Pistachios, 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...

Countries reporting
23
Highest
383,000 t
Türkiye
Lowest
4.45 t
Mauritius
Median
3,135 t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
2,326

What the numbers show

Pistachios, in shell — Production is currently reported for 23 countries. The highest value is 383,000 t in Türkiye; the lowest is 4.45 t in Mauritius.

The median across all reporting countries is 3,135 t, and the mean is 42,960 t.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 86,067.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Spain (up 1,029.4%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 60.0%).

Pistachios, in shell — Production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Türkiye 383,000 t 2024 up 378.8% volatile
2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 316,142 t 2024 down 28.3% volatile
3 Syrian Arab Republic 83,796 t 2024 up 191.1% volatile
4 China 78,986 t 2024 up 1.0% volatile
4 China, mainland 78,986 t 2024 up 1.0% volatile
6 Greece 11,836 t 2017 up 45.1% volatile
7 Spain 7,545 t 2017 up 1,029.4% volatile
8 Madagascar 5,034 t 2024 up 151.7% volatile
9 Australia and New Zealand 4,450 t 2024 up 188.9% volatile
9 Australia 4,450 t 2024 up 188.9% volatile
11 Italy 3,873 t 2017 up 39.2% volatile
12 Tunisia 3,135 t 2024 up 25.4% volatile
13 Afghanistan 2,825 t 2024 up 3.1% volatile
14 Iraq 1,687 t 2024 up 12.2% falling
15 Kyrgyzstan 909.02 t 2024 up 1.0% rising
16 Jordan 625 t 2024 down 14.0% volatile
17 Uzbekistan 338.31 t 2024 down 51.7% volatile
18 Pakistan 320.5 t 2024 down 51.4% volatile
19 Morocco 45.47 t 2024 down 1.9% falling
20 Mexico 44.82 t 2024 up 47.9% volatile
21 Azerbaijan 27.2 t 2024 up 240.0% volatile
22 Cyprus 10 t 2017 down 60.0% volatile
23 Mauritius 4.45 t 2024 up 5.2% volatile

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
Pistachios, in shell — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
45 places, 2,326 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.