List of countries by pear production

This is a list of countries by pear production in 2016 and 2017, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database.[1] The estimated total world production for pears in 2017 was 24,168,309 metric tonnes, an increase of 2.1% from 23,676,110 tonnes in 2016.[n 1] China was by far the largest producer, accounting for over 67% (two-thirds) of global production.

Countries by pear production in 2016

Production by country

>100,000 tonnes

Rank	Country	2017	2016
1	China	16,410,000	15,963,000
2	Argentina	930,340	905,605
3	Italy	772,577	701,928
4	United States	677,891	682,061
5	Turkey	503,004	472,250
6	South Africa	414,879	423,128
7	Spain	360,957	349,247
8	India	346,000	323,000
9	Netherlands	330,000	374,000
10	Chile	309,189	307,166
11	Belgium	301,818	331,550
12	Japan	274,500	278,100
13	Algeria	236,982	211,951
14	South Korea	220,885	238,014
15	Portugal	202,277	137,805
16	Ukraine	165,440	156,000
17	North Korea	147,621	146,814
18	France	118,419	129,627
19	Taiwan	117,694	111,424
20	Uzbekistan	104,916	99,177

10,000–100,000 tonnes

Rank	Country	2017	2016
21	Australia	96,741	104,928
22	Iran	80,576	178,144
23	Greece	73,200	66,200
24	Egypt	64,680	69,752
25	Russia	58,551	65,841
26	Poland	55,142	81,469
27	Serbia	52,291	60,799
28	Azerbaijan	50,492	40,687
29	Austria	46,111	23,450
30	Romania	46,040	52,751
31	Switzerland	39,828	34,699
32	Morocco	34,025	27,754
33	Belarus	32,105	30,788
34	Nepal	30,061	34,724
35	Israel	28,000	27,001
36	Mexico	27,929	26,952
37	United Kingdom	27,700	24,000
38	Hungary	27,011	23,083
39	Germany	23,386	34,625
40	Colombia	22,767	22,422
41	Syria	22,684	22,653
42	Brazil	22,108	14,915
43	New Zealand	18,652	21,926
44	Armenia	18,175	13,069
45	Lebanon	17,105	17,909
46	Tunisia	16,033	16,000
47	Bosnia and Herzegovina	15,370	24,003
48	Kazakhstan	14,231	14,120
49	Albania	13,458	13,384
50	Pakistan	12,902	15,176
51	Uruguay	12,000	4,986
52	Slovenia	11,670	8,282
53	Kyrgyzstan	11,246	10,390

<10,000 tonnes

Rank	Country	2017	2016
54	Canada	9,676	8,285
55	Afghanistan	8,862	5,226
56	Iraq	7,755	7,443
57	Ecuador	6,746	6,966
58	Tanzania	6,426	5,931
59	Georgia	5,600	10,700
60	Moldova	5,208	4,933
61	Macedonia	5,052	7,207
62	Denmark	4,465	8,000
63	Kenya	4,420	4,272
64	Peru	4,267	3,929
65	Czech Republic	3,947	6,541
66	Montenegro	3,900	4,300
67	Jordan	3,767	4,059
68	Bulgaria	2,840	1,992
69	Croatia	2,796	3,962
70	Lithuania	2,448	2,422
71	Sweden	2,050	1,410
72	Bolivia	1,907	1,789
73	Madagascar	1,590	1,588
74	Bhutan	1,510	963
75	Libya	1,441	1,431
76	Slovakia	844	417
77	Yemen	762	950
78	Cyprus	545	594
79	Latvia	431	365
80	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	384	378
81	Norway	250	238
82	Luxembourg	219	542
83	Paraguay	214	214
84	Zimbabwe	157	163
85	Palestine	143	142
86	Malta	22	23
87	Djibouti	3	3

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 5 August 2019. Countries - Select All; Regions - World + (Total); Elements - Production Quantity; Items - Pears; Years - 2017 + 2016