Vegetables and melons · FAOSTAT 2024
Broad beans and horse beans, green production by country
World production of broad beans and horse beans, green reached 1.5 million t in 2024, down 19% over ten years. The largest producers were Algeria (21.1%), China (8.3%), Tunisia (5.7%), together 35% of the world total. It was harvested from 232,792 ha, an average yield of 6.3 t/ha.
- World production, 2024
- 1.5 million t
- 10-year change
- −19%
- Producing countries
- 57
- World average yield
- 6.28 t/ha
World production, 1961–2024 (tonnes)
Producers ranked, 2024
| # | Country | Tonnes | Share | 10-year change | Yield, t/ha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Algeria I | 309,289 | 21.1% | +4.5% | 8.6 |
| 2 | China E | 120,736 | 8.26% | +9.4% | 20.2 |
| 3 | Tunisia I | 82,888 | 5.67% | −4.3% | 13.8 |
| 4 | Peru | 79,560 | 5.44% | +16% | 6.2 |
| 5 | Taiwan I | 73,146 | 5.00% | +16% | 9.1 |
| 6 | Morocco | 61,013 | 4.17% | −61% | 8.2 |
| 7 | Mexico | 53,807 | 3.68% | −35% | 6.5 |
| 8 | Syria | 49,629 | 3.39% | +58% | 7.0 |
| 9 | Egypt I | 48,493 | 3.32% | −81% | 12.3 |
| 10 | United States I | 43,029 | 2.94% | +1.2% | 2.6 |
| 11 | France | 41,180 | 2.82% | +318% | 5.4 |
| 12 | Bolivia | 39,479 | 2.70% | +1.6% | 1.5 |
| 13 | Poland | 38,400 | 2.63% | +148% | 8.2 |
| 14 | Italy | 37,510 | 2.56% | −27% | 5.8 |
| 15 | Kazakhstan E | 35,080 | 2.40% | −2.6% | 23.4 |
| 16 | Colombia E | 33,110 | 2.26% | +2.4% | 3.9 |
| 17 | Turkey | 33,089 | 2.26% | −16% | 8.6 |
| 18 | United Kingdom E | 29,960 | 2.05% | +133% | 4.2 |
| 19 | Spain | 28,940 | 1.98% | −42% | 8.0 |
| 20 | Guatemala E | 25,889 | 1.77% | −1.8% | 1.1 |
| 21 | Iraq I | 24,012 | 1.64% | −78% | 6.7 |
| 22 | Chile I | 20,890 | 1.43% | +58% | 8.1 |
| 23 | Libya I | 19,972 | 1.37% | +4.5% | 13.2 |
| 24 | Kenya | 16,756 | 1.15% | +1,112% | 27.2 |
| 25 | Ecuador | 15,954 | 1.09% | −39% | 3.9 |
| 26 | Lebanon E | 14,330 | 0.98% | +2.4% | 10.4 |
| 27 | Jordan | 12,437 | 0.85% | +21% | 10.9 |
| 28 | Ethiopia E | 11,956 | 0.82% | +10% | 7.4 |
| 29 | Japan I | 11,055 | 0.76% | −38% | 8.0 |
| 30 | Tanzania I | 6,884 | 0.47% | +10% | 4.0 |
| 31 | Niger E | 6,696 | 0.46% | −1.0% | 3.4 |
| 32 | Uzbekistan E | 5,210 | 0.36% | +16% | 8.9 |
| 33 | Greece | 5,190 | 0.35% | −54% | 8.5 |
| 34 | Portugal | 5,030 | 0.34% | −71% | 5.3 |
| 35 | Austria | 2,790 | 0.19% | +780% | 3.9 |
| 36 | Netherlands | 2,270 | 0.16% | −35% | 6.5 |
| 37 | Thailand I | 2,137 | 0.15% | +3.9% | 6.7 |
| 38 | Cyprus | 1,960 | 0.13% | −45% | 12.3 |
| 39 | Brunei E | 1,796 | 0.12% | +9.6% | 8.0 |
| 40 | Germany | 1,570 | 0.11% | −50% | 6.5 |
| 41 | Kyrgyzstan E | 1,431 | 0.10% | +59% | 2.4 |
| 42 | Malawi E | 1,328 | 0.09% | +55% | 8.8 |
| 43 | Zimbabwe E | 837 | 0.06% | +5.9% | 5.0 |
| 44 | New Zealand E | 535 | 0.04% | −1.1% | 8.5 |
| 45 | Montenegro I | 500 | 0.03% | 0.0% | 5.0 |
| 46 | Ukraine I | 456 | 0.03% | +128% | 7.0 |
| 47 | Russia I | 338 | 0.02% | +13% | 1.4 |
| 48 | Israel | 165 | 0.01% | −58% | 11.0 |
| 49 | Albania E | 129 | 0.01% | +36% | 5.0 |
| 50 | Lithuania | 110 | 0.01% | −73% | 2.2 |
| 51 | Kuwait | 89 | 0.01% | −77% | 5.9 |
| 52 | Croatia | 80 | 0.01% | — | 2.0 |
| 53 | Romania | 70 | 0.00% | −90% | 1.8 |
| 54 | Qatar I | 62 | 0.00% | — | 10.3 |
| 55 | Czechia | 40 | 0.00% | −89% | 4.0 |
| 56 | Malta | 20 | 0.00% | −99% | — |
| 57 | Switzerland | 6 | 0.00% | −93% | 0.4 |
E = estimated by FAO, I = imputed by FAO, X = from an external organisation; other figures are official.
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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.