List of countries by avocado production

This is a list of countries by avocado production from 2016 to 2018, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database.[1] The estimated total world production for avocados in 2018 was 6,407,171 metric tonnes, up 6.7% from 6,005,285 tonnes in 2017.[n 1] Mexico was the largest producer, account for 34% of global production. Dependent territories are shown in italics.

Production by country

Rank	Country/Region	2018	2017	2016
1	Mexico	2,184,663	2,029,886	1,889,354
2	Dominican Republic	644,306	637,688	601,349
3	Peru	504,517	466,796	455,394
4	Indonesia	410,094	363,157	304,938
5	Colombia	326,666	308,166	294,389
6	Brazil	235,788	212,873	196,545
7	Kenya	233,933	217,688	176,045
8	United States	168,528	170,261	125,237
9	Venezuela	139,685	133,453	130,290
10	Israel	131,720	110,000	101,500
11	China	128,743	126,103	124,863
12	South Africa	127,568	63,045	89,546
13	Guatemala	124,931	127,480	122,184
14	Chile	124,506	131,950	139,013
15	Malawi	92,239	97,358	86,769
16	Haiti	90,699	92,294	91,284
17	Spain	89,592	92,936	91,509
18	Cameroon	75,221	74,363	73,479
19	Democratic Republic of the Congo	65,773	65,744	65,715
20	Australia	63,486	56,501	67,600
21	Ethiopia	52,389	57,351	64,982
22	Morocco	51,170	41,695	42,256
23	Sri Lanka	50,542	30,606	34,781
24	Ivory Coast	37,983	37,119	36,255
25	Madagascar	26,777	26,596	26,413
26	New Zealand	25,525	22,903	24,369
27	Philippines	19,443	19,440	19,572
28	El Salvador	18,605	36,088	10,537
29	Ecuador	18,232	20,995	16,118
30	Paraguay	15,882	15,803	15,765
31	Costa Rica	15,000	12,368	12,368
32	Bolivia	12,452	12,509	12,497
33	Republic of the Congo	10,031	9,782	9,533
34	Ghana	9,385	9,253	9,109
35	Lebanon	9,383	9,124	8,988
36	Panama	8,834	8,276	8,195
37	Guyana	8,586	5,874	1,383
38	Rwanda	8,238	6,912	9,296
39	Central African Republic	7,511	7,133	8,800
40	East Timor	4,831	4,688	4,545
41	Argentina	4,154	4,125	4,095
42	Turkey	3,164	2,765	1,950
43	Cuba	2,819	2,986	3,183
44	France	2,518	2,568	1,926
45	Jamaica	2,349	2,395	2,448
46	Zimbabwe	1,766	1,633	1,800
47	Greece	1,640	1,756	1,731
48	Honduras	1,618	1,847	2,960
49	Grenada	1,549	1,550	1,551
50	French Guiana	1,491	900	900
51	Bahamas	1,396	1,371	1,345
52	Samoa	1,368	1,350	1,331
53	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,051	1,051	1,049
54	Swaziland	954	927	901
55	Puerto Rico	771	706	1,167
56	Barbados	758	746	733
57	Réunion	732	757	730
58	Cyprus	714	717	810
59	Palestine	677	654	639
60	Trinidad and Tobago	644	631	617
61	Martinique	352	356	353
62	Dominica	337	346	354
63	Tunisia	333	328	322
64	Guadeloupe	210	211	213
65	Saint Lucia	160	169	179
66	French Polynesia	119	118	120
67	Cook Islands	35	33	25
68	Cayman Islands	22	21	21
69	Seychelles	13	13	13

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 18 December 2020. Countries - Select All; Regions - World + (Total); Elements - Production Quantity; Items - Avocados; Years - 2018 + 2017 + 2016