Biology:List of countries by onion production

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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.

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

  1. Shallots are also included in statistics as they are a type of onion.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Data not available for "Onion, shallots, green". "Onions, dry" data shown only.

References

  1. "Crops". http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QC/.  Countries - Select All; Regions - World + (Total); Elements - Production Quantity; Items - Onion, dry + Onions, shallots, green; Years - 2016