Countries by onion production in 2016
A map of onion and
shallot production, 2005.
This is a list of countries by onion production in 2016, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database .[1] The total world production for onions in 2016 was 98,893,680 metric tonnes .[n 1] Non-sovereign states are italicised and not ranked.
Contents
1 Production by country
1.1 >1,000,000 tonnes
1.2 500,000–1,000,000 tonnes
1.3 100,000–500,000 tonnes
1.4 50,000–100,000 tonnes
1.5 10,000–50,000 tonnes
1.6 1,000–10,000 tonnes
1.7 <1,000 tonnes
2 Notes
3 References
Production by country
>1,000,000 tonnes
Rank
Country/Region
Onion production (tonnes)
1
China
24,783,760
2
India
19,415,425
3
Egypt
3,115,482
4
United States
3,025,700
5
Iran
2,345,768
6
Turkey
2,255,060
7
Russia
2,023,271
8
Japan
1,792,749
9
Pakistan
1,739,054
10
Mexico
1,735,951
11
Bangladesh
1,735,334
12
South Korea
1,710,951
13
Niger
1,691,275
14
Brazil
1,657,441
15
Sudan
1,583,900
16
Algeria
1,526,339
17
Netherlands
1,497,073
18
Indonesia
1,446,869
19
Spain
1,281,393
20
Nigeria
1,251,628
21
Uzbekistan
1,184,863
22
Myanmar
1,123,084
23
Ukraine
1,046,660
500,000–1,000,000 tonnes
Rank
Country/Region
Onion production (tonnes)
24
Kazakhstan
761,332
25
Morocco
712,898
26
Peru
705,633
27
South Africa
677,291
28
Poland
651,349
29
Greece
641,715
30
Germany
616,505
31
Argentina
600,000
32
Mali
598,690
33
Tajikistan
556,955
34
France
507,495
100,000–500,000 tonnes
Rank
Country/Region
Onion production (tonnes)
35
Colombia
484,321
36
Tunisia
469,277
37
Italy
450,645[n 2]
38
Senegal
416,217
39
United Kingdom
390,674
40
Ethiopia
363,399
41
Vietnam
352,884
42
Chile
346,778
43
Uganda
333,779
44
Romania
325,074
45
Cameroon
303,781
46
Australia
264,547
47
Yemen
241,872
48
Libya
235,185
49
Tanzania
228,869
50
Canada
219,071
51
Venezuela
213,729
52
Belarus
208,873
53
New Zealand
203,449
54
Portugal
194,325
55
Kyrgyzstan
185,344
56
Azerbaijan
180,318
57
North Korea
175,748
58
Thailand
170,822
59
Austria
163,292
60
Mozambique
162,000
61
Taiwan
152,715
62
Sri Lanka
145,262
63
Ghana
143,982
64
Guatemala
142,709
65
Afghanistan
141,649
66
Albania
137,181
67
Syria
132,555
68
Belgium
130,775
69
Kenya
122,841
70
Philippines
122,595
71
Israel
101,864
50,000–100,000 tonnes
Rank
Country/Region
Onion production (tonnes)
72
Ecuador
98,894
73
Turkmenistan
94,477
74
Cuba
89,604
75
Saudi Arabia
88,744
76
Benin
81,177
77
Bolivia
79,794
78
Lebanon
70,638
79
Jordan
66,759
80
Macedonia
63,077
81
Denmark
61,950
82
Sweden
59,360
83
Moldova
57,936[n 2]
84
Serbia
57,880
85
Dominican Republic
57,133
86
Democratic Republic of the Congo
56,617
87
Armenia
53,922
88
Malawi
53,793
10,000–50,000 tonnes
Rank
Country/Region
Onion production (tonnes)
89
Hungary
49,963
90
Bosnia and Herzegovina
44,996
91
Iraq
43,098
92
Switzerland
42,175
93
Czech Republic
42,018
94
Paraguay
39,086
95
Zambia
37,585
96
Costa Rica
35,277
97
Palestine
35,162
98
Norway
32,020
99
Uruguay
31,312
100
Namibia
29,492
101
Slovakia
29,302
102
Angola
27,602
103
Croatia
26,858
104
Lithuania
26,521
105
Finland
26,242
106
United Arab Emirates
25,752
107
Nicaragua
23,102
108
Bulgaria
20,751
109
Chad
19,602
110
Georgia
18,500
111
Burkina Faso
18,449
112
Jamaica
15,922
113
Panama
15,588
114
Latvia
15,154
115
Honduras
14,953
116
Rwanda
14,522
117
Kuwait
12,773
118
Madagascar
11,306
119
Slovenia
11,274
1,000–10,000 tonnes
Rank
Country/Region
Onion production (tonnes)
120
Mongolia
9,985
121
Haiti
9,160
122
Oman
8,324
123
Cyprus
8,306
124
Malta
8,234
125
Côte d'Ivoire
7,699
126
Mauritius
7,550
127
Ireland
6,000
128
Somalia
5,074
129
Cape Verde
5,066
—
Réunion
4,806
—
Hong Kong
4,403
130
Botswana
4,277
131
Zimbabwe
3,569
132
Qatar
2,467
133
El Salvador
2,133
—
Puerto Rico
2,093
134
Guyana
1,616
135
Bahamas
1,591
<1,000 tonnes
Rank
Country/Region
Onion production (tonnes)
136
Belize
994
137
Montenegro
867
138
Bhutan
636
139
Republic of the Congo
599
140
Estonia
494
141
Barbados
404
142
South Sudan
350
143
Antigua and Barbuda
319
144
Bahrain
309
145
Comoros
239
146
Djibouti
170
147
Luxembourg
120
148
Brunei
95
—
Montserrat
95
149
Saint Kitts and Nevis
60
—
Bermuda
53
—
French Polynesia
29
150
Maldives
28
—
American Samoa
20
—
Guadeloupe
20
—
Guam
17
Notes
↑ Shallots are also included in statistics as they are a type of onion.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Data not available for "Onion, shallots, green". "Onions, dry" data shown only.
References