Cashew nuts, in shell — 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
Cashew nuts, in shell — Production is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 794,910 t in India; the lowest is 0 t in Belize.
The median across all reporting countries is 17,600 t, and the mean is 114,573 t.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 774.7%), and the largest decrease in Guadeloupe (down 100.0%).
Cashew nuts, in shell — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 794,910 t | 2024 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Ghana | 218,576 t | 2024 | up 337.2% | volatile |
| 3 | United Republic of Tanzania | 528,262 t | 2024 | up 306.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Benin | 212,624 t | 2024 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 306,185 t | 2024 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Brazil | 159,212 t | 2024 | up 47.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Burkina Faso | 147,617 t | 2024 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Côte d'Ivoire | 944,673 t | 2024 | up 71.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Mozambique | 142,250 t | 2024 | up 125.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Indonesia | 141,305 t | 2024 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Philippines | 137,365 t | 2024 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Guinea-Bissau | 90,229 t | 2024 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Nigeria | 80,944 t | 2024 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Mali | 76,571 t | 2024 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Guinea | 61,472 t | 2024 | up 412.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Colombia | 56,972 t | 2024 | up 774.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Gambia | 36,017 t | 2024 | up 557.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Caribbean | 668.34 t | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 15 | Thailand | 24,448 t | 2024 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Sri Lanka | 17,600 t | 2024 | up 175.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Malaysia | 16,805 t | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 18 | Senegal | 9,354 t | 2024 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Togo | 8,406 t | 2024 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Kenya | 7,803 t | 2024 | down 64.8% | rising |
| 21 | Madagascar | 7,504 t | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 22 | Peru | 2,484 t | 2024 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 23 | Angola | 2,160 t | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 24 | Honduras | 2,160 t | 2024 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Myanmar | 1,516 t | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 26 | El Salvador | 1,122 t | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 27 | Dominican Republic | 668.34 t | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 28 | Mexico | 651.75 t | 2024 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 29 | China, mainland | 224.4 t | 2024 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 29 | China | 224.4 t | 2024 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Malawi | 215.6 t | 2024 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 32 | Guadeloupe | 0 t | 1992 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Belize | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 4.24 million t
- Asia 1.44 million t
- Africa 2.58 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.33 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2.30 million t
- Western Africa 1.89 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.33 million t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 90,898 t
- Middle Africa 2,160 t
- Southern Asia 812,510 t
- Eastern Africa 686,034 t
- South-Eastern Asia 627,623 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 224,404 t
- Americas 223,270 t
- South America 218,668 t
- Central America 3,933 t
- Eastern Asia 224.4 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.