FAOSTAT · 2024

Agricultural production in Uzbekistan

According to FAOSTAT, Uzbekistan produced 8.3 million t of cereals, 11.5 million t of vegetables (12th in the world), 7.0 million t of fruit, 1.6 million t of meat and 12.4 million t of milk (17th in the world) in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were wheat (6.7 million t), potatoes (3.7 million t) and carrots and turnips (3.6 million t).

Products recorded: 125
World #1: 1; products
World top 10: 25; products
Year: 2024

Uzbekistan ranks second or third in the world for carrots and turnips, apricots, silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling, safflower-seed oil and 1 more products.

Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in maize (+111%), followed by carrots and turnips (+99%).

Livestock numbers: 14.4 million cattle, 39,817 pigs, 21.0 million sheep and 3.6 million goats.

Totals by group

Group	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
All milk	12,422,116	17	1.26%	+47%
All vegetables	11,537,204	12	0.98%	+24%
All cereals	8,295,464	40	0.26%	+5.1%
All fruit	7,013,081	26	0.74%	+25%
All roots and tubers	3,716,862	42	0.39%	+52%
All meat	1,614,339	34	0.43%	+47%
All eggs	496,852	28	0.5%	+79%
All tree nuts	85,881	31	0.47%	+16%
All pulses	75,897	80	0.08%	+7.4%
All citrus fruit	15,072	96	0.01%	+104%
All sugar crops	1,858	127	0%	—

All products by volume, 2024

Product	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
Cow milk	12,422,116	17	1.56%	+48%
Wheat	6,729,357	22	0.84%	−3.3%
Potatoes	3,716,862	21	0.95%	+52%
Carrots and turnips	3,566,931	2	7.9%	+99%
Seed cotton	2,938,089	6	4.04%	−14%
Tomatoes	2,303,966	13	1.22%	+0.8%
Skim milk of cows	2,219,400	19	1.55%	+76%
Cotton seed	2,040,000	6	4.97%	+10%
Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c.	1,838,941	14	0.65%	−15%
Grapes	1,832,995	11	2.41%	+27%
Watermelons	1,730,817	7	1.65%	+2.0%
Apples	1,482,332	10	1.51%	+54%
Onions, dry	1,405,771	18	1.3%	+32%
Beef (cattle meat)	1,161,390	12	1.67%	+45%
Cucumbers	1,021,485	5	1.16%	+42%
Maize	866,836	63	0.07%	+111%
Cabbages	814,288	13	1.08%	−19%
Cotton lint	810,644	7	3.28%	−26%
Apricots	526,693	2	11.45%	−3.7%
Hen eggs	493,340	28	0.53%	+79%
Rice (paddy)	383,564	53	0.05%	+7.7%
Sheep meat	266,110	8	2.31%	+31%
Eggplants	243,471	12	0.42%	+905%
Beer	243,115	71	0.13%	+22%
Green garlic	238,266	7	0.8%	+55%
Other fruits, n.e.c.	236,841	25	0.6%	+75%
Peaches and nectarines	233,410	12	0.84%	+17%
Cherries	209,025	4	6.73%	+161%
Cheese from whole cow milk	200,204	21	0.87%	+2,201%
Plums	199,845	10	1.57%	+67%
Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen	177,265	9	1.83%	+45%
Chicken meat	174,100	61	0.14%	+262%
Barley	157,985	57	0.11%	+13%
Pears	137,529	18	0.5%	+58%
Cottonseed oil	136,642	7	3.27%	−49%
Cheese from skimmed cow milk	125,248	8	4.58%	+422%
Raw hides and skins of cattle	120,214	12	1.37%	+45%
Millet	110,163	21	0.36%	+1,677%
Butter of cow milk	104,805	17	1.75%	+76%
Sour cherries	94,377	8	6.36%	+110%
Whole milk powder	91,744	8	1.83%	—
Quinces	85,074	4	12.23%	−23%
Skim milk and whey powder	84,833	14	1.8%	—
Sunflower-seed oil, crude	84,274	22	0.37%	—
Other stone fruits	71,613	3	11.58%	+5.8%
Chillies and peppers, green	69,456	47	0.16%	+12%
Persimmons	63,797	8	1.27%	−3.3%
Other pome fruits	49,363	1	30.5%	−1.3%
Walnuts, in shell	49,149	12	1.13%	+12%
Margarine and shortening	47,176	35	0.36%	+151%
Other pulses n.e.c.	44,522	23	1%	−1.7%
Wool, greasy	39,864	12	2.35%	+17%
Cattle fat, unrendered	34,638	14	1.01%	+45%
Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen	32,054	17	1.62%	+31%
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs	30,845	15	1.42%	+31%
Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling	30,066	3	6.48%	+20%
Almonds, in shell	29,482	17	0.75%	+28%
Sorghum	29,359	60	0.05%	+319%
Figs	27,243	11	2.04%	+414%
Chillies and peppers, dry	25,267	20	0.46%	+321%
Sunflower seed	22,717	42	0.04%	−51%
Buttermilk, dry	22,088	12	3.37%	—
Jute, raw or retted	19,140	4	0.52%	−4.3%
Honey	16,632	25	0.84%	+90%
Broad beans and horse beans, dry	16,087	28	0.26%	+5.1%
Strawberries	12,943	38	0.12%	+135%
Safflower-seed oil, crude	12,931	3	16.68%	+62%
Cereals n.e.c.	12,672	28	0.16%	+76%
Soybeans	12,606	64	0%	—
Oil of maize	12,535	27	0.41%	+124%
Wine	12,245	43	0.05%	−66%
Groundnuts (peanuts)	11,357	66	0.02%	+78%
Lemons and limes	11,100	53	0.05%	+217%
Sheep fat, unrendered	10,886	11	1.7%	+31%
Chick peas, dry	10,769	21	0.06%	+89%
Sesame seed	9,195	40	0.14%	+78%
Tea, packed	8,139	29	0.11%	—
Leeks	7,747	24	0.36%	+142%
Other beans, green	7,065	53	0.03%	+0.9%
Horse meat, fresh or chilled	6,395	15	0.86%	+60%
Broad beans and horse beans, green	5,210	32	0.36%	+16%
Lettuce and chicory	5,081	63	0.02%	+16%
Peas, green	5,001	46	0.02%	+11%
Rye	4,938	40	0.04%	−32%
Artichokes	3,852	16	0.22%	+17%
Hazelnuts, in shell	3,733	14	0.31%	+9.8%
Safflower seed	3,569	15	0.52%	−83%
Other oil seeds, n.e.c.	3,518	41	0.15%	+60%
Eggs from other birds in shell, fresh, n.e.c.	3,512	17	0.06%	+176%
Peas, dry	3,462	62	0.02%	+4.9%
Other nuts	3,180	36	0.29%	+6.0%
Grapefruit and pomelos	2,608	52	0.03%	+4.3%
Other meat of mammals, fresh or chilled	2,402	24	0.15%	−11%
Soya bean oil	2,040	85	0%	+57%
Raw silk (not thrown)	2,037	3	2.17%	+108%
Pork (pig meat)	1,882	130	0%	−95%
Sugar beet	1,858	53	0%	—
Currants	1,703	15	0.24%	+6.4%
Camel meat	1,603	26	0.24%	+60%
Tobacco, unmanufactured	1,412	76	0.02%	−91%
Tangerines and mandarins	1,364	62	0%	+14%
Rapeseed	1,277	59	0%	+6.4%
Pig fat, rendered	1,143	63	0.02%	−80%
Lentils, dry	1,058	30	0.01%	−3.8%
Other berries and fruits of the genus vaccinium n.e.c.	1,042	40	0.1%	+4.2%
Linseed	1,000	31	0.03%	0.0%
Edible offals of horses and other equines, fresh, chilled or frozen	728	14	0.77%	+60%
Raspberries	700	30	0.08%	—
Mushrooms	673	52	0%	+3.5%
Blueberries	666	24	0.05%	+11%
Rapeseed or canola oil, crude	627	56	0%	+26%
Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c.	541	44	0.02%	+8.2%
Rabbit meat	457	28	0.05%	+425%
Oats	450	67	0%	—
Pistachios, in shell	338	13	0.02%	−52%
Edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen	230	26	0.24%	+61%
Pepper (black, white)	211	36	0.02%	+5.5%
Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen	151	97	0%	−95%
Fat of pigs	151	101	0%	−95%
Buckwheat	140	16	0.01%	—
Olives	122	39	0%	+1.7%
Fat of camels	92	26	0.31%	+59%
Raw sugar	90	120	0%	—
Oil of linseed	52	53	0.01%	+2,500%
Molasses	26	120	0%	—

Live animals, 2024

Product	Head	World rank	Share	10-year change
Chickens	89,856,000	45	0.32%	+74%
Sheep	21,028,100	20	1.54%	+45%
Cattle	14,394,476	24	0.91%	+36%
Goats	3,595,100	51	0.3%	+14%
Bees	742,489	19	0.73%	+122%
Turkeys	725,000	25	0.3%	+9.4%
Rabbits and hares	696,000	15	0.33%	+257%
Horses	282,793	31	0.5%	+36%
Asses	66,822	35	0.12%	−79%
Pigs	39,817	126	0%	−57%
Camels	17,631	33	0.04%	−4.2%

Uzbekistan among the world’s producers, 2024

Share of world production by country for the largest crops of Uzbekistan, which is outlined on the map.

Product

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Production per person, 2024

Uzbekistan had 36.4 million inhabitants in 2024 (FAOSTAT estimate). Production of its largest products per inhabitant, compared with the world average:

Product	kg per person	World, kg per person	Ratio
Cow milk	342	97.7	3.5×
Wheat	185	97.8	1.9×
Potatoes	102	47.8	2.1×
Carrots and turnips	98.1	5.53	17.7×
Seed cotton	80.8	8.92	9.1×
Tomatoes	63.4	23.1	2.7×
Skim milk of cows	61.0	17.5	3.5×
Cotton seed	56.1	5.03	11.2×
Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c.	50.6	34.5	1.5×
Grapes	50.4	9.30	5.4×
Watermelons	47.6	12.9	3.7×
Apples	40.8	12.0	3.4×

Production divided by population; it is not consumption, because crops are traded and used for feed, processing and industry.

Trade in agricultural products, 2024

Uzbekistan reported exports of 105 and imports of 138 of the products covered here; it was the world’s largest exporter of cottonseed oil.

Largest exports by value

Product	Tonnes	Value	USD/kg	World rank
Beans, dry	319,289	USD 538 m	1.69	4 of 139
Grapes	229,726	USD 196 m	0.85	9 of 103
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated)	563,309	USD 119 m	0.21	5 of 117
Peaches and nectarines	103,463	USD 96.9 m	0.94	6 of 83
Cabbages	383,114	USD 82.2 m	0.21	2 of 115
Cherries	32,215	USD 70.4 m	2.19	6 of 69
Tomatoes	68,114	USD 66.5 m	0.98	20 of 122
Apricots	64,806	USD 62.3 m	0.96	3 of 64
Persimmons	91,818	USD 60.5 m	0.66	4 of 73
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled	15,695	USD 54.6 m	3.48	43 of 123

Largest imports by value

Product	Tonnes	Value	USD/kg	World rank
Wheat	4,922,040	USD 938 m	0.19	14 of 176
Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only)	693,214	USD 527 m	0.76	18 of 183
Sunflower-seed oil, crude	465,302	USD 405 m	0.87	11 of 186
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled	79,635	USD 317 m	3.99	8 of 169
Bananas	281,191	USD 135 m	0.48	18 of 139
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled	115,003	USD 121 m	1.05	34 of 189
Potatoes	1,306,405	USD 111 m	0.08	3 of 183
Tea leaves	54,860	USD 80.9 m	1.48	9 of 191
Tangerines, mandarins, clementines	254,296	USD 70.0 m	0.28	6 of 169
Cheese from whole cow milk	14,677	USD 60.6 m	4.13	60 of 192

FAOSTAT detailed trade data, release of 23 July 2026: quantities in tonnes and values in current US dollars as reported; exports include re-exports. Only the FAO trade items that match Husfarm production pages are included: meat covers fresh or chilled meat only (frozen meat is a separate item), and processed goods such as milled rice or flour are not listed.

Questions and answers

What are the main crops produced in Uzbekistan?

By volume, the largest products of Uzbekistan in 2024 were cow milk (12.4 million t), wheat (6.7 million t), potatoes (3.7 million t), according to FAOSTAT.

Is Uzbekistan the world’s largest producer of anything?

Yes. In 2024 Uzbekistan was the world’s largest producer of 1 product: other pome fruits.

How much cow milk does Uzbekistan produce per person?

About 342 kg per inhabitant in 2024, compared with a world average of 97.7 kg (production divided by population, FAOSTAT).

What does Uzbekistan export most?

By value, its largest agricultural exports in 2024 among the products covered here were beans, dry (USD 538 m), grapes (USD 196 m), onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) (USD 119 m), according to FAOSTAT.

What does Uzbekistan import most?

By value, its largest agricultural imports in 2024 among the products covered here were wheat (USD 938 m), raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) (USD 527 m), sunflower-seed oil, crude (USD 405 m).

Where does this data come from?

Production, trade and population figures are from FAOSTAT, the statistics database of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rankings, shares and per-person figures are calculated by Husfarm.

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.