Natural Honey Production by Country

China remained the largest natural honey producer in 2024, while India climbed to second with 146,000 tonnes after increasing its output by 41,000 tonnes from the previous year. The figures below reproduce FAO Crops and Livestock Products records for item Natural honey, 2020-2024, reporting production quantity in tonnes. The table lists 130 countries; 121 reported a 2024 quantity, and the 2024 annual listed total is 1,842,263 tonnes. The 2024 country list runs from the largest listed quantity to the smallest.

China was the largest listed natural honey producer in 2024 with 444,800 tonnes, followed by India with 146,000 tonnes and Türkiye with 95,492 tonnes. The 121 countries reporting a 2024 quantity recorded 1,842,263 tonnes in total, with China accounting for 24.1 percent of the listed production. India increased its reported production by 110.3 percent between 2020 and 2024.

China produced 3.05 times as much as India: 444,800 tonnes against 146,000, while Türkiye ranks third with 95,492 tonnes, 50,508 tonnes behind India. The top two hold 32.1 percent of the listed total, with third and fourth at 95,492 and 85,960 tonnes respectively.

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#	Country	2024
1	China CN	444,800
2	India IN	146,000
3	Türkiye TR	95,492
4	Ethiopia ET	85,960
5	Iran IR	80,249
6	Argentina AR	69,298
7	Brazil BR	67,314
8	Russia RU	65,455
9	United States US	60,960
10	Mexico MX	57,430
11	Ukraine UA	53,490
12	Canada CA	35,460
13	Spain ES	33,181
14	Tanzania TZ	31,902
15	Germany DE	31,800
16	South Korea KR	31,216
17	Vietnam VN	25,463
18	Angola AO	23,424
19	Italy IT	21,857
20	Uganda UG	21,635
21	France FR	20,034
22	Kenya KE	19,462
23	New Zealand NZ	17,500
24	Central African Republic CF	16,950
25	Uzbekistan UZ	16,632
26	Serbia RS	14,664
27	Chile CL	12,225
28	Thailand TH	11,681
29	Uruguay UY	11,608
30	Taiwan TW	11,224
31	Australia AU	10,981
32	United Kingdom GB	10,089
33	Morocco MA	8,000
34	Czech Republic CZ	7,418
35	Cuba CU	7,369
36	Colombia CO	6,328
37	Albania AL	5,940
38	Lithuania LT	5,884
39	Algeria DZ	5,876
40	Saudi Arabia SA	5,779
41	Rwanda RW	5,677
42	Myanmar MM	5,641
43	Pakistan PK	5,277
44	Kazakhstan KZ	4,991
45	Tajikistan TJ	4,883
46	Cameroon CM	4,842
47	Azerbaijan AZ	4,819
48	Moldova MD	4,485
49	Nepal NP	4,332
50	Madagascar MG	3,995
51	Israel IL	3,800
52	Egypt EG	3,782
53	Tunisia TN	3,675
54	Senegal SN	3,673
55	North Macedonia MK	3,651
56	Syria SY	3,518
57	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	3,393
58	Switzerland CH	3,269
59	Kyrgyzstan KG	3,014
60	Yemen YE	2,959
61	Japan JP	2,637
62	Finland FI	2,300
63	Belarus BY	2,256
64	Sierra Leone SL	2,240
65	Guatemala GT	2,203
66	Latvia LV	2,193
67	Armenia AM	2000
68	Georgia GE	1900
69	Paraguay PY	1899
70	El Salvador SV	1841
71	Mali ML	1729
72	Peru PE	1672
73	Norway NO	1510
74	Afghanistan AF	1467
75	Estonia EE	1313
76	Lebanon LB	1231
77	Slovenia SI	1094
78	South Africa ZA	1084
79	Guinea GN	1065
80	Chad TD	1012
81	Costa Rica CR	952.66
82	Turkmenistan TM	932.56
83	Burundi BI	929.43
84	Ecuador EC	894.92
85	Zambia ZM	881.47
86	Dominican Republic DO	866.99
87	Libya LY	786.62
88	Jamaica JM	766.07
89	Oman OM	765
90	Sudan SD	745.01
91	Bolivia BO	733.02
92	Montenegro ME	622
93	Ivory Coast CI	619.26
94	Mozambique MZ	599.74
95	Venezuela VE	594.51
96	Timor-Leste TL	590.13
97	Jordan JO	418
98	Burkina Faso BF	391.34
99	Fiji FJ	375
100	Haiti HT	298.23
101	Mongolia MN	283.34
102	Panama PA	248
103	New Caledonia NC	229.44
104	Samoa WS	180.25
105	Guinea-Bissau GW	172.87
106	Papua New Guinea PG	155.6
107	Puerto Rico PR	142.47
108	French Polynesia PF	121.75
109	Iraq IQ	110.13
110	Trinidad and Tobago TT	104
111	Honduras HN	90.88
112	Guyana GY	90.28
113	Belize BZ	57
114	Luxembourg LU	53.1
115	Suriname SR	41.3
116	Bhutan BT	39.23
117	Tonga TO	10.66
118	Niue NU	7.22
119	Tuvalu TV	4.94
120	Vanuatu VU	1.51
121	Cook Islands CK	1.02
122	Austria AT	-
123	Croatia HR	-
124	Greece GR	-
125	Hungary HU	-
126	Nicaragua NI	-
127	Palestine PS	-
128	Poland PL	-
129	Portugal PT	-
130	Romania RO	-

Natural Honey Production by Country in 2024

China was the largest natural honey producer in the 2024 listed data with 444,800 tonnes, followed by India with 146,000 tonnes and Türkiye with 95,492 tonnes. Ethiopia ranked fourth with 85,960 tonnes.

China holds 24.1 percent of the listed 2024 total. The top three together hold 37.3 percent of the 1,842,263-tonne listed total.

India Adds 41,000 Tonnes as Natural Honey Production Grows 1.6 Percent Among Common Reporters

From 2023 to 2024 the common reporter universe (120 countries with data in both years) moved from 1,811,760 tonnes to 1,841,169 tonnes, a change of 29,409 tonnes (1.6 percent). The totals listed for each year were 1,892,652 tonnes (126 reporters) and 1,842,263 tonnes (121 reporters); 6 countries reporting in 2023 (largest: Romania, 31,541 tonnes) did not report in 2024, while 1 new reporter added 1,094 tonnes (Slovenia). India added 41,000 tonnes (up 39.0 percent), while Türkiye fell 19,394 tonnes (down 16.9 percent) and China 18,700 tonnes (down 4.0 percent).

India Adds 76,562 Tonnes as Natural Honey Production Grows 2.6 Percent Among Common Reporters Since 2020

Between 2020 and 2024, the common reporter universe (120 countries with data in both years) rose from 1,795,944 tonnes to 1,842,262 tonnes, a change of 46,318 tonnes (2.6 percent). The totals listed for each year were 1,884,048 tonnes (128 reporters) and 1,842,263 tonnes (121 reporters); 8 reporters present in 2020 (largest: Romania, 30,714 tonnes) are absent in 2024, while 1 new reporter added 1.51 tonnes (Vanuatu). India added 76,562 tonnes (up 110.3 percent), more than doubling from 69,438 tonnes, while Ethiopia fell 43,341 tonnes (down 33.5 percent) and Brazil added 14,821 tonnes (up 28.2 percent).

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#	Country	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1	China	458,100	472,700	461,900	463,500	444,800
2	India	69,438	74,000	90,000	105,000	146,000
3	Türkiye	104,077	96,344	118,297	114,886	95,492
4	Ethiopia	129,301	88,154	52,034	71,613	85,960
5	Iran	73,946	74,624	76,267	78,012	80,249
6	Argentina	72,609	73,151	71,762	69,701	69,298
7	Brazil	52,493	55,679	62,494	64,164	67,314
8	Russia	66,368	64,533	67,014	64,511	65,455
9	United States	66,948	57,490	56,849	63,263	60,960
10	Mexico	54,165	62,079	64,320	58,033	57,430
11	Ukraine	68,028	68,558	63,079	57,919	53,490
12	Canada	37,723	39,976	33,753	43,385	35,460
13	Spain	30,513	34,065	27,400	27,423	33,181
14	Tanzania	31,260	31,760	31,907	32,164	31,902
15	Germany	29,200	19,600	34,100	33,800	31,800
16	South Korea	28,595	28,405	29,471	30,340	31,216
17	Vietnam	21,500	21,687	23,773	24,571	25,463
18	Angola	23,461	23,433	23,409	23,417	23,424
19	Italy	18,604	12,450	25,155	22,028	21,857
20	Uganda	15,600	19,200	20,250	20,875	21,635
21	France	23,737	14,960	20,019	24,021	20,034
22	Kenya	17,801	17,265	19,777	17,151	19,462
23	New Zealand	27,000	20,500	22,000	12,000	17,500
24	Central African Republic	16,284	16,682	16,749	16,849	16,950
25	Uzbekistan	13,358	14,067	14,700	15,835	16,632
26	Serbia	6,838	7,438	14,228	11,346	14,664
27	Chile	12,087	12,200	12,053	12,139	12,225
28	Thailand	11,157	11,141	11,154	11,441	11,681
29	Uruguay	13,811	13,274	9,024	10,464	11,608
30	Taiwan	8,387	13,260	9,332	11,198	11,224
31	Australia	12,311	11,937	11,698	11,358	10,981
32	United Kingdom	9,172	9,417	9,635	9,871	10,089
33	Morocco	8,000	7,300	7,500	8,000	8,000
34	Czech Republic	4,997	6,086	7,771	5,942	7,418
35	Cuba	7,800	10,500	9,200	6,700	7,369
36	Colombia	3,851	4,650	7,000	6,599	6,328
37	Albania	4,599	4,835	5,391	5,633	5,940
38	Lithuania	6,033	7,894	6,017	5,666	5,884
39	Algeria	5,377	5,165	5,755	6,055	5,876
40	Saudi Arabia	2,160	5,000	5,800	5,833	5,779
41	Rwanda	5,131	5,157	5,305	5,483	5,677
42	Myanmar	5,315	5,308	4,560	4,352	5,641
43	Pakistan	4,352	4,496	4,700	5,000	5,277
44	Kazakhstan	3,177	3,691	3,911	3,989	4,991
45	Tajikistan	4,221	4,390	4,565	4,697	4,883
46	Cameroon	4,699	4,615	4,682	4,761	4,842
47	Azerbaijan	6,647	6,803	7,446	4,550	4,819
48	Moldova	2,955	5,038	4,463	4,451	4,485
49	Nepal	3,795	4,062	5,168	4,308	4,332
50	Madagascar	3,983	3,985	3,988	3,992	3,995
51	Israel	4,000	4,000	4,500	3,500	3,800
52	Egypt	4,567	4,165	3,714	3,838	3,782
53	Tunisia	3,605	3,681	3,626	3,650	3,675
54	Senegal	3,563	3,630	3,642	3,658	3,673
55	North Macedonia	2,786	2,814	3,275	2,947	3,651
56	Syria	2,909	3,253	3,532	3,846	3,518
57	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,687	1876	4,720	4,280	3,393
58	Switzerland	5,466	1316	4,441	3,389	3,269
59	Kyrgyzstan	1918	2,364	2,970	2,946	3,014
60	Yemen	2,822	2,886	2,955	2,957	2,959
61	Japan	2,929	2,745	2,527	2,636	2,637
62	Finland	2,200	3,100	3,300	1800	2,300
63	Belarus	2,122	2,118	2,112	2,183	2,256
64	Sierra Leone	879.11	1055	1200	1352	2,240
65	Guatemala	4,294	3,396	2000	2,300	2,203
66	Latvia	1679	2,135	2,302	2,319	2,193
67	Armenia	2,100	2,200	2,200	2,100	2000
68	Georgia	2,400	2000	2000	2,100	1900
69	Paraguay	1866	1872	1880	1890	1899
70	El Salvador	2019	2010	2005	1900	1841
71	Mali	709.4	429.17	388.66	734.04	1729
72	Peru	1637	1676	1669	1683	1672
73	Norway	1730	1690	1690	1510	1510
74	Afghanistan	1782	1710	1635	1554	1467
75	Estonia	1117	1343	1631	1602	1313
76	Lebanon	1520	1365	1338	1276	1231
77	Slovenia	1293	1252	2,405	-	1094
78	South Africa	1084	1084	1084	1084	1084
79	Guinea	1037	1026	1037	1052	1065
80	Chad	997.06	1013	1010	1011	1012
81	Costa Rica	1061	976.36	798	833.16	952.66
82	Turkmenistan	864	873.06	875.88	915.27	932.56
83	Burundi	689.22	1000	1000	1000	929.43
84	Ecuador	883.07	888.6	888.33	891.62	894.92
85	Zambia	848.97	838.48	851.6	867.07	881.47
86	Dominican Republic	1108	1124	804.33	751.58	866.99
87	Libya	800	790	779.7	786.34	786.62
88	Jamaica	765.37	766.29	765.57	765.82	766.07
89	Oman	612	947.84	533.7	623.31	765
90	Sudan	744.36	744.84	744.64	744.82	745.01
91	Bolivia	719.54	727.29	727.8	729.96	733.02
92	Montenegro	335	715	1055	1175	622
93	Ivory Coast	611.62	619.24	618.19	618.73	619.26
94	Mozambique	579.66	594.32	593.9	596.82	599.74
95	Venezuela	607	666	671	603	594.51
96	Timor-Leste	584.59	589.1	586.08	588.11	590.13
97	Jordan	326	244	392.3	325	418
98	Burkina Faso	529.4	561.7	350.56	267.42	391.34
99	Fiji	153	285	378	486	375
100	Haiti	332.89	326.33	324.37	313.09	298.23
101	Mongolia	180.56	478.61	174.77	263	283.34
102	Panama	170	201	238	241	248
103	New Caledonia	240	221	183	195.41	229.44
104	Samoa	196.22	194.8	189.97	185.95	180.25
105	Guinea-Bissau	167.06	163.24	166.62	169.83	172.87
106	Papua New Guinea	156.92	156.08	155.78	155.69	155.6
107	Puerto Rico	174.58	245.67	350	402.68	142.47
108	French Polynesia	118.87	121.9	121.82	122.66	121.75
109	Iraq	100	110	115.65	110.09	110.13
110	Trinidad and Tobago	88	35	68	145	104
111	Honduras	119.69	113.36	106.37	98.78	90.88
112	Guyana	88.01	89.01	89.47	89.87	90.28
113	Belize	45	56	61	63	57
114	Luxembourg	164	48.2	88.1	143	53.1
115	Suriname	31	37	38	40	41.3
116	Bhutan	44.18	43.19	37.26	41	39.23
117	Tonga	11.08	11.03	10.91	10.78	10.66
118	Niue	7.19	7.21	7.19	7.21	7.22
119	Tuvalu	4.28	4.4	4.72	4.84	4.94
120	Vanuatu	-	-	1.5	1.5	1.51
121	Cook Islands	0.99	1.01	1.01	1.02	1.02
122	Austria	4,100	4,300	4,300	5,500	-
123	Croatia	5,215	4,673	8,295	8,405	-
124	Greece	22,807	23,469	27,633	24,841	-
125	Hungary	14,000	-	-	-	-
126	Nicaragua	978.43	1175	1359	1690	-
127	Palestine	472.4	540	500	-	-
128	Poland	-	-	24,000	-	-
129	Portugal	9,817	10,441	11,465	8,915	-
130	Romania	30,714	30,831	29,760	31,541	-

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals sum FAO Crops and Livestock Products production quantity (Element 5510) for item Natural honey, 2020-2024. For natural honey production, quantities below 1,000 tonnes retain two decimals and larger quantities are shown as whole tonnes. The 2024 natural honey production ranking and shares use 2024 listed quantities. In the natural honey production data, zero means a reported nil or negligible flow; an empty cell means no quantity was reported. For natural honey production changes, only countries with quantities in both endpoint years enter the arithmetic. Production quantities are reported to FAO by national statistical sources.