International wheat production statistics
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The following international wheat production statistics come from the Food and Agriculture Organization figures from FAOSTAT database, older from International Grains Council figures from the report "Grain Market Report".
The quantities of wheat in the following table are in million metric tonnes. All countries with a typical production quantity of at least 2 million metric tonnes are listed below.
| Country | 2018[1] | 2017[1] | 2016[1] | 2015[2] | 2014[3] | 2013[4] | 2012[5] | 2011[5] | 2010[5] | 2009[5] | 2008[5] | 2007[5] | 2006[5] | 2005 [6] | 2004[6] | 2003[6] | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China
|
131.4 | 134.3 | 131.7 | 130.2 | 126.2 | 121.7 | 125.6 | 117.4 | 115.2 | 115.1 | 112.5 | 109.9 | 104.5 | 96.3 | 91.6 | 86.5 | 90.3 | 93.9 | 99.7 | 113.9 | 109.7 | 123.3 | 110.6 |
 India
|
99.7 | 98.5 | 93.5 | 86.5 | 94.5 | 93.5 | 94.9 | 86.9 | 80.7 | 80.7 | 78.6 | 74.9 | 69.4 | 72.0 | 72.1 | 65.1 | 72.8 | 69.7 | 76.4 | 70.8 | 65.9 | 69.4 | 62.6 |
 Russia
|
72.1 | 85.9 | 73.3 | 61.8 | 59.7 | 52.1 | 37.7 | 56.2 | 41.5 | 61.7 | 63.7 | 49.4 | 45.0 | 47.6 | 45.4 | 34.1 | 50.6 | 47.0 | 34.5 | 31.0 | 27.0 | 44.3 | 34.9 |
 United States
|
51.3 | 47.3 | 62.9 | 55.8 | 55.4 | 60.0 | 61.8 | 54.4 | 60.1 | 60.3 | 68.0 | 53.6 | 57.3 | 57.1 | 58.7 | 63.8 | 44.1 | 53.3 | 60.8 | 62.7 | 69.4 | 67.5 | 62.0 |
 France
|
35.8 | 36.9 | 29.5 | 42.8 | 39.0 | 38.6 | 40.3 | 38.0 | 38.2 | 38.3 | 39.0 | 33.2 | 35.4 | 36.9 | 39.7 | 30.5 | 38.9 | 31.5 | 37.5 | 37.2 | 39.8 | 33.9 | 35.9 |
 Canada
|
31.8 | 30.0 | 30.5 | 27.6 | 29.3 | 37.5 | 27.0 | 25.3 | 23.2 | 26.8 | 28.6 | 20.6 | 27.3 | 25.6 | 25.9 | 23.6 | 16.2 | 20.6 | 26.8 | 26.9 | 24.1 | 24.3 | 29.8 |
 Pakistan
|
25.1 | 26.7 | 26.0 | 25.1 | 26.0 | 24.2 | 23.5 | 25.2 | 23.3 | 24.0 | 21.0 | 23.5 | 21.3 | 21.6 | 19.5 | 19.2 | 18.2 | 19.0 | 21.1 | 17.9 | 18.7 | 16.7 | 16.9 |
 Ukraine
|
24.7 | 26.2 | 26.1 | 26.5 | 24.1 | 22.8 | 15.8 | 22.3 | 16.9 | 20.9 | 25.9 | 13.8 | 14.0 | 18.7 | 17.5 | 6.9 | 20.6 | 21.4 | 10.2 | 13.6 | 14.9 | 18.4 | 13.5 |
 Australia
|
20.9 | 31.8 | 22.3 | 23.7 | 25.3 | 22.9 | 29.9 | 27.4 | 22.1 | 21.7 | 21.4 | 13.0 | 10.8 | 25.1 | 21.9 | 26.1 | 10.1 | 24.3 | 18.5 | 24.1 | 22.1 | 19.4 | 23.7 |
 Germany
|
20.3 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 27.8 | 25.0 | 22.4 | 22.8 | 24.1 | 25.2 | 26.0 | 21.4 | 22.4 | 23.6 | 25.4 | 19.3 | 20.8 | 22.8 | 21.6 | 19.6 | 20.2 | 19.8 | 18.9 |
 Turkey
|
20.0 | 21.5 | 20.6 | 22.6 | 19.0 | 22.1 | 20.1 | 21.8 | 19.7 | 20.6 | 17.8 | 17.7 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 19.0 | 19.5 | 19.0 | 17.5 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 16.2 | 16.2 |
 Argentina
|
18.5 | 18.4 | 18.6 | 11.6 | 13.9 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 16.4 | 14.9 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 16.5 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 12.3 | 15.4 | 16.5 | 15.7 | 11.5 | 14.8 | 15.9 |
 Iran
|
14.5 | 14.0[7] | 11.1[7] | 11.5 | 13.5[8] | 14.0[7] | 13.8[7] | 13.5[7] | 15.0 | 13.5 | 8.0 | 15.9 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.0 | 13.4 | 12.5 | 9.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 10.2 | 8.8 |
 Kazakhstan
|
13.9 | 14.8 | 15.0 | 13.7 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 13.3 | 22.7 | 9.6 | 17.1 | 12.6 | 16.5 | 13.5 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 11.5 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 9.1 | 11.2 | 4.8 | 8.7 | 8.0 |
 United Kingdom
|
13.6 | 14.8 | 14.4 | 16.4 | 16.6 | 11.9 | 13.3 | 15.3 | 14.9 | 14.4 | 17.2 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 14.3 | 16.0 | 11.6 | 16.8 | 14.9 | 15.5 | 15.1 | 16.1 |
 Romania
|
10.1 | 10.0 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 5.3 | 7.1 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 7.2 | 2.9 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 7.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 6.6 | 3.1 |
 Poland
|
9.8 | 11.7 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 11.6 | 9.5 | 8.6[7] | 9.3 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 9.3 | 8.4 | 7.1 | 8.6 | 9.9 | 7.9 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 8.5 | 9.1 | 9.5 | 8.2 | 8.6 |
 Egypt
|
8.8 | 8.6[9] | 9.0[7] | 9.6[7] | 9.3 | 9.5 | 8.8[7] | 8.4 | 7.2 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.7 |
 Spain
|
8.0 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 7.6 | 4.7 | 6.9 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 3.8 | 7.1 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 5.0 | 7.3 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 6.0 |
 Morocco
|
7.3 | 7.1 | 2.7 | 8.1 | 5.1 | 6.9 | 3.9 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 6.4 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 2.3 | 5.9 |
 Italy
|
6.9 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.4[7] | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 8.9 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 6.2 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 8.3 |
 Bulgaria
|
5.8 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.3[7] | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 1.8 |
 Brazil
|
5.4 | 4.3 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
 Uzbekistan
|
5.4 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.7 |
 Hungary
|
5.2 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 3.9 |
 Czechia
|
4.4 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
 Ethiopia
|
4.2 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.6 |
 Algeria
|
4.0 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.2[7] | 3.4 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 3.0 |
 Afghanistan
|
3.6 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
 Iraq
|
3.2 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.8[7] | 3.3[7] | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
 Mexico
|
2.9 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
 Serbia
|
2.9 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 1.5 |
 Lithuania
|
2.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
 Denmark
|
2.7 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.8 |
 Belarus
|
1.8 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
 Sweden
|
1.6 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
 Latvia
|
1.4 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
 Syria
|
1.2 | 2.2[7] | 2.9[7] | 2.4 | 2.0 | 3.1[7] | 3.7[7] | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
| World total | 734.0 | 771.7 | 749.5 | 737.0 | 733.5 | 711.0 | 672.7 | 697.7 | 640.3 | 684.2 | 681.0 | 606.7 | 614.5 | 626.9 | 634.9 | 550.1 | 592.0 | 588.2 | 585.0 | 584.8 | 596.2 | 614.7 | 578.6 |
After peaking over 4 million tons of production in the early 1990s,[10] Saudi Arabia tapered off wheat production in the 2010s due to concerns over water usage[11]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Crops". FAOSTAT. Retrieved 2018-08-12. Countries - Select All; Regions - World + (Total); Elements - Production Quantity; Items - Wheat; Years - 2016
- ^ "Crops". FAOSTAT. Retrieved 2018-08-12. Countries - Select All; Regions - World + (Total); Elements - Production Quantity; Items - Wheat; Years - 2015
- ^ "FAOSTAT". faostat3.fao.org. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
- ^ FAOSTAT
- ^ a b c d e f g FAOSTAT Archived 2013-01-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c UN FAO Statistic
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- ^ FAOSTAT
- ^ "الإحصاء: 8.6 مليون طن إنتاج مصر من القمح خلال 2017-2018". www.mubasher.info (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-08-14.
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