List of countries by apricot production

This is a list of countries by apricot production in 2016 and 2017, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database.[1] The estimated total world production for apricots in 2017 was 4,257,241 metric tonnes, up 9.7% from 3,766,079 tonnes in 2016.[n 1]

Countries by apricot production in 2016

A map of world apricot production, 2012.

Production by country

>100,000 tonnes

Rank	Country/Region	2017	2016
–	World	4,257,241	3,766,079
1	Turkey	985,000	730,000
2	Uzbekistan	532,565	569,820
3	Italy	266,372	237,021
4	Algeria	256,890	256,771
5	Iran	239,712	270,516
6	Pakistan	178,957	177,094
7	Spain	162,872	139,605
8	France	148,500	110,850
9	Afghanistan	131,816	17,894
10	Morocco	112,538	71,156
11	Greece	106,600	92,300

50,000–100,000 tonnes

Rank	Country/Region	2017	2016
12	Egypt	96,226	89,792
13	Armenia	87,320	62,054
14	Japan	86,800	92,700
15	Ukraine	86,680	81,290
16	Syria	63,723	66,431
17	Russia	58,551	65,841
18	China	58,035	56,259

10,000–50,000 tonnes

Rank	Country/Region	2017	2016
19	Turkmenistan	48,374	46,582
20	Serbia	41,320	25,617
21	United States	37,790	53,160
22	Romania	32,640	30,726
23	Tajikistan	32,603	31,682
24	South Africa	30,637	25,916
25	Tunisia	30,500	31,000
26	Argentina	27,027	26,901
27	Azerbaijan	26,920	25,387
28	Libya	25,433	24,952
29	Taiwan	25,324	16,613
30	Kyrgyzstan	25,063	23,973
31	Lebanon	23,898	24,162
32	Bulgaria	22,542	15,503
33	Hungary	22,128	23,528
34	Kazakhstan	17,107	18,630
35	India	15,435	15,164
36	Jordan	15,061	10,959
37	Iraq	15,002	13,871
38	Moldova	13,743	21,439

1,000–10,000 tonnes

Rank	Country/Region	2017	2016
39	Switzerland	9,420	9,253
40	Israel	8,000	6,500
41	Chile	7,701	9,073
42	Austria	6,484	5,257
43	Australia	5,351	8,700
44	Albania	5,040	5,194
45	Portugal	4,575	2,330
46	Macedonia	3,992	3,471
47	New Zealand	3,224	3,212
48	Nepal	1,466	2,767
49	Madagascar	1,424	1,411
50	Poland	1,335	3,073
51	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,203	1,000
52	Yemen	1,115	1,714
53	Palestine	1,112	1,111
54	Czech Republic	1,019	782

<1,000 tonnes

Rank	Country/Region	2017	2016
55	Cameroon	949	915
56	Canada	942	1,173
57	Cyprus	889	819
58	Mexico	833	848
59	Slovenia	760	961
60	Croatia	726	603
61	Georgia	600	1,500
62	Ecuador	376	374
63	Slovakia	333	232
64	Peru	266	260
65	Germany	214	219
66	Kenya	78	77
67	Malta	44	21
67	Zimbabwe	44	44
69	Guadeloupe	25	25

Notes

1. Sum of values for countries with available data, which may be official or FAO data based on imputation methodology

References

1. "Crops". FAOSTAT. Retrieved 30 April 2019. Countries - Select All; Regions - World + (Total); Elements - Production Quantity; Items - Apricots; Years - 2017 + 2016