Apple Production By Country (2026)
Apple production by country data from 2018-2024 FAO records paired with 2026 projections across 93 territories traces the world apple production landscape. China dominates as the largest apple producer, with the United States and Türkiye forming the next global tier.
Key Takeaways
- China led global apple output in 2024 with 51,285,100 tonnes, maintaining a dominant market share.
- United States ranked second at 4,922,840 tonnes in the 2024 dataset.
- Türkiye held third place at 4,420,185 tonnes, ahead of Poland and Italy in the 2024 ranking.
- Dataset covers 93 territories using 2018-2024 FAO data alongside modeled 2026 projections.
Geographic clusters emerge in the map above, with the full production ranking shown in the table below.
Apple Production by Country (2024 FAO Data)
Latest FAO Production Snapshot
The latest FAO year shows China far ahead of every other producer, with the United States and Türkiye forming the next tier. Poland, India, Italy, Iran, Russia, and France also remained major producers in the 2024 dataset.
Regional Production Patterns
The 2024 table shows a clear gap between China and every other producer. China's 51.3 million tonnes is more than ten times the United States total, so even small percentage changes in China have a large effect on the global balance.
- Asia: China remains the dominant producer, while India reached 2.63 million tonnes. Iran also stayed inside the top group with 2.35 million tonnes, although its recent series is more uneven than China's.
- Europe & Mediterranean: Türkiye produced 4.42 million tonnes, ahead of Poland at 3.38 million tonnes and Italy at 2.40 million tonnes. The 2026 estimates keep Türkiye above Poland, but the margin depends on how quickly Poland recovers from its weaker 2024 result.
- North America: The United States produced 4.92 million tonnes in 2024. Its recent data is less volatile than most European producers, which supports a relatively stable 2026 estimate.
Notable Mid-Tier Producers
France remained a major European producer with 1.96 million tonnes, while Uzbekistan and South Africa also stayed above one million tonnes. Algeria reached 591,698 tonnes and Afghanistan reached 333,838 tonnes, making both useful markets to watch outside the largest production clusters.
Risks & Yield Pressures
Apple output is sensitive to spring frost, heat stress, water availability, and pest pressure. These risks matter most in countries where production already moves sharply from year to year, so the 2026 method limits trend effects instead of extending a single strong or weak season too far.
2026 Outlook & Forecast Notes
The 2026 estimates point to a market that remains concentrated at the top. China is projected at 53.8 million tonnes, the United States at 5.18 million tonnes, and Türkiye at 4.50 million tonnes.
- China: Estimated at 53.8 million tonnes by 2026, supported by steady recent growth.
- United States: Estimated at 5.18 million tonnes by 2026, close to its recent production range.
- Türkiye: Estimated at 4.50 million tonnes by 2026, keeping it ahead of the main European producers in this dataset.
- Poland: Estimated at 3.28 million tonnes by 2026, with the forecast held down by the weaker 2024 figure.
Apple Production by Country: 2018-2024 Data and 2026 Estimates
| # |
Country
|
2026 (est.)
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2024
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2023
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2022
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2021
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2020
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2019
|
2018
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
53,813,139 | 51,285,100 | 49,601,700 | 47,571,800 | 45,983,400 | 44,066,100 | 42,425,400 | 39,233,400 |
| 2 |
|
5,178,860 | 4,922,840 | 5,203,840 | 4,524,590 | 4,568,810 | 4,665,199 | 5,028,526 | 4,644,790 |
| 3 |
|
4,504,831 | 4,420,185 | 4,602,517 | 4,817,500 | 4,493,264 | 4,300,486 | 3,618,752 | 3,625,960 |
| 4 |
|
3,284,808 | 3,384,500 | 3,892,700 | 4,264,700 | 4,067,400 | 3,555,200 | 3,080,600 | 3,999,520 |
| 5 |
|
2,962,981 | 2,625,899 | 2,876,000 | 2,589,000 | 2,276,000 | 2,814,000 | 2,316,000 | 2,327,000 |
| 6 |
|
2,460,301 | 2,398,540 | 2,267,750 | 2,256,240 | 2,211,740 | 2,462,440 | 2,303,690 | 2,466,990 |
| 7 |
|
1,990,661 | 2,346,929 | 2,168,836 | 1,989,734 | 2,767,822 | 2,241,100 | 2,241,124 | 1,936,697 |
| 8 |
|
1,979,534 | 2,014,406 | 2,086,219 | 2,379,900 | 2,215,300 | 2,040,700 | 1,950,800 | 1,859,400 |
| 9 |
|
2,157,182 | 1,964,030 | 1,894,440 | 1,785,660 | 1,633,080 | 1,743,360 | 1,753,500 | 1,740,350 |
| 10 |
|
1,600,531 | 1,482,332 | 1,385,872 | 1,313,233 | 1,238,188 | 1,148,455 | 1,124,017 | 1,130,335 |
| 11 |
|
1,398,356 | 1,327,545 | 1,198,897 | 1,231,867 | 1,148,771 | 998,785 | 895,399 | 829,636 |
| 12 |
|
1,225,291 | 1,299,064 | 1,492,883 | 1,480,121 | 1,575,416 | 1,608,942 | 1,592,873 | 1,675,985 |
| 13 |
|
1,074,832 | 1,150,900 | 1,172,750 | 1,129,120 | 1,278,870 | 1,114,570 | 1,153,970 | 1,462,360 |
| 14 |
|
939,547 | 997,470 | 1,183,794 | 1,047,217 | 1,297,424 | 983,255 | 1,222,949 | 1,203,007 |
| 15 |
|
1,008,442 | 959,101 | 943,661 | 887,600 | 863,370 | 751,200 | 701,435 | 716,148 |
| 16 |
|
848,550 | 871,990 | 941,210 | 1,070,980 | 1,004,630 | 1,023,320 | 991,450 | 1,198,520 |
| 17 |
|
929,310 | 854,372 | 844,114 | 790,533 | 732,287 | 671,716 | 603,922 | 543,645 |
| 18 |
|
846,283 | 852,161 | 867,789 | 922,820 | 889,736 | 778,866 | 809,762 | 696,950 |
| 19 |
|
804,514 | 801,602 | 799,088 | 796,575 | 794,630 | 786,907 | 786,965 | 788,306 |
| 20 |
|
894,389 | 779,724 | 814,534 | 808,906 | 631,767 | 714,203 | 761,483 | 659,692 |
| 21 |
|
655,472 | 658,377 | 604,000 | 737,100 | 661,900 | 763,300 | 701,600 | 756,100 |
| 22 |
|
630,985 | 591,698 | 581,623 | 551,530 | 522,317 | 566,824 | 558,830 | 487,808 |
| 23 |
|
579,056 | 575,214 | 585,847 | 578,248 | 575,146 | 566,870 | 556,312 | 480,000 |
| 24 |
|
488,692 | 545,080 | 527,680 | 496,350 | 615,830 | 522,100 | 638,840 | 562,960 |
| 25 |
|
477,562 | 494,063 | 528,749 | 423,343 | 514,000 | 587,000 | 547,846 | 510,478 |
| 26 |
|
449,167 | 487,140 | 534,140 | 543,380 | 593,700 | 537,470 | 492,700 | 634,770 |
| 27 |
|
427,642 | 460,088 | 394,428 | 566,041 | 515,931 | 422,115 | 535,324 | 475,303 |
| 28 |
|
432,469 | 408,047 | 409,222 | 472,969 | 392,459 | 631,597 | 610,444 | 548,721 |
| 29 |
|
395,080 | 404,595 | 517,613 | 447,722 | 647,669 | 480,368 | 610,921 | 665,184 |
| 30 |
|
337,409 | 389,196 | 379,690 | 486,215 | 513,238 | 489,426 | 499,578 | 460,404 |
| 31 |
|
401,731 | 386,368 | 358,514 | 382,456 | 351,565 | 390,999 | 382,771 | 402,978 |
| 32 |
|
357,195 | 376,680 | 486,300 | 350,100 | 514,520 | 398,710 | 498,330 | 678,780 |
| 33 |
|
336,700 | 336,700 | 336,700 | 336,700 | 336,700 | 532,655 | 336,697 | 700,198 |
| 34 |
|
336,013 | 333,838 | 324,000 | 318,402 | 321,672 | 270,857 | 250,324 | 217,192 |
| 35 |
|
271,573 | 313,210 | 292,230 | 291,190 | 368,230 | 286,080 | 370,710 | 263,960 |
| 36 |
|
298,662 | 300,023 | 301,787 | 318,197 | 308,386 | 301,411 | 292,736 | 277,158 |
| 37 |
|
303,280 | 293,731 | 285,176 | 307,630 | 280,273 | 262,966 | 265,150 | 268,355 |
| 38 |
|
280,440 | 277,717 | 227,079 | 244,880 | 242,157 | 239,733 | 236,146 | 242,040 |
| 39 |
|
247,653 | 263,210 | 242,710 | 289,280 | 286,860 | 303,580 | 277,110 | 285,810 |
| 40 |
|
218,517 | 225,684 | 251,475 | 267,919 | 262,809 | 259,128 | 216,540 | 222,482 |
| 41 |
|
218,712 | 213,926 | 161,973 | 195,491 | 176,574 | 237,232 | 196,223 | 296,778 |
| 42 |
|
185,394 | 194,000 | 219,770 | 219,711 | 228,673 | 284,791 | 180,696 | 323,480 |
| 43 |
|
174,262 | 194,000 | 198,000 | 236,000 | 245,000 | 220,000 | 273,000 | 269,100 |
| 44 |
|
191,900 | 191,900 | 190,263 | 211,101 | 82,591 | 109,071 | 98,265 | 112,513 |
| 45 |
|
198,779 | 184,814 | 220,646 | 331,821 | 301,610 | 267,823 | 286,564 | 476,635 |
| 46 |
|
177,342 | 175,560 | 191,910 | 260,610 | 206,290 | 258,220 | 239,210 | 387,950 |
| 47 |
|
166,835 | 160,380 | 203,010 | 238,600 | 249,740 | 168,030 | 241,860 | 231,300 |
| 48 |
|
144,023 | 140,388 | 132,757 | 127,000 | 128,000 | 153,000 | 116,000 | 140,000 |
| 49 |
|
140,093 | 139,656 | 139,437 | 140,404 | 139,128 | 138,778 | 143,307 | 135,301 |
| 50 |
|
128,198 | 127,696 | 80,283 | 164,530 | 92,863 | 105,794 | 88,701 | 140,296 |
| 51 |
|
106,203 | 115,945 | 125,755 | 132,959 | 143,265 | 139,514 | 144,868 | 140,571 |
| 52 |
|
93,553 | 100,455 | 97,274 | 103,645 | 111,247 | 102,167 | 107,713 | 108,375 |
| 53 |
|
99,003 | 95,485 | 94,825 | 87,542 | 87,914 | 84,676 | 81,674 | 109,939 |
| 54 |
|
75,683 | 80,006 | 92,000 | 104,000 | 101,000 | 104,000 | 104,000 | 111,000 |
| 55 |
|
76,400 | 76,400 | 50,400 | 76,700 | 73,700 | 89,000 | 44,300 | 82,700 |
| 56 |
|
73,763 | 76,005 | 73,882 | 77,342 | 78,917 | 79,413 | 75,831 | 49,644 |
| 57 |
|
67,349 | 67,930 | 61,530 | 46,810 | 59,690 | 63,610 | 68,350 | 90,250 |
| 58 |
|
65,787 | 65,525 | 65,715 | 65,614 | 65,245 | 66,287 | 65,309 | 64,139 |
| 59 |
|
55,703 | 61,390 | 38,420 | 51,420 | 36,440 | 51,880 | 32,070 | 80,680 |
| 60 |
|
57,889 | 54,506 | 52,784 | 49,989 | 47,865 | 45,205 | 31,386 | 28,895 |
| 61 |
|
48,840 | 50,650 | 30,600 | 48,840 | 23,010 | 66,120 | 54,270 | 86,590 |
| 62 |
|
44,519 | 44,629 | 44,671 | 44,453 | 44,761 | 44,800 | 43,798 | 45,686 |
| 63 |
|
44,164 | 43,844 | 47,868 | 49,840 | 46,987 | 37,039 | 42,322 | 48,000 |
| 64 |
|
54,361 | 37,490 | 101,020 | 131,350 | 114,960 | 115,590 | 99,500 | 151,530 |
| 65 |
|
33,890 | 36,830 | 34,930 | 46,400 | 44,030 | 37,870 | 43,620 | 50,300 |
| 66 |
|
33,730 | 33,650 | 26,400 | 31,070 | 29,590 | 28,430 | 35,190 | 43,930 |
| 67 |
|
31,218 | 31,847 | 31,445 | 30,855 | 32,323 | 22,554 | 21,946 | 16,706 |
| 68 |
|
30,539 | 30,900 | 32,170 | 31,540 | 32,230 | 29,360 | 22,210 | 30,610 |
| 69 |
|
27,442 | 25,473 | 32,742 | 17,632 | 23,608 | 23,877 | 24,590 | 24,812 |
| 70 |
|
24,980 | 21,990 | 21,990 | 23,200 | 15,860 | 19,470 | 19,880 | 20,140 |
| 71 |
|
20,443 | 20,100 | 20,104 | 17,077 | 18,721 | 12,055 | 15,753 | 14,878 |
| 72 |
|
15,520 | 18,510 | 13,070 | 21,940 | 30,560 | 40,020 | 25,210 | 32,650 |
| 73 |
|
15,671 | 16,314 | 16,072 | 15,664 | 17,007 | 19,613 | 21,051 | 20,517 |
| 74 |
|
12,272 | 14,500 | 7,700 | 10,040 | 8,200 | 13,900 | 10,390 | 13,900 |
| 75 |
|
13,357 | 13,780 | 13,148 | 13,357 | 13,081 | 12,228 | 12,441 | 4,734 |
| 76 |
|
9,205 | 9,170 | 7,800 | 7,010 | 7,890 | 7,170 | 8,090 | 7,200 |
| 77 |
|
8,291 | 8,717 | 6,164 | 7,350 | 7,768 | 7,341 | 6,344 | 7,583 |
| 78 |
|
7,212 | 7,209 | 7,197 | 7,185 | 7,192 | 7,112 | 7,100 | 7,102 |
| 79 |
|
7,201 | 7,197 | 7,189 | 7,210 | 7,192 | 7,164 | 7,274 | 7,137 |
| 80 |
|
7,084 | 6,583 | 5,404 | 4,708 | 4,032 | 4,347 | 3,885 | 4,425 |
| 81 |
|
7,748 | 5,814 | 7,503 | 15,383 | 16,250 | 16,260 | 8,430 | 8,460 |
| 82 |
|
3,010 | 2,948 | 2,966 | 2,998 | 2,880 | 3,021 | 2,978 | 2,639 |
| 83 |
|
2,824 | 2,830 | 2,860 | 3,350 | 3,010 | 2,670 | 1840 | 1910 |
| 84 |
|
2,804 | 2,782 | 2,749 | 2,795 | 2,739 | 2,750 | 2,931 | 2,805 |
| 85 |
|
2,160 | 2,160 | 990 | 3,290 | 1970 | 1260 | 1850 | 1640 |
| 86 |
|
2049 | 2,102 | 2,317 | 2,223 | 2,324 | 4,056 | 4,321 | 3,684 |
| 87 |
|
971 | 1900 | 940 | 940 | 621 | 904 | 971 | - |
| 88 |
|
1779 | 1679 | 1649 | 1646 | 1518 | 1500 | 1482 | 1826 |
| 89 |
|
1470 | 1470 | 990 | 1380 | 1010 | 1380 | 1930 | 2080 |
| 90 |
|
1139 | 1250 | 1189 | 1400 | 1458 | 1041 | 1178 | 1619 |
| 91 |
|
744 | 744 | 478 | 2000 | 1026 | 106 | 261 | 426 |
| 92 |
|
676 | 674 | 674 | 675 | 672 | 677 | 677 | 661 |
| 93 |
|
301 | 215 | 473 | 473 | 471 | 474 | 474 | 466 |
| 94 |
|
194 | 194 | 194 | 195 | 194 | 192 | 190 | 189 |
| 95 |
|
10 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | - |
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Which country produced the most apples in 2024?
A: Based on 2024 data, China is the world's largest apple producer in this dataset with 51,285,100 tonnes, equal to about 52.4% of listed production. United States ranks second with 4,922,840 tonnes, followed by Türkiye at 4,420,185 tonnes. China's output has increased since 2018, which keeps it at the center of the 2024 ranking.
Q: Why is China's apple production so far ahead of other countries?
A: China's apple output is supported by a large orchard base, multiple growing regions, and strong domestic demand. In 2024, its production was more than ten times the United States total in this dataset, which gives China a much larger influence on the global apple balance than any other country.
Data Disclaimer: Projected data (future years) are estimates based on mathematical models. Actual values may differ. Learn about our methodology →
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Updated: 28.05.2026https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL
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