List of countries by onion production

This is a list of countries by onion production in 2008 mostly based on FAOSTAT FAO accessed in August 2010.

Production by country >250,000 tonnes

Onion and shallot output in 2005

Rank	Country/Region	Onion production (tonnes)
1	People's Republic of China	20,817,295
2	India	8,178,300
3	United States	3,349,170
4	Pakistan	2,015,200
5	Turkey	2,007,120
6	Iran	1,849,275
7	Egypt	1,728,417
8	Russia	1,712,500
9	Brazil	1,299,815
10	Mexico	1,252,441
11	Japan	1,165,000
12	Netherlands	1,130,000
13	Spain	1,098,400
14	Ukraine	1,049,200
15	South Korea	1,035,076
16	Bangladesh	889,260
17	Indonesia	824,064
18	Myanmar	740,000
19	Uzbekistan	728,000
20	Algeria	700,000
21	Argentina	700,000
22	Morocco	662,140
23	Peru	634,393
24	Nigeria	621,000
25	Poland	618,233
26	Germany	407,602
27	Italy	403,521
28	Romania	395,579
29	South Africa	380,386
30	Kazakhstan	376,840
31	Niger	373,637
32	United Kingdom	349,200
33	Colombia	334,110
34	Chile	290,000
35	Thailand	280,000
36	Venezuela	256,192

External links

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