Pears — 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...

Countries reporting
95
Highest
21.09 million t
China
Lowest
3 t
Djibouti
Median
20,098 t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
6,566

What the numbers show

Pears — Production is currently reported for 95 countries. The highest value is 21.09 million t in China; the lowest is 3 t in Djibouti.

The median across all reporting countries is 20,098 t, and the mean is 513,581 t.

Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Bosnia and Herzegovina (up 508.1%), and the largest decrease in Iran (Islamic Republic of) (down 65.9%).

Pears — Production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 21.09 million t 2024 up 16.5% volatile
2 China, mainland 20.99 million t 2024 up 16.8% volatile
3 Argentina 670,592 t 2024 down 4.7% volatile
4 Türkiye 630,500 t 2024 up 36.4% rising
5 USSR 466,000 t 1991 down 26.6% rising
6 Italy 436,570 t 2024 down 37.8% falling
7 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 323,000 t 2024 down 7.4% volatile
8 India 274,315 t 2024 down 13.4% volatile
9 Belgium 268,770 t 2024 down 28.2% rising
10 Spain 222,020 t 2024 down 48.3% rising
11 Japan 198,100 t 2024 down 32.9% falling
12 Chile 178,462 t 2024 down 27.2% volatile
13 Republic of Korea 178,451 t 2024 down 41.1% volatile
14 Belgium-Luxembourg 165,220 t 1999 up 89.7% rising
15 Yugoslav SFR 163,672 t 1991 up 19.4% rising
16 Algeria 162,832 t 2024 down 28.6% volatile
17 France 151,870 t 2024 up 14.5% falling
18 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 151,353 t 2024 up 4.8% volatile
19 Ukraine 145,400 t 2024 down 7.8% falling
20 Uzbekistan 137,529 t 2024 up 58.1% volatile
21 Portugal 125,220 t 2024 down 40.4% rising
22 Australia and New Zealand 104,860 t 2024 down 14.9% falling
23 China, Taiwan Province of 101,500 t 2024 down 24.6% rising
24 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 95,410 t 2024 down 65.9% volatile
25 Bosnia and Herzegovina 84,830 t 2024 up 508.1% volatile
26 Australia 84,761 t 2024 down 13.5% falling
27 Egypt 84,582 t 2024 up 45.0% rising
28 Poland 74,200 t 2024 up 0.7% falling
29 Greece 73,600 t 2024 up 23.3% falling
30 Russian Federation 70,940 t 2024 down 1.5% rising
31 Azerbaijan 60,492 t 2024 up 51.3% rising
32 Austria 54,440 t 2024 up 7.4% falling
33 Serbia and Montenegro 48,817 t 2005 down 27.2% falling
34 Switzerland 42,865 t 2024 down 11.7% volatile
35 Czechoslovakia 41,006 t 1992 down 2.9% falling
36 Serbia 40,419 t 2024 down 36.6% falling
37 Romania 39,280 t 2024 down 35.9% falling
38 Germany 38,960 t 2024 down 13.4% volatile
39 Lebanon 35,823 t 2024 up 53.0% volatile
40 Israel 34,006 t 2024 up 43.5% rising
41 Colombia 33,754 t 2024 up 71.8% rising
42 Belarus 32,200 t 2024 up 79.4% falling
43 Morocco 30,568 t 2024 down 22.8% volatile
44 Nepal 27,060 t 2024 down 20.9% falling
45 Mexico 25,875 t 2024 up 5.9% falling
46 Afghanistan 24,294 t 2024 up 380.5% volatile
47 Syrian Arab Republic 20,531 t 2024 down 1.3% rising
48 New Zealand 20,098 t 2024 down 20.1% rising
49 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 19,504 t 2024 down 24.6% falling
50 Hungary 17,530 t 2024 down 15.7% volatile
51 Tunisia 15,773 t 2024 down 7.2% volatile
52 Albania 15,540 t 2024 up 49.9% volatile
53 Brazil 14,473 t 2024 down 24.2% volatile
54 Armenia 12,428 t 2024 down 51.1% flat
55 Georgia 11,500 t 2024 down 19.0% falling
56 Kyrgyzstan 11,119 t 2024 down 7.3% volatile
57 Kazakhstan 10,419 t 2024 down 26.4% rising
58 Uruguay 10,390 t 2024 down 13.0% rising
59 Iraq 9,968 t 2024 down 27.2% volatile
60 Pakistan 9,105 t 2024 down 46.5% falling
61 Canada 8,830 t 2024 down 3.6% volatile
62 North Macedonia 8,114 t 2024 up 31.0% falling
63 Ecuador 7,211 t 2024 down 0.4% volatile
64 Denmark 6,070 t 2024 down 18.8% volatile
65 Czechia 5,740 t 2024 up 53.9% volatile
66 United Republic of Tanzania 5,192 t 2024 up 7.2% volatile
67 Slovenia 3,620 t 2024 up 2.5% falling
68 Peru 3,540 t 2024 down 24.3% falling
69 Zimbabwe 3,508 t 2024 up 53.5% volatile
70 Republic of Moldova 3,214 t 2024 down 36.0% falling
71 Bulgaria 2,920 t 2024 up 35.7% volatile
72 Montenegro 2,646 t 2024 up 189.2% rising
73 Croatia 2,050 t 2024 down 29.5% volatile
74 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,936 t 2024 up 13.1% falling
75 Sweden 1,920 t 2024 up 6.1% volatile
76 Kenya 1,725 t 2024 down 46.0% volatile
77 Jordan 1,672 t 2024 down 38.9% volatile
78 Libya 1,466 t 2024 up 5.1% rising
79 Madagascar 1,444 t 2024 up 0.5% volatile
80 Slovakia 1,420 t 2024 up 302.3% volatile
81 Lithuania 1,290 t 2024 up 8.4% volatile
82 Bhutan 671.86 t 2024 down 40.2% falling
83 Finland 620 t 2024 up 169.6% volatile
84 Norway 600 t 2024 up 76.0% volatile
85 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 588.79 t 2024 up 66.3% volatile
85 Caribbean 588.79 t 2024 up 66.3% volatile
87 Cyprus 460 t 2024 down 39.8% falling
88 Latvia 300 t 2024 up 40.2% volatile
89 Paraguay 212.09 t 2024 down 0.4% rising
90 Luxembourg 200 t 2024 down 29.1% volatile
91 Yemen 175 t 1994 up 37.8% volatile
92 Palestine 101.95 t 2022 down 17.5% flat
93 Ireland 50 t 1986 volatile
94 Malta 40 t 2024 up 90.5% falling
95 Djibouti 3 t 2024 unchanged flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Pears — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
123 places, 6,566 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.