Millet — 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
Millet — Production is currently reported for 95 countries. The highest value is 12.62 million t in India; the lowest is 0 t in Mexico.
The median across all reporting countries is 13,706 t, and the mean is 377,271 t.
Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Azerbaijan (up 12,188.5%), and the largest decrease in Mexico (down 100.0%).
Millet — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 12.62 million t | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 2 | Niger | 3.84 million t | 2024 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 3 | China | 2.78 million t | 2024 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 4 | China, mainland | 2.78 million t | 2024 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 325,000 t | 2024 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 5 | Mali | 1.98 million t | 2024 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 77,049 t | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 6 | USSR | 1.61 million t | 1991 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 41,042 t | 2024 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 7 | Nigeria | 1.55 million t | 2024 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 1.12 million t | 2024 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 12,274 t | 2024 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Senegal | 1.11 million t | 2024 | up 170.4% | rising |
| 9 | Türkiye | 3,774 t | 2024 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Burkina Faso | 931,109 t | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 10 | Viet Nam | 856 t | 2024 | down 48.5% | rising |
| 11 | Sudan | 792,943 t | 2024 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Syrian Arab Republic | 191 t | 2024 | down 77.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Sudan (former) | 634,000 t | 2011 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 12 | Republic of Moldova | 169 t | 2024 | up 1,590.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Chad | 618,925 t | 2024 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Russian Federation | 325,000 t | 2024 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Nepal | 300,732 t | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 16 | Pakistan | 251,882 t | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 17 | Guinea | 220,000 t | 2024 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Ghana | 210,000 t | 2024 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 19 | Myanmar | 170,000 t | 2024 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Ukraine | 156,870 t | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 20 | Côte d'Ivoire | 60,236 t | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 21 | Ethiopia PDR | 128,344 t | 1992 | down 34.9% | rising |
| 22 | Uganda | 120,000 t | 2024 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 23 | Uzbekistan | 110,163 t | 2024 | up 1,676.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Cameroon | 100,000 t | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 25 | Kenya | 65,763 t | 2024 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 26 | Kazakhstan | 64,946 t | 2024 | up 138.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Malawi | 50,144 t | 2024 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 28 | South Sudan | 45,000 t | 2024 | up 258.5% | rising |
| 28 | Yemen | 45,000 t | 2024 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 30 | France | 40,604 t | 2017 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Gambia | 40,330 t | 2024 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Australia | 36,832 t | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 32 | Australia and New Zealand | 36,832 t | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 34 | Guinea-Bissau | 34,000 t | 2024 | up 240.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Poland | 30,785 t | 2017 | up 163.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Benin | 30,400 t | 2024 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Togo | 28,000 t | 2024 | up 59.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Zimbabwe | 25,047 t | 2024 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Angola | 25,000 t | 2024 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 39 | Eritrea | 25,000 t | 2024 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Mozambique | 17,615 t | 2024 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Belarus | 16,661 t | 2024 | up 66.5% | rising |
| 43 | Zambia | 15,390 t | 2024 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Congo | 13,706 t | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 45 | Saudi Arabia | 13,268 t | 2024 | up 65.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Bangladesh | 12,392 t | 2024 | up 73.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Namibia | 12,092 t | 2024 | down 67.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Burundi | 11,000 t | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 49 | Austria | 10,608 t | 2017 | up 30.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Central African Republic | 10,000 t | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 50 | Portugal | 10,000 t | 1972 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 52 | Azerbaijan | 9,462 t | 2024 | up 12,188.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Sri Lanka | 8,694 t | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Sierra Leone | 7,444 t | 2024 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Argentina | 6,630 t | 2024 | up 148.3% | volatile |
| 56 | South Africa | 6,331 t | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 57 | Libya | 6,000 t | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 58 | Morocco | 5,181 t | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 59 | Bulgaria | 4,432 t | 2017 | up 76.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Czechoslovakia | 3,400 t | 1992 | up 209.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Hungary | 3,230 t | 2017 | down 57.7% | rising |
| 62 | Mauritania | 3,000 t | 2024 | up 64.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Yugoslav SFR | 2,361 t | 1991 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Rwanda | 1,997 t | 2024 | down 50.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Afghanistan | 1,646 t | 2024 | down 56.3% | falling |
| 66 | Spain | 1,540 t | 2017 | up 197.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Czechia | 1,024 t | 2017 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Botswana | 1,000 t | 2024 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Republic of Korea | 1,000 t | 2024 | down 36.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Slovakia | 706 t | 2017 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 71 | Switzerland | 704 t | 2024 | up 454.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Iraq | 602 t | 2024 | down 81.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Bhutan | 579.43 t | 2024 | down 85.1% | falling |
| 74 | China, Taiwan Province of | 506.74 t | 2024 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Slovenia | 368 t | 2017 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Serbia and Montenegro | 300 t | 2005 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Japan | 251.19 t | 2024 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Tajikistan | 174.34 t | 2024 | up 222.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Croatia | 171 t | 2017 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 80 | Greece | 119.99 t | 2017 | up 7,446.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Serbia | 107.25 t | 2024 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 82 | North Macedonia | 33 t | 2024 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Kyrgyzstan | 16 t | 2024 | down 74.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Maldives | 4.97 t | 2024 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Jordan | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Mexico | 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 30.85 million t
- Asia 16.49 million t
- Africa 13.50 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 11.98 million t
- Southern Asia 13.21 million t
- Middle Africa 808,673 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 12.38 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 12.14 million t
- Western Africa 10.04 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 9.26 million t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 34,005 t
- Eastern Asia 2.86 million t
- Eastern Africa 1.83 million t
- Northern Africa 804,124 t
- Europe 499,544 t
- Eastern Europe 498,700 t
- Americas 325,530 t
- Northern America 318,900 t
- United States of America 318,900 t
- Central Asia 175,299 t
- South-Eastern Asia 170,856 t
- European Union (27) 93,587 t
- Western Asia 72,297 t
- Oceania 36,832 t
- Southern Africa 19,423 t
- South America 6,630 t
- Western Europe 704 t
- Southern Europe 140.24 t
- Central America 0 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.