List of countries by avocado production
The data for 2017 and 2018 are 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] 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 | 466,758 | 455,394 |
4 | Indonesia | 410,094 | 363,157 | 304,938 |
5 | Colombia | 326,666 | 314,275 | 294,389 |
6 | Brazil | 235,788 | 213,041 | 196,422 |
7 | Kenya | 233,933 | 194,279 | 176,045 |
8 | United States | 168,528 | 132,730 | 124,860 |
9 | Venezuela | 139,685 | 133,922 | 130,290 |
10 | Israel | 131,720 | 110,000 | 101,500 |
11 | China | 128,743 | 124,110 | 122,875 |
12 | South Africa | 127,568 | 62,840 | 89,440 |
13 | Guatemala | 124,931 | 125,596 | 122,184 |
14 | Chile | 124,506 | 133,636 | 140,558 |
15 | Malawi | 92,239 | 97,358 | 86,769 |
16 | Haiti | 90,699 | 97,520 | 93,017 |
17 | Spain | 89,592 | 92,936 | 91,509 |
18 | Cameroon | 75,221 | 71,235 | 70,140 |
19 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 65,773 | 65,558 | 65,535 |
20 | Australia | 63,486 | 56,501 | 67,600 |
21 | Ethiopia | 52,389 | 57,120 | 64,982 |
22 | Morocco | 51,170 | 41,695 | 42,256 |
23 | Sri Lanka | 50,542 | 30,606 | 19,000 |
24 | Ivory Coast | 37,983 | 37,307 | 36,349 |
25 | Madagascar | 26,777 | 26,560 | 26,395 |
26 | New Zealand | 25,525 | 23,716 | 24,853 |
27 | Philippines | 19,443 | 19,440 | 19,572 |
28 | El Salvador | 18,605 | 11,631 | 10,537 |
29 | Ecuador | 18,232 | 20,995 | 16,118 |
30 | Paraguay | 15,882 | 15,889 | 15,687 |
31 | Costa Rica | 15,000 | 12,158 | 12,158 |
32 | Bolivia | 12,452 | 12,509 | 12,497 |
33 | Republic of the Congo | 10,031 | 9,747 | 9,507 |
34 | Ghana | 9,385 | 9,162 | 9,073 |
35 | Lebanon | 9,383 | 8,946 | 8,801 |
36 | Panama | 8,834 | 8,385 | 8,195 |
37 | Guyana | 8,586 | 587 | 452 |
38 | Rwanda | 8,238 | 6,912 | 9,296 |
39 | Central African Republic | 7,511 | 10,576 | 8,800 |
40 | East Timor | 4,831 | 4,930 | 4,737 |
41 | Argentina | 4,154 | 3,960 | 3,940 |
42 | Turkey | 3,164 | 2,765 | 1,950 |
43 | Cuba | 2,819 | 2,937 | 3,159 |
44 | France | 2,518 | 2,115 | 1,906 |
45 | Jamaica | 2,349 | 2,442 | 2,465 |
46 | Zimbabwe | 1,766 | 1,748 | 1,800 |
47 | Greece | 1,640 | 1,515 | 1,528 |
48 | Honduras | 1,618 | 1,074 | 1,083 |
49 | Grenada | 1,549 | 1,552 | 1,554 |
50 | French Guiana | 1,491 | 900 | 900 |
51 | Bahamas | 1,396 | 1,383 | 1,351 |
52 | Samoa | 1,368 | 1,350 | 1,330 |
53 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,051 | 1,053 | 1,049 |
54 | Eswatini | 954 | 1,017 | 976 |
55 | Puerto Rico | 771 | 1,313 | 998 |
56 | Barbados | 758 | 763 | 741 |
57 | Réunion | 732 | 769 | 741 |
58 | Cyprus | 714 | 885 | 810 |
59 | Palestine | 677 | 654 | 638 |
60 | Trinidad and Tobago | 644 | 634 | 619 |
61 | Martinique | 352 | 389 | 384 |
62 | Dominica | 337 | 396 | 403 |
63 | Tunisia | 333 | 328 | 322 |
64 | Guadeloupe | 210 | 222 | 222 |
65 | Saint Lucia | 160 | 171 | 180 |
66 | French Polynesia | 119 | 120 | 121 |
67 | Cook Islands | 35 | 13 | 13 |
68 | Cayman Islands | 22 | 21 | 20 |
69 | Seychelles | 13 | 12 | 12 |