Papayas — 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
Papayas — Production is currently reported for 80 countries. The highest value is 5.29 million t in India; the lowest is 0 t in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 9,494 t, and the mean is 217,826 t.
Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Israel (up 3,808.9%), and the largest decrease in Singapore (down 100.0%).
Papayas — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 5.29 million t | 2024 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Dominican Republic | 1.94 million t | 2024 | up 175.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Indonesia | 1.21 million t | 2024 | up 43.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Brazil | 1.15 million t | 2024 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Caribbean | 2.03 million t | 2024 | up 130.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Mexico | 1.14 million t | 2024 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 207,573 t | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 6 | Nigeria | 886,529 t | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 6 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 167,340 t | 2024 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 7 | China | 709,308 t | 2024 | up 43.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Viet Nam | 134,967 t | 2024 | up 114.7% | volatile |
| 8 | China, mainland | 587,829 t | 2024 | up 55.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 29,845 t | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 9 | Peru | 167,729 t | 2024 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 17,985 t | 2024 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Colombia | 166,531 t | 2024 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Melanesia | 6,958 t | 2024 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Thailand | 161,769 t | 2024 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Polynesia | 4,104 t | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 12 | Philippines | 149,214 t | 2024 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 12 | Timor-Leste | 2,211 t | 2024 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 146,157 t | 2024 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 300.61 t | 2024 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 14 | China, Taiwan Province of | 121,479 t | 2024 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Micronesia | 2.31 t | 2024 | up 1,825.0% | rising |
| 15 | Kenya | 100,537 t | 2024 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Mali | 97,106 t | 2024 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Guyana | 89,449 t | 2024 | up 1,426.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Côte d'Ivoire | 14,752 t | 2024 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Guatemala | 87,018 t | 2024 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 82,703 t | 2024 | up 57.0% | rising |
| 20 | Malawi | 60,740 t | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 21 | Costa Rica | 54,791 t | 2024 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Ecuador | 48,970 t | 2024 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 23 | Cuba | 46,976 t | 2024 | down 66.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Malaysia | 46,976 t | 2024 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Mozambique | 43,330 t | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 26 | Yemen | 25,915 t | 2024 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Haiti | 25,262 t | 2024 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Australia | 20,576 t | 2024 | up 151.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Australia and New Zealand | 20,576 t | 2024 | up 151.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Nepal | 13,676 t | 2024 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 31 | Pakistan | 12,872 t | 2024 | up 86.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Paraguay | 10,997 t | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 33 | Jamaica | 9,788 t | 2024 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Panama | 9,200 t | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 35 | Puerto Rico | 7,976 t | 2024 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 36 | South Africa | 7,782 t | 2024 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 37 | Fiji | 6,958 t | 2024 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Oman | 6,080 t | 2024 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Ghana | 5,794 t | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 40 | Saudi Arabia | 4,800 t | 2024 | — | rising |
| 41 | Congo | 3,870 t | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 42 | Samoa | 3,294 t | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 43 | Guinea-Bissau | 3,116 t | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 44 | Morocco | 2,700 t | 2024 | up 196.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Argentina | 2,210 t | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 46 | Chile | 1,954 t | 2024 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Belize | 1,764 t | 2024 | down 93.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Israel | 1,759 t | 2024 | up 3,808.9% | volatile |
| 49 | El Salvador | 1,373 t | 2024 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Maldives | 1,281 t | 2024 | up 52.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,261 t | 2024 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Bahamas | 596.13 t | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 53 | Cook Islands | 580.63 t | 2024 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Réunion | 558 t | 2006 | up 32.9% | volatile |
| 55 | French Guiana | 394 t | 2006 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 56 | Honduras | 323.3 t | 2024 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 57 | French Polynesia | 229.23 t | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 58 | Grenada | 210 t | 1995 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 59 | Bhutan | 147.28 t | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 60 | Rwanda | 133.73 t | 2024 | down 97.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Suriname | 102.93 t | 2024 | down 87.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Dominica | 91.28 t | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 63 | Tunisia | 78.3 t | 2024 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Cameroon | 47.24 t | 2024 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Zimbabwe | 44.26 t | 2024 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Guadeloupe | 40.7 t | 2006 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Nauru | 2.31 t | 2024 | up 1,825.0% | rising |
| 68 | Singapore | 0 t | 1992 | 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 14.65 million t
- Asia 7.95 million t
- Southern Asia 5.47 million t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 2.14 million t
- Americas 5.16 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 737,769 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 3.21 million t
- Middle Africa 211,490 t
- South America 1.82 million t
- South-Eastern Asia 1.73 million t
- Africa 1.52 million t
- Central America 1.30 million t
- Western Africa 1.01 million t
- Eastern Asia 709,308 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 664,054 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 313,377 t
- Eastern Africa 287,489 t
- Western Asia 38,639 t
- Oceania 31,640 t
- Southern Africa 7,782 t
- Northern America 4,990 t
- United States of America 4,990 t
- Northern Africa 3,178 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.