525 tonnes per hectare
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
1,672

What the numbers show

Cashew nut yields is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 7.2 tonnes per hectare in Colombia; the lowest is 0.0776 tonnes per hectare in Dominican Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8525 tonnes per hectare, and the mean is 1.37 tonnes per hectare.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 93.

Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Belize (up 660.0%), and the largest decrease in Mexico (down 72.9%).

Cashew nut yields: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Colombia 7.2 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 82.7% falling
2 Peru 5.31 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 10.9% flat
3 Philippines 5.27 tonnes per hectare 2024 down 11.8% volatile
4 Malaysia 2.19 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 3.7% rising
5 Malawi 2.15 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 5.0% flat
6 Guinea 1.78 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 26.2% rising
7 Gambia 1.72 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 1.5% flat
8 Thailand 1.61 tonnes per hectare 2024 down 4.0% rising
9 Togo 1.53 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 4.9% rising
10 Honduras 1.45 tonnes per hectare 2024 down 0.4% rising
11 Burkina Faso 1.19 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 25.6% volatile
12 Belize 1.18 tonnes per hectare 2015 up 660.0% volatile
13 Sri Lanka 1.12 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 276.6% volatile
14 Mali 1.1 tonnes per hectare 2024 down 44.5% rising
15 China 1.09 tonnes per hectare 2024 down 5.7% volatile
16 Vietnam 1.08 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 27.0% rising
17 Myanmar 0.8605 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 0.1% rising
18 Mozambique 0.8445 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 7.1% rising
19 Angola 0.8081 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 13.1% rising
20 Mexico 0.7982 tonnes per hectare 2024 down 72.9% volatile
21 El Salvador 0.7642 tonnes per hectare 2024 down 44.1% falling
22 India 0.6629 tonnes per hectare 2024 down 11.0% rising
23 Cote d'Ivoire 0.6614 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 58.1% volatile
24 Guinea-Bissau 0.5714 tonnes per hectare 2024 down 22.6% rising
25 Ghana 0.5352 tonnes per hectare 2024 down 9.0% rising
26 Nigeria 0.4755 tonnes per hectare 2024 down 39.2% volatile
27 Madagascar 0.4729 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 3.4% rising
28 Benin 0.4362 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 34.2% volatile
29 Senegal 0.404 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 6.5% rising
30 Tanzania 0.3985 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 32.8% falling
31 Brazil 0.3536 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 105.8% falling
32 Kenya 0.3218 tonnes per hectare 2024 down 68.6% rising
33 Indonesia 0.3216 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 29.9% rising
34 Dominican Republic 0.0776 tonnes per hectare 2024 down 26.5% falling

About this data

Indicator
Cashew nut yields
Unit
tonnes per hectare
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
34 places, 1,672 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.