Wheat — 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
Wheat — Production is currently reported for 134 countries. The highest value is 140.10 million t in China; the lowest is 0 t in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 602,415 t, and the mean is 7.52 million t.
Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 1,250.0%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 100.0%).
Wheat — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 140.10 million t | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 140.10 million t | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 2 | Türkiye | 20.80 million t | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 3 | India | 113.29 million t | 2024 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 16.75 million t | 2024 | up 58.3% | rising |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 82.59 million t | 2024 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 5 | USSR | 71.99 million t | 1991 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 5 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.43 million t | 2024 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Canada | 35.94 million t | 2024 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 6 | Republic of Moldova | 1.19 million t | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 7 | Australia and New Zealand | 34.57 million t | 2024 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 7 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 292,710 t | 2024 | up 83.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Australia | 34.11 million t | 2024 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 8 | United Republic of Tanzania | 119,000 t | 2024 | down 28.7% | rising |
| 9 | Pakistan | 31.81 million t | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 9 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 90,073 t | 2024 | up 100.2% | flat |
| 10 | France | 26.61 million t | 2024 | down 31.7% | rising |
| 11 | Ukraine | 22.44 million t | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 9,000 t | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 18.58 million t | 2024 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 12 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1,015 t | 2024 | up 530.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Germany | 18.53 million t | 2024 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 13 | Melanesia | 28.82 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 14 | Argentina | 18.51 million t | 2024 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 15 | Poland | 12.18 million t | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 16 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 11.15 million t | 2024 | down 32.9% | rising |
| 17 | Egypt | 9.40 million t | 2024 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Romania | 9.29 million t | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 19 | Brazil | 7.63 million t | 2024 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Spain | 7.15 million t | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 21 | Bulgaria | 7.09 million t | 2024 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 22 | Uzbekistan | 6.73 million t | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 23 | Yugoslav SFR | 6.60 million t | 1991 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 24 | Italy | 6.21 million t | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 25 | Ethiopia | 6.19 million t | 2024 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Hungary | 5.27 million t | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 27 | Iraq | 5.23 million t | 2024 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Afghanistan | 5.20 million t | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 29 | Czechoslovakia | 5.11 million t | 1992 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 30 | Czechia | 4.63 million t | 2024 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 31 | Lithuania | 4.22 million t | 2024 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Denmark | 3.35 million t | 2024 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Algeria | 3.00 million t | 2024 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 34 | Sweden | 2.93 million t | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 35 | Serbia | 2.90 million t | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 36 | Belarus | 2.75 million t | 2024 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Mexico | 2.65 million t | 2024 | down 27.8% | rising |
| 38 | Latvia | 2.47 million t | 2024 | up 68.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Morocco | 2.44 million t | 2024 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Nepal | 2.04 million t | 2024 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Serbia and Montenegro | 2.01 million t | 2005 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 42 | South Africa | 1.92 million t | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 43 | Slovakia | 1.91 million t | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 44 | Azerbaijan | 1.90 million t | 2024 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 45 | Austria | 1.58 million t | 2024 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 46 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 1.53 million t | 1999 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 47 | Turkmenistan | 1.33 million t | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 48 | Uruguay | 1.30 million t | 2024 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Greece | 1.21 million t | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 50 | Chile | 1.19 million t | 2024 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 51 | Bangladesh | 1.17 million t | 2024 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Tunisia | 1.15 million t | 2024 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 53 | Belgium | 1.09 million t | 2024 | down 45.4% | flat |
| 54 | Japan | 1.03 million t | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 55 | Tajikistan | 880,734 t | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 56 | Croatia | 828,200 t | 2024 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 57 | Saudi Arabia | 820,393 t | 2024 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Ethiopia PDR | 798,467 t | 1992 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 59 | Paraguay | 767,700 t | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Finland | 759,380 t | 2024 | down 30.2% | rising |
| 61 | Estonia | 744,750 t | 2024 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 668,170 t | 2024 | down 48.8% | rising |
| 63 | Kyrgyzstan | 664,830 t | 2024 | up 16.1% | falling |
| 64 | Zimbabwe | 540,000 t | 2024 | up 1,250.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Sudan | 490,320 t | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 66 | New Zealand | 464,602 t | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 67 | Mongolia | 397,258 t | 2024 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 68 | Ireland | 388,510 t | 2024 | down 45.8% | rising |
| 69 | Kenya | 312,200 t | 2024 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 70 | Switzerland | 311,807 t | 2024 | down 43.4% | rising |
| 71 | Sudan (former) | 292,000 t | 2011 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 279,273 t | 2024 | up 63.7% | falling |
| 73 | Norway | 230,000 t | 2024 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 74 | North Macedonia | 229,309 t | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 75 | Peru | 203,522 t | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 76 | Zambia | 198,886 t | 2024 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Albania | 180,812 t | 2024 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 78 | Slovenia | 153,390 t | 2024 | down 11.5% | flat |
| 79 | Georgia | 149,100 t | 2024 | up 213.9% | falling |
| 80 | Armenia | 120,277 t | 2024 | down 64.4% | falling |
| 81 | Yemen | 98,000 t | 2024 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Lebanon | 94,000 t | 2024 | down 32.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Israel | 90,350 t | 2024 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 84 | Libya | 90,000 t | 2024 | down 55.0% | rising |
| 85 | Portugal | 81,350 t | 2024 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Myanmar | 80,000 t | 2024 | down 56.1% | rising |
| 87 | Luxembourg | 65,860 t | 2024 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 88 | Nigeria | 43,927 t | 2024 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Mali | 40,788 t | 2024 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Republic of Korea | 37,376 t | 2024 | up 59.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Angola | 37,301 t | 2024 | up 679.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Jordan | 34,429 t | 2024 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Palestine | 32,811 t | 2022 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 94 | Eritrea | 25,000 t | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 94 | Uganda | 25,000 t | 2024 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Cyprus | 21,050 t | 2024 | up 373.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Namibia | 18,328 t | 2024 | up 83.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Rwanda | 16,417 t | 2024 | up 108.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Oman | 11,740 t | 2024 | up 245.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Burundi | 8,365 t | 2024 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 101 | Ecuador | 7,323 t | 2024 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Niger | 6,803 t | 2024 | up 277.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Mozambique | 5,000 t | 2024 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 103 | China, Taiwan Province of | 5,000 t | 2024 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Colombia | 4,636 t | 2024 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Lesotho | 4,183 t | 2024 | down 66.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Mauritania | 2,051 t | 2024 | down 70.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Montenegro | 1,870 t | 2024 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 109 | Chad | 1,353 t | 2024 | up 67.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Botswana | 1,328 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Thailand | 1,320 t | 2024 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Honduras | 1,281 t | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 113 | Somalia | 1,063 t | 2024 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Madagascar | 1,000 t | 2024 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Bhutan | 838.34 t | 2024 | down 83.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Guatemala | 761.88 t | 2024 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Eswatini | 721.77 t | 2024 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Cameroon | 615.64 t | 2024 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Malawi | 320.68 t | 2024 | down 72.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Kuwait | 55.23 t | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 121 | United Arab Emirates | 30 t | 2008 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 122 | New Caledonia | 28.82 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 123 | Qatar | 21 t | 2024 | up 320.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Malta | 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 798.48 million t
- Asia 372.02 million t
- Europe 243.64 million t
- Southern Asia 170.26 million t
- Eastern Europe 149.34 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 15.76 million t
- Eastern Asia 141.66 million t
- Americas 122.14 million t
- European Union (27) 119.41 million t
- Northern America 89.59 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 61.54 million t
- United States of America 53.65 million t
- Middle Africa 48,270 t
- Western Europe 48.85 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 47.35 million t
- Oceania 34.57 million t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 28.82 t
- Western Asia 31.83 million t
- South America 29.90 million t
- Central Asia 28.18 million t
- Northern Europe 26.23 million t
- Africa 26.10 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 25.92 million t
- Southern Europe 19.23 million t
- Northern Africa 16.57 million t
- Eastern Africa 7.44 million t
- Central America 2.65 million t
- Southern Africa 1.95 million t
- Western Africa 93,569 t
- South-Eastern Asia 81,320 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.