Pears — Area harvested 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
Pears — Area harvested is currently reported for 95 countries. The highest value is 978,380 ha in China; the lowest is 1 ha in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 2,371 ha, and the mean is 26,257 ha.
Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Afghanistan (up 479.3%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 87.5%).
Pears — Area harvested: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 978,380 ha | 2024 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 973,085 ha | 2024 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Türkiye | 22,258 ha | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 3 | USSR | 120,000 ha | 1991 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 3 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 14,024 ha | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 4 | India | 35,023 ha | 2024 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Yugoslav SFR | 24,760 ha | 1991 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 5 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3,690 ha | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 6 | Italy | 20,570 ha | 2024 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 6 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 3,273 ha | 2024 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Argentina | 19,900 ha | 2024 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 7 | Republic of Moldova | 2,071 ha | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 8 | Algeria | 18,825 ha | 2024 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 8 | United Republic of Tanzania | 692 ha | 2024 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Spain | 18,090 ha | 2024 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 9 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 370 ha | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 10 | South Africa | 12,235 ha | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 11 | Ukraine | 11,000 ha | 2024 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Japan | 10,900 ha | 2024 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 13 | Belgium | 10,740 ha | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 14 | Portugal | 10,230 ha | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 15 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 10,040 ha | 2024 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Serbia and Montenegro | 9,474 ha | 2005 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 17 | Republic of Korea | 9,421 ha | 2024 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Czechoslovakia | 8,129 ha | 1992 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 19 | Uzbekistan | 7,925 ha | 2024 | up 20.1% | flat |
| 20 | Russian Federation | 7,897 ha | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 21 | France | 6,220 ha | 2024 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6,192 ha | 2024 | up 287.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Poland | 5,900 ha | 2024 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 24 | Egypt | 5,734 ha | 2024 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 25 | Azerbaijan | 5,694 ha | 2024 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 25 | Caribbean | 55 ha | 2024 | up 71.9% | falling |
| 26 | Australia and New Zealand | 5,393 ha | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 27 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 5,359 ha | 1999 | up 91.4% | rising |
| 28 | China, Taiwan Province of | 5,295 ha | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 29 | Chile | 5,126 ha | 2024 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Serbia | 5,073 ha | 2024 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 31 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,054 ha | 2024 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Australia | 5,023 ha | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 33 | North Macedonia | 4,301 ha | 2024 | up 82.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Belarus | 4,140 ha | 2024 | down 30.1% | rising |
| 35 | Greece | 4,040 ha | 2024 | up 19.0% | falling |
| 36 | Afghanistan | 3,661 ha | 2024 | up 479.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Mexico | 3,472 ha | 2024 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 38 | Tunisia | 3,304 ha | 2024 | down 52.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Morocco | 3,213 ha | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 40 | Romania | 3,200 ha | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 41 | Nepal | 2,902 ha | 2024 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 42 | Armenia | 2,583 ha | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 43 | Hungary | 2,400 ha | 2024 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Ecuador | 2,371 ha | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 45 | Lebanon | 2,303 ha | 2024 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 46 | Germany | 2,070 ha | 2024 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Georgia | 1,931 ha | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 48 | Colombia | 1,596 ha | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 49 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1,412 ha | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 50 | Iraq | 1,411 ha | 2024 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 51 | Kazakhstan | 1,408 ha | 2024 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 52 | Pakistan | 1,197 ha | 2024 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 53 | Madagascar | 1,014 ha | 2024 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Brazil | 966 ha | 2024 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 55 | Albania | 840 ha | 2024 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 56 | Czechia | 790 ha | 2024 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Switzerland | 733 ha | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 58 | Canada | 711 ha | 2024 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Lithuania | 690 ha | 2024 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Croatia | 650 ha | 2024 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 61 | Austria | 610 ha | 2024 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 62 | Uruguay | 554 ha | 2024 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 63 | Bulgaria | 550 ha | 2024 | up 63.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Zimbabwe | 531 ha | 2024 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Israel | 507 ha | 2024 | down 61.2% | rising |
| 66 | Montenegro | 376 ha | 2024 | up 117.3% | rising |
| 67 | New Zealand | 370 ha | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 68 | Peru | 364 ha | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 69 | Libya | 300 ha | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 70 | Denmark | 270 ha | 2024 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Slovenia | 210 ha | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 72 | Jordan | 202 ha | 2024 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Latvia | 200 ha | 2024 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Kenya | 166 ha | 2024 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Slovakia | 120 ha | 2024 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Sweden | 120 ha | 2024 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Bhutan | 102 ha | 2024 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Norway | 100 ha | 2024 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Yemen | 94 ha | 1994 | up 67.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Cyprus | 80 ha | 2024 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 55 ha | 2024 | up 71.9% | falling |
| 82 | Paraguay | 33 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Finland | 30 ha | 2024 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 84 | Luxembourg | 20 ha | 2024 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Palestine | 16 ha | 2022 | down 52.9% | flat |
| 86 | Djibouti | 1 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Malta | 1 ha | 2017 | down 87.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.36 million ha
- Asia 1.11 million ha
- Eastern Asia 1.01 million ha
- Europe 141,895 ha
- European Union (27) 97,840 ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 8,269 ha
- Southern Europe 70,572 ha
- Americas 52,110 ha
- Southern Asia 46,158 ha
- Africa 46,014 ha
- Western Asia 40,674 ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 39,659 ha
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 55 ha
- Eastern Europe 38,068 ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 36,636 ha
- Northern Africa 31,376 ha
- South America 31,280 ha
- Western Europe 30,433 ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 22,607 ha
- Northern America 17,303 ha
- United States of America 16,592 ha
- Central Asia 14,387 ha
- Southern Africa 12,235 ha
- Oceania 5,393 ha
- Central America 3,472 ha
- Northern Europe 2,822 ha
- Eastern Africa 2,403 ha
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.