List of countries by papaya production

This is a list of countries by papaya production from the years 2016 to 2018, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database.[1] The estimated total world production for papayas in 2018 was 13,290,320 metric tonnes, up by 2.5% from 12,971,418 tonnes in 2017.[n 1] India was by far the largest producer, accounting for 45% of global production. Dependent territories are shown in italics.

Countries by papaya production in 2016

Production by country

>100,000 tonnes

Rank	Country/Region	2018	2017	2016
1	India	5,989,000	5,940,000	5,667,000
2	Brazil	1,060,392	1,058,487	1,296,940
3	Mexico	1,039,820	961,768	951,922
4	Dominican Republic	1,022,498	869,306	863,201
5	Indonesia	887,591	875,112	904,284
6	Nigeria	833,038	829,563	827,482
7	Democratic Republic of the Congo	213,769	214,405	215,040
8	Venezuela	188,636	178,164	175,677
9	Colombia	183,732	179,899	177,458
10	Cuba	176,630	189,086	212,579
11	Thailand	176,043	178,280	173,269
12	Peru	175,988	177,171	169,437
13	Philippines	169,143	167,043	162,481
14	Bangladesh	131,598	134,647	130,371
15	Kenya	131,456	129,089	127,423
16	Taiwan	127,244	125,521	105,921

1,000–100,000 tonnes

Rank	Country/Region	2018	2017	2016
17	Guatemala	93,278	84,033	96,896
18	Costa Rica	85,500	54,000	100,000
19	Mali	67,319	61,673	54,664
20	Malawi	62,896	59,670	56,091
21	Malaysia	50,519	83,797	65,967
22	Ecuador	49,628	49,282	50,818
23	Ethiopia	45,857	48,909	50,396
24	Mozambique	42,760	42,696	42,631
25	China	40,422	39,181	37,939
26	Laos	27,365	25,295	28,989
27	Yemen	21,723	21,735	21,591
28	Bolivia	18,040	17,339	18,216
29	Belize	16,082	19,770	17,910
30	Nepal	14,505	12,912	14,137
31	Ivory Coast	14,091	13,909	13,664
32	Guyana	13,296	5,462	4,256
33	South Africa	12,909	13,739	15,525
34	Paraguay	11,267	11,265	11,286
35	Puerto Rico	9,751	9,919	9,641
36	Jamaica	9,537	7,705	8,582
37	Panama	7,878	7,835	7,726
38	El Salvador	7,781	7,111	8,151
39	Pakistan	7,201	6,548	6,185
40	Australia	6,402	6,385	6,293
41	Ghana	6,274	5,763	5,561
42	Oman	5,572	5,772	5,772
43	United States	4,717	12,800	8,963
44	Republic of the Congo	3,982	3,900	3,819
45	Samoa	3,414	3,430	3,445
46	Rwanda	3,408	1,662	2,920
47	Fiji	3,285	3,434	3,174
48	Guinea-Bissau	3,186	3,301	3,185
49	Chile	2,296	2,567	2,723
50	Argentina	2,182	2,179	2,176
51	Maldives	1,833	1,252	917
52	East Timor	1,792	1,957	1,565
53	Trinidad and Tobago	1,312	1,270	942

<1,000 tonnes

Rank	Country/Region	2018	2017	2016
54	Suriname	810	745	713
55	French Guiana	780	762	744
56	Réunion	691	682	673
57	Cook Islands	587	595	601
58	Bahamas	556	554	553
59	Honduras	316	318	530
60	Morocco	172	171	171
61	Iran	143	152	247
62	Haiti	101	101	101
63	Dominica	83	83	83
64	Tunisia	73	73	72
65	Zimbabwe	47	46	45
66	Cameroon	44	43	42
66	Israel	44	60	61
68	Guadeloupe	36	36	37

Notes

1. Sum of values for countries with available data, which may be official or FAO data based on imputation methodology

References

1. "Crops". FAOSTAT. Retrieved 18 December 2019. Countries - Select All; Regions - World + (Total); Elements - Production Quantity; Items - Papayas; Years - 2018 + 2017 + 2016