Countries by papaya production in 2020 This is a list of countries by papaya production from 2017 to 2022, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database .[ 1] The estimated total world production for papayas in 2022 was 13,822,328 metric tonnes, down by 1.9% from 14,086,181 tonnes in 2021.[ 1] India was by far the largest producer, accounting for over 38% of global production. Dependent territories are shown in italics.
Production by country
>100,000 tonnes Rank Country/region 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 1 India 5,341,000 5,540,000 5,780,000 6,050,000 5,989,000 5,940,000 2 Dominican Republic 1,281,726 1,156,667 1,094,495 1,176,453 1,026,619 869,306 3 Mexico 1,139,121 1,134,753 1,117,437 1,083,133 1,039,820 961,768 4 Brazil 1,107,761 1,259,684 1,234,639 1,171,026 1,065,421 1,058,487 5 Indonesia 1,089,578 1,168,266 1,016,388 986,991 887,580 875,112 6 Nigeria 877,009 866,682 886,752 877,594 835,701 838,172 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 209,416 209,954 210,492 209,482 210,070 211,761 8 China 199,030 118,834 138,333 122,272 127,244 125,521 9 Peru 176,931 190,069 188,166 166,180 175,999 177,171 10 Thailand 165,605 165,666 165,580 165,570 165,847 165,322 11 Philippines 159,173 165,912 163,299 166,164 169,143 167,043 12 Venezuela 156,533 156,598 157,177 101,165 154,480 160,707 13 Bangladesh 147,350 125,758 130,679 135,809 131,598 134,647 14 Taiwan 138,333 122,272 127,244 125,521 105,921 5,667,000 15 Colombia 129,993 146,186 196,017 144,967 125,328 168,594 16 Vietnam 124,092 115,449 114,585 109,068 92,914 85,564
1,000–100,000 tonnes Rank Country/region 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 17 Guyana 92,749 74,447 70,535 69,473 68,867 69,052 18 Mali 88,196 64,024 57,476 67,319 67,319 20,980 19 Guatemala 86,802 86,235 85,684 88,487 84,533 84,033 20 Cuba 82,200 82,203 158,231 187,821 176,630 189,086 21 Kenya 76,430 81,446 110,322 105,048 134,436 112,932 22 Malawi 70,151 67,900 66,892 64,573 62,896 59,670 23 Costa Rica 62,305 67,103 52,276 33,460 85,500 54,000 24 Ethiopia 60,938 60,665 72,008 51,947 59,205 54,355 25 Malaysia 54,753 60,844 61,776 53,681 52,917 83,797 26 Ecuador 48,872 48,690 50,473 47,452 48,145 48,472 27 Mozambique 43,159 43,076 42,993 43,067 43,033 42,968 28 Haiti 28,603 27,711 26,536 24,064 27,471 24,102 29 Yemen 27,206 27,373 24,845 24,502 19,884 21,735 30 Laos 26,690 32,092 29,053 29,990 27,365 25,295 31 Panama 22,915 19,432 15,785 12,768 8,059 7,835 32 Nepal 19,675 16,946 18,310 15,525 14,505 12,912 33 Bolivia 17,959 18,030 18,094 18,291 18,040 17,339 34 Australia 17,315 18,330 19,648 14,921 11,968 10,198 35 Ivory Coast 14,230 14,295 14,270 14,125 14,490 14,196 36 Jamaica 13,067 10,252 10,825 10,999 9,537 7,705 37 Pakistan 12,223 9,278 8,537 7,630 7,201 6,548 38 Paraguay 11,384 11,375 11,379 11,350 11,461 11,472 39 South Africa 8,330 9,398 10,555 13,134 12,909 13,739 40 Puerto Rico 7,694 7,563 7,759 6,496 4,710 7,210 41 Oman 5,851 5,838 5,830 5,830 5,572 5,772 42 Ghana 5,652 5,645 5,670 5,642 5,622 5,744 43 Fiji 5,210 4,509 3,635 4,005 3,285 3,434 44 Saudi Arabia 4,420 4,717 3,872 45 Republic of the Congo 3,798 3,810 3,802 3,784 3,844 3,777 46 United States 3,790 6,080 3,760 5,330 4,720 11,610 47 Samoa 3,339 3,357 3,376 3,354 3,335 3,347 48 Guinea-Bissau 3,040 3,039 3,054 3,028 3,035 3,100 49 El Salvador 2,502 3,147 6,287 4,845 7,781 7,111 50 Morocco 2,280 2,280 2,250 2,270 2,028 1,713 51 East Timor 2,219 2,201 2,221 2,234 2,148 2,283 52 Argentina 2,214 2,212 2,200 2,214 2,217 2,213 53 Chile 2,143 2,211 2,180 2,413 2,241 2,511 54 Israel 1,909 1,609 83 101 44 60 55 Rwanda 1,547 1,308 2,278 2,211 623 1,662 56 Trinidad and Tobago 1,228 1,400 1,660 1,640 1,312 1,270
<1,000 tonnes Rank Country/region 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 57 Cook Islands 594 594 592 596 596 586 58 Bahamas 593 588 584 579 579 572 59 Belize 462 724 311 275 1,226 1,442 60 Honduras 359 348 341 388 316 318 61 Iran 297 297 299 296 295 306 62 Suriname 259 395 763 854 810 745 63 Bhutan 122 164 206 216 241 279 64 Dominica 91 90 90 90 88 87 65 Tunisia 77 76 75 74 73 73 66 Maldives 71 234 3,419 3,256 1,833 1,252 67 Cameroon 48 47 46 45 45 44 68 Zimbabwe 44 44 44 44 44 45 69 Nauru 2 2 2 2 2 0
Notes
References ^ a b "FAOSTAT". www.fao.org . Retrieved 27 March 2024 .