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Which Country Produces the Most Wheat? The World's Top Wheat Producers Compared
Which country produces the most wheat? Explore the world's top 10 wheat producers, 2024 rankings, production statistics and historical trends.
World ranking: Cereals, primary — Harvested area 2024
World ranking: Cereals, primary — Harvested area 2024. Source: FAOSTAT. Calculations and presentation: Terra Cultiva.
| Rank | Country | Value | World share |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | India | 107.67M ha | 14.5 % |
| #2 | China | 100.29M ha | 13.5 % |
| #3 | United States | 54.08M ha | 7.3 % |
| #4 | Russia | 39.58M ha | 5.3 % |
| #5 | Brazil | 27.78M ha | 3.7 % |
| #6 | Australia | 19.46M ha | 2.6 % |
| #7 | Nigeria | 18.28M ha | 2.5 % |
| #8 | Argentina | 17.66M ha | 2.4 % |
| #9 | Kazakhstan | 16.06M ha | 2.2 % |
| #10 | Canada | 15.83M ha | 2.1 % |
| #11 | Pakistan | 15.45M ha | 2.1 % |
| #12 | Indonesia | 12.59M ha | 1.7 % |
| #13 | Thailand | 12.53M ha | 1.7 % |
| #14 | Bangladesh | 12.27M ha | 1.6 % |
| #15 | Ethiopia | 12.07M ha | 1.6 % |
| #16 | Sudan | 11.59M ha | 1.6 % |
| #17 | Turkey | 11.38M ha | 1.5 % |
| #18 | Ukraine | 10.81M ha | 1.5 % |
| #19 | Niger | 10.33M ha | 1.4 % |
| #20 | Iran | 9.00M ha | 1.2 % |
| #21 | Mexico | 8.70M ha | 1.2 % |
| #22 | France | 8.53M ha | 1.1 % |
| #23 | Tanzania | 8.26M ha | 1.1 % |
| #24 | Myanmar | 7.97M ha | 1.1 % |
| #25 | Vietnam | 7.93M ha | 1.1 % |
| #26 | Philippines | 7.10M ha | 1.0 % |
| #27 | Poland | 7.08M ha | 1.0 % |
| #28 | Mali | 6.30M ha | 0.8 % |
| #29 | Germany | 5.74M ha | 0.8 % |
| #30 | Spain | 5.51M ha | 0.7 % |
| #31 | Romania | 5.07M ha | 0.7 % |
| #32 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5.03M ha | 0.7 % |
| #33 | Burkina Faso | 4.35M ha | 0.6 % |
| #34 | Cambodia | 4.12M ha | 0.6 % |
| #35 | Guinea | 3.99M ha | 0.5 % |
| #36 | Mozambique | 3.42M ha | 0.5 % |
| #37 | South Africa | 3.36M ha | 0.5 % |
| #38 | Chad | 3.28M ha | 0.4 % |
| #39 | Nepal | 3.27M ha | 0.4 % |
| #40 | Egypt | 3.26M ha | 0.4 % |
| #41 | Angola | 3.16M ha | 0.4 % |
| #42 | United Kingdom | 2.96M ha | 0.4 % |
| #43 | Uganda | 2.95M ha | 0.4 % |
| #44 | Kenya | 2.94M ha | 0.4 % |
| #45 | Italy | 2.84M ha | 0.4 % |
| #46 | Syria | 2.70M ha | 0.4 % |
| #47 | Algeria | 2.68M ha | 0.4 % |
| #48 | Afghanistan | 2.64M ha | 0.4 % |
| #49 | Morocco | 2.58M ha | 0.3 % |
| #50 | Iraq | 2.43M ha | 0.3 % |
| #51 | Ghana | 2.36M ha | 0.3 % |
| #52 | Belarus | 2.28M ha | 0.3 % |
| #53 | Hungary | 2.25M ha | 0.3 % |
| #54 | Madagascar | 2.19M ha | 0.3 % |
| #55 | Cameroon | 2.17M ha | 0.3 % |
| #56 | Benin | 2.14M ha | 0.3 % |
| #57 | Bulgaria | 1.97M ha | 0.3 % |
| #58 | Senegal | 1.95M ha | 0.3 % |
| #59 | Japan | 1.82M ha | 0.2 % |
| #60 | Malawi | 1.75M ha | 0.2 % |
| #61 | Bolivia | 1.69M ha | 0.2 % |
| #62 | Serbia | 1.69M ha | 0.2 % |
| #63 | Ivory Coast | 1.64M ha | 0.2 % |
| #64 | Paraguay | 1.61M ha | 0.2 % |
| #65 | Uzbekistan | 1.51M ha | 0.2 % |
| #66 | North Korea | 1.35M ha | 0.2 % |
| #67 | Czechia | 1.31M ha | 0.2 % |
| #68 | Lithuania | 1.30M ha | 0.2 % |
| #69 | Togo | 1.28M ha | 0.2 % |
| #70 | South Sudan | 1.27M ha | 0.2 % |
| #71 | Zimbabwe | 1.26M ha | 0.2 % |
| #72 | Denmark | 1.23M ha | 0.2 % |
| #73 | Peru | 1.22M ha | 0.2 % |
| #74 | Sri Lanka | 1.21M ha | 0.2 % |
| #75 | Sierra Leone | 1.10M ha | 0.1 % |
| #76 | Guatemala | 1.04M ha | 0.1 % |
| #77 | Laos | 1.02M ha | 0.1 % |
| #78 | Sweden | 982.3k ha | 0.1 % |
| #79 | Colombia | 982.0k ha | 0.1 % |
| #80 | Azerbaijan | 964.5k ha | 0.1 % |
| #81 | Finland | 905.2k ha | 0.1 % |
| #82 | Moldova | 885.2k ha | 0.1 % |
| #83 | Turkmenistan | 868.6k ha | 0.1 % |
| #84 | Uruguay | 814.0k ha | 0.1 % |
| #85 | Venezuela | 808.1k ha | 0.1 % |
| #86 | Tunisia | 795.4k ha | 0.1 % |
| #87 | Latvia | 793.3k ha | 0.1 % |
| #88 | South Korea | 761.6k ha | 0.1 % |
| #89 | Zambia | 759.6k ha | 0.1 % |
| #90 | Austria | 726.1k ha | 0.1 % |
| #91 | Greece | 709.1k ha | 0.1 % |
| #92 | Ecuador | 696.2k ha | 0.1 % |
| #93 | Burundi | 678.7k ha | 0.1 % |
| #94 | Slovakia | 663.1k ha | 0.1 % |
| #95 | Kyrgyzstan | 611.5k ha | 0.1 % |
| #96 | Malaysia | 593.8k ha | 0.1 % |
| #97 | Yemen | 547.7k ha | 0.1 % |
| #98 | Rwanda | 546.6k ha | 0.1 % |
| #99 | Croatia | 500.0k ha | 0.1 % |
| #100 | Eritrea | 478.4k ha | 0.1 % |
| #101 | Honduras | 408.1k ha | 0.1 % |
| #102 | Chile | 386.9k ha | 0.1 % |
| #103 | Tajikistan | 376.5k ha | 0.1 % |
| #104 | Mauritania | 370.9k ha | 0.0 % |
| #105 | Central African Republic | 358.8k ha | 0.0 % |
| #106 | Mongolia | 354.4k ha | 0.0 % |
| #107 | Somalia | 353.7k ha | 0.0 % |
| #108 | Estonia | 349.2k ha | 0.0 % |
| #109 | Namibia | 332.0k ha | 0.0 % |
| #110 | El Salvador | 317.5k ha | 0.0 % |
| #111 | Haiti | 303.5k ha | 0.0 % |
| #112 | Taiwan | 291.2k ha | 0.0 % |
| #113 | Liberia | 290.0k ha | 0.0 % |
| #114 | Belgium | 281.9k ha | 0.0 % |
| #115 | Norway | 280.0k ha | 0.0 % |
| #116 | Ireland | 258.9k ha | 0.0 % |
| #117 | Libya | 249.8k ha | 0.0 % |
| #118 | Guinea-Bissau | 242.7k ha | 0.0 % |
| #119 | Dominican Republic | 235.6k ha | 0.0 % |
| #120 | Saudi Arabia | 230.1k ha | 0.0 % |
| #121 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 224.3k ha | 0.0 % |
| #122 | Portugal | 191.6k ha | 0.0 % |
| #123 | Guyana | 170.6k ha | 0.0 % |
| #124 | Cuba | 158.3k ha | 0.0 % |
| #125 | The Netherlands | 153.5k ha | 0.0 % |
| #126 | North Macedonia | 149.2k ha | 0.0 % |
| #127 | Georgia | 148.6k ha | 0.0 % |
| #128 | Switzerland | 137.0k ha | 0.0 % |
| #129 | Albania | 126.1k ha | 0.0 % |
| #130 | Gambia | 124.2k ha | 0.0 % |
| #131 | New Zealand | 121.2k ha | 0.0 % |
| #132 | Lesotho | 111.9k ha | 0.0 % |
| #133 | Armenia | 109.7k ha | 0.0 % |
| #134 | Panama | 109.3k ha | 0.0 % |
| #135 | Slovenia | 102.2k ha | 0.0 % |
| #136 | Eswatini | 71.8k ha | 0.0 % |
| #137 | Israel | 66.8k ha | 0.0 % |
| #138 | Timor Leste | 62.5k ha | 0.0 % |
| #139 | Botswana | 60.6k ha | 0.0 % |
| #140 | Jordan | 52.1k ha | 0.0 % |
| #141 | Suriname | 50.8k ha | 0.0 % |
| #142 | Lebanon | 45.0k ha | 0.0 % |
| #143 | Belize | 39.4k ha | 0.0 % |
| #144 | Republic of the Congo | 34.6k ha | 0.0 % |
| #145 | Gabon | 30.1k ha | 0.0 % |
| #146 | Luxembourg | 27.0k ha | 0.0 % |
| #147 | Bhutan | 20.7k ha | 0.0 % |
| #148 | Cyprus | 20.1k ha | 0.0 % |
| #149 | Costa Rica | 19.0k ha | 0.0 % |
| #150 | Comoros | 11.7k ha | 0.0 % |
| #151 | Oman | 8.7k ha | 0.0 % |
| #152 | Papua New Guinea | 3.9k ha | 0.0 % |
| #153 | Fiji | 3.6k ha | 0.0 % |
| #154 | Montenegro | 2.6k ha | 0.0 % |
| #155 | Iceland | 2.5k ha | 0.0 % |
| #156 | Kuwait | 2.5k ha | 0.0 % |
| #157 | Jamaica | 1.8k ha | 0.0 % |
| #158 | Vanuatu | 1.5k ha | 0.0 % |
| #159 | Brunei | 1.5k ha | 0.0 % |
| #160 | Solomon Islands | 1.5k ha | 0.0 % |
| #161 | Puerto Rico | 996 ha | 0.0 % |
| #162 | United Arab Emirates | 900 ha | 0.0 % |
| #163 | Trinidad and Tobago | 804 ha | 0.0 % |
| #164 | New Caledonia | 631 ha | 0.0 % |
| #165 | Sao Tome and Principe | 397 ha | 0.0 % |
| #166 | Grenada | 178 ha | 0.0 % |
| #167 | Micronesia | 169 ha | 0.0 % |
| #168 | Cabo Verde | 124 ha | 0.0 % |
| #169 | Qatar | 118 ha | 0.0 % |
| #170 | Dominica | 115 ha | 0.0 % |
| #171 | Mauritius | 108 ha | 0.0 % |
| #172 | Maldives | 84 ha | 0.0 % |
| #173 | Bahamas | 78 ha | 0.0 % |
| #174 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 32 ha | 0.0 % |
| #175 | Antigua and Barbuda | 26 ha | 0.0 % |
| #176 | Djibouti | 9.0 ha | 0.0 % |
| #177 | Barbados | 0.00 ha | 0.0 % |
| #178 | Malta | 0.00 ha | 0.0 % |
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