FAOSTAT · 2024 · 50 countries and territories
Agriculture in Asia
The 50 countries and territories of Asia produced 1.56 billion t of cereals (49.9% of the world), 915 million t of vegetables (77.4% of the world), 560 million t of fruit (58.8% of the world), 165 million t of meat (44.1% of the world) and 463 million t of milk (47.0% of the world) in 2024. The largest crops were sugar cane, rice and maize. Its largest shares of world output are in areca nuts (100%), tallowtree seeds (100%) and kapok fruit (100%).
- Cereals
- 1.56 billion t
- 49.9% of world · +17% in ten years
- Vegetables
- 915 million t
- 77.4% of world · +15% in ten years
- Fruit
- 560 million t
- 58.8% of world · +20% in ten years
- Meat
- 165 million t
- 44.1% of world · +19% in ten years
- Milk
- 463 million t
- 47.0% of world · +47% in ten years
Totals by group, 2024
| Group | Asia | Share of world | 10-year change | Largest producer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cereals | 1.56 billion t | 49.9% | +17% | 🇨🇳 China |
| Vegetables | 915 million t | 77.4% | +15% | 🇨🇳 China |
| Fruit | 560 million t | 58.8% | +20% | 🇨🇳 China |
| Roots and tubers | 364 million t | 38.6% | +8.3% | 🇨🇳 China |
| Pulses | 40.3 million t | 41.5% | +20% | 🇮🇳 India |
| Tree nuts | 8.7 million t | 47.2% | +24% | 🇨🇳 China |
| Meat | 165 million t | 44.1% | +19% | 🇨🇳 China |
| Milk | 463 million t | 47.0% | +47% | 🇮🇳 India |
| Eggs | 65.7 million t | 65.7% | +41% | 🇨🇳 China |
| Cattle | 484 million | 30.7% | +10% | 🇮🇳 India |
| Pigs | 532 million | 55.3% | −11% | 🇨🇳 China |
| Sheep | 624 million | 45.8% | +29% | 🇨🇳 China |
| Goats | 595 million | 50.1% | +17% | 🇮🇳 India |
| Chickens | 16.80 billion | 60.7% | +39% | 🇨🇳 China |
Animals in head; other figures in tonnes.
Largest crops, 2024
| Crop | Tonnes | Share of world | 10-year change | Largest producer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar cane | 815,995,862 | 42.1% | +9.2% | 🇮🇳 India |
| Rice (paddy) | 733,657,460 | 89.4% | +9.7% | 🇮🇳 India |
| Maize | 404,474,393 | 33.2% | +33% | 🇨🇳 China |
| Wheat | 371,992,950 | 46.6% | +16% | 🇨🇳 China |
| Oil palm fruit | 363,396,186 | 86.8% | +41% | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Potatoes | 205,341,210 | 52.6% | +18% | 🇨🇳 China |
| Tomatoes | 113,817,224 | 60.4% | +12% | 🇨🇳 China |
| Cassava | 90,801,537 | 26.6% | −2.8% | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Watermelons | 83,633,651 | 79.7% | +2.4% | 🇨🇳 China |
| Cucumbers | 78,227,027 | 89.1% | +17% | 🇨🇳 China |
| Bananas | 73,050,050 | 52.4% | +21% | 🇮🇳 India |
| Onions, dry | 70,032,812 | 64.7% | +20% | 🇮🇳 India |
| Apples | 67,092,886 | 68.5% | +24% | 🇨🇳 China |
| Cabbages | 58,898,733 | 78.0% | +9.1% | 🇨🇳 China |
| Sweet potatoes | 58,105,693 | 63.9% | −8.6% | 🇨🇳 China |
| Coconuts, in shell | 55,208,477 | 84.2% | +7.3% | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Eggplants | 52,587,500 | 91.4% | +11% | 🇨🇳 China |
| Mushrooms | 49,731,682 | 96.4% | +49% | 🇨🇳 China |
| Sugar beet | 46,858,576 | 16.0% | +39% | 🇹🇷 Turkey |
| Mangoes and guavas | 45,728,497 | 73.5% | +23% | 🇮🇳 India |
Asia’s largest shares of world output
Crops with the highest share of world production grown in Asia (above 100,000 t).
Countries of Asia
Production in 2024, in tonnes (cattle in head). Click a column to sort.
| Country | Cereals | Vegetables | Fruit | Meat | Milk | Cattle | World #1 | Prices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇳 China | 651 million | 601 million | 274 million | 97.9 million | 45.4 million | 70.3 million | 86 | Market prices |
| 🇮🇳 India | 391 million | 146 million | 113 million | 13.2 million | 248 million | 195 million | 39 | Market prices |
| 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 68.3 million | 13.2 million | 25.0 million | 5.1 million | 1.4 million | 18.1 million | 10 | |
| 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 66.3 million | 8.6 million | 6.2 million | 777,844 | 15.0 million | 25.0 million | 1 | |
| 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 55.9 million | 6.4 million | 8.5 million | 5.9 million | 66.7 million | 57.5 million | 1 | Market prices |
| 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 47.9 million | 18.3 million | 12.6 million | 5.6 million | 1.3 million | 6.2 million | 1 | |
| 🇹🇷 Turkey | 39.0 million | 28.9 million | 25.7 million | 4.7 million | 22.5 million | 16.8 million | 8 | Market prices |
| 🇹🇭 Thailand | 38.6 million | 2.7 million | 9.9 million | 3.1 million | 1.3 million | 4.3 million | 1 | Market prices |
| 🇲🇲 Myanmar | 30.1 million | 5.0 million | 2.9 million | 1.3 million | 2.2 million | 10.8 million | 1 | |
| 🇵🇭 Philippines | 27.2 million | 6.9 million | 16.3 million | 3.3 million | 33,970 | 2.6 million | 2 | Market prices |
| 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 24.6 million | 3.5 million | 2.9 million | 1.2 million | 3.6 million | 8.0 million | 1 | |
| 🇮🇷 Iran | 24.5 million | 9.5 million | 17.0 million | 2.8 million | 8.5 million | 5.6 million | — | |
| 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 15.6 million | 656,733 | 607,356 | 192,858 | 24,320 | 2.8 million | — | |
| 🇳🇵 Nepal | 11.5 million | 4.7 million | 1.5 million | 447,767 | 2.8 million | 5.2 million | 1 | Market prices |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | 11.4 million | 9.8 million | 2.7 million | 4.2 million | 7.4 million | 4.0 million | — | Market prices |
| 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 8.3 million | 11.5 million | 7.0 million | 1.6 million | 12.4 million | 14.4 million | 1 | |
| 🇮🇶 Iraq | 6.5 million | 1.0 million | 1.8 million | 286,984 | 357,875 | 2.1 million | — | |
| 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 6.2 million | 1.3 million | 3.9 million | 234,092 | 2.2 million | 5.6 million | — | |
| 🇰🇷 South Korea | 5.0 million | 9.1 million | 2.9 million | 2.8 million | 1.8 million | 3.9 million | — | |
| 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 4.9 million | 1.1 million | 1.1 million | 291,946 | 537,792 | 1.1 million | 1 | Market prices |
| 🇰🇵 North Korea | 4.9 million | 3.3 million | 1.8 million | 344,589 | 84,169 | 570,727 | — | |
| 🇸🇾 Syria | 4.3 million | 2.0 million | 2.0 million | 418,050 | 2.0 million | 826,396 | — | |
| 🇱🇦 Laos | 4.3 million | 1.6 million | 1.2 million | 231,256 | 9,307 | 2.7 million | 1 | |
| 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 3.3 million | 1.9 million | 1.8 million | 367,361 | 2.3 million | 2.3 million | — | |
| 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 2.1 million | 1.3 million | 468,269 | 258,625 | 1.8 million | 1.8 million | — | |
| 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 2.1 million | 1.5 million | 2.0 million | 1.9 million | 48,470 | 730,318 | — | Market prices |
| 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 1.9 million | 2.2 million | 2.5 million | 1.6 million | 482,834 | 155,741 | — | |
| 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 1.6 million | 2.3 million | 1.6 million | 452,315 | 1.2 million | 2.8 million | — | |
| 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 1.5 million | 678,013 | 1.2 million | 393,734 | 2.7 million | 2.5 million | — | |
| 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 1.2 million | 1.8 million | 3.4 million | 1.1 million | 3.3 million | 534,181 | 2 | |
| 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 443,153 | 282,645 | 2,022 | 378,314 | 246,965 | 5.1 million | — | |
| 🇾🇪 Yemen | 421,000 | 548,258 | 1.2 million | 453,607 | 411,155 | 2.0 million | — | |
| 🇬🇪 Georgia | 418,577 | 137,700 | 606,500 | 88,812 | 591,622 | 837,700 | — | |
| 🇴🇲 Oman | 241,658 | 1.2 million | 678,033 | 92,977 | 382,847 | 446,988 | — | |
| 🇦🇲 Armenia | 215,133 | 649,658 | 658,203 | 105,515 | 566,200 | 491,594 | — | |
| 🇮🇱 Israel | 175,077 | 1.0 million | 1.6 million | 860,051 | 1.7 million | 477,958 | — | |
| 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 132,000 | 35,772 | 17,791 | 30,785 | 5,179 | 238,902 | — | |
| 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 119,830 | 776,247 | 1.0 million | 184,744 | 246,716 | 75,538 | — | |
| 🇯🇴 Jordan | 84,012 | 1.4 million | 597,476 | 382,910 | 528,520 | 88,819 | — | |
| 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 73,368 | 27,938 | 29,522 | 4,553 | 44,038 | 257,103 | — | |
| 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 35,266 | 252,097 | 111,410 | 117,908 | 59,077 | 32,136 | — | Market prices |
| 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 28,890 | 48,440 | 106,410 | 73,884 | 414,150 | 82,680 | — | |
| 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 20,216 | 315,549 | 357,113 | 191,558 | 269,647 | 119,098 | — | Market prices |
| 🇧🇳 Brunei | 3,612 | 16,829 | 12,732 | 30,581 | 160 | 286 | — | |
| 🇶🇦 Qatar | 1,769 | 96,430 | 40,104 | 33,814 | 44,925 | 45,424 | — | Market prices |
| 🇲🇻 Maldives | 205 | 2,594 | 4,416 | 866 | — | — | — | |
| 🇧🇭 Bahrain | — | 23,740 | 16,650 | 38,364 | 11,018 | 7,000 | — | |
| 🇭🇰 Hong Kong | — | 36,152 | 5,222 | 140,991 | 60 | 1,570 | — | |
| 🇲🇴 Macao | — | — | — | 8,864 | — | — | — | |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | — | 19,254 | 5 | 56,511 | — | 177 | — | Market prices |
Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm. Continental totals calculated by Husfarm from country figures.