Vegetables and melons · FAOSTAT 2024

Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. production by country

World production of other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. reached 281 million t in 2024, up 4.1% over ten years. The largest producers were China (60.0%), India (9.3%), Vietnam (5.9%), together 75% of the world total. It was harvested from 19.4 million ha, an average yield of 14.5 t/ha.

World production, 2024: 281 million t
10-year change: +4.1%
Producing countries: 177
World average yield: 14.48 t/ha

World production, 1961–2024 (tonnes)

Map of other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. production, 2024

under 0.1%0.1–1%1–5%5–15%15% or moreno data
Share of the world total. Small island states are not drawn at this scale.

Producers ranked, 2024

#	Country	Tonnes	Share	10-year change	Yield, t/ha
1	China E	168,809,804	60.0%	+4.0%	16.3
2	India	26,077,397	9.26%	+21%	14.7
3	Vietnam	16,497,308	5.86%	+27%	18.4
4	Nigeria E	7,062,626	2.51%	+5.2%	8.9
5	Philippines E	5,477,115	1.95%	+8.8%	8.3
6	Nepal	4,440,116	1.58%	+30%	14.2
7	Myanmar E	3,759,736	1.34%	+7.9%	13.3
8	South Korea I	3,246,882	1.15%	−1.1%	47.7
9	Brazil I	3,051,044	1.08%	+4.6%	13.2
10	Japan I	2,744,684	0.98%	+1.7%	22.0
11	North Korea I	2,050,027	0.73%	−0.6%	12.2
12	Tanzania E	1,952,868	0.69%	+4.6%	5.8
13	Russia I	1,874,386	0.67%	−9.7%	20.3
14	Uzbekistan E	1,838,941	0.65%	−15%	58.6
15	Bangladesh I	1,727,380	0.61%	+27%	9.9
16	Algeria I	1,706,681	0.61%	+74%	27.0
17	Laos I	1,543,318	0.55%	−0.5%	8.6
18	Iran I	1,311,099	0.47%	+22%	19.0
19	Burkina Faso I	1,072,767	0.38%	+41%	8.0
20	Thailand I	1,056,562	0.38%	+6.9%	12.2
21	Uganda I	1,024,855	0.36%	−0.1%	6.6
22	Taiwan I	903,764	0.32%	−4.1%	13.6
23	Argentina I	845,294	0.30%	−6.3%	14.9
24	Cameroon E	819,391	0.29%	+7.8%	11.3
25	Ukraine E	810,600	0.29%	−22%	19.9
26	Mexico I	809,516	0.29%	+5.1%	8.6
27	Afghanistan I	723,238	0.26%	−6.8%	8.8
28	Egypt E	719,687	0.26%	−0.9%	5.9
29	Kenya E	676,660	0.24%	+10%	8.1
30	United States	676,579	0.24%	−19%	63.3
31	Turkey	664,835	0.24%	+116%	17.0
32	Cambodia E	656,733	0.23%	+8.5%	6.4
33	Indonesia E	592,309	0.21%	−5.9%	9.8
34	Bosnia and Herzegovina I	543,023	0.19%	+8.5%	4.7
35	Burundi E	506,419	0.18%	+7.5%	9.3
36	Ethiopia I	499,656	0.18%	−6.3%	2.8
37	Oman	480,707	0.17%	+308%	23.8
38	Pakistan	474,511	0.17%	−40%	16.2
39	Malaysia I	440,908	0.16%	−19%	18.9
40	South Sudan E	435,735	0.15%	+7.6%	7.6
41	DR Congo I	424,481	0.15%	+5.7%	6.1
42	France	409,620	0.15%	−52%	19.1
43	Belarus I	377,767	0.13%	+3.4%	25.0
44	Cuba I	375,669	0.13%	−65%	16.0
45	Madagascar I	374,746	0.13%	+5.3%	10.9
46	Zambia I	366,120	0.13%	+3.5%	7.9
47	Zimbabwe I	351,372	0.12%	+28%	40.5
48	Mali E	347,900	0.12%	+6.4%	5.4
49	Tajikistan E	341,769	0.12%	+4.8%	59.9
50	Papua New Guinea E	333,856	0.12%	+10%	16.0
51	Sudan E	316,194	0.11%	+5.4%	6.8
52	Angola I	314,055	0.11%	+5.5%	11.5
53	United Kingdom	311,869	0.11%	−46%	19.8
54	Malawi E	235,987	0.08%	+6.3%	3.3
55	Mozambique I	213,840	0.08%	+5.1%	4.3
56	Senegal	212,695	0.08%	+238%	4.3
57	Australia	203,219	0.07%	+14%	35.0
58	Armenia	195,984	0.07%	−40%	29.7
59	Kyrgyzstan	191,581	0.07%	+75%	22.1
60	Chile I	189,780	0.07%	+61%	22.0
61	Benin E	184,343	0.07%	+225%	11.2
62	South Africa	175,332	0.06%	+36%	10.4
63	Colombia	168,625	0.06%	−33%	11.1
64	New Zealand E	162,792	0.06%	+6.4%	31.8
65	Guatemala I	157,101	0.06%	+4.0%	8.0
66	Côte d'Ivoire E	155,811	0.06%	+11%	8.3
67	Canada	154,357	0.05%	−11%	25.4
68	Syria	151,304	0.05%	+4.6%	14.6
69	Sierra Leone E	150,000	0.05%	−56%	10.0
70	Togo I	144,795	0.05%	+3.2%	5.1
71	Israel	131,676	0.05%	−21%	3.4
72	Niger E	126,943	0.05%	−7.8%	10.5
73	Sri Lanka I	120,857	0.04%	−6.4%	15.5
74	Tunisia E	116,709	0.04%	+10%	15.0
75	Haiti E	116,335	0.04%	−7.3%	4.1
76	Spain	106,820	0.04%	−82%	15.8
77	Morocco	105,902	0.04%	−56%	17.4
78	Azerbaijan I	100,090	0.04%	+78%	15.7
79	Liberia I	97,464	0.03%	+7.5%	5.6
80	Yemen I	92,837	0.03%	+166%	11.2
81	Somalia E	80,688	0.03%	+11%	10.9
82	Chad I	80,461	0.03%	−9.3%	9.8
83	Honduras I	79,337	0.03%	+20%	16.4
84	Central African Republic E	76,541	0.03%	+8.4%	8.4
85	Libya I	75,537	0.03%	+6.6%	13.4
86	Rwanda E	74,756	0.03%	+7.3%	7.1
87	Saudi Arabia I	69,098	0.02%	−18%	14.5
88	Peru I	63,259	0.02%	+11%	14.5
89	Venezuela I	60,214	0.02%	−37%	17.7
90	Turkmenistan E	59,597	0.02%	+6.1%	37.8
91	Eritrea E	57,882	0.02%	+7.9%	4.2
92	Jordan	52,892	0.02%	−40%	21.8
93	Fiji	52,808	0.02%	+119%	8.0
94	Gabon I	51,227	0.02%	+7.4%	5.2
95	Costa Rica I	48,991	0.02%	+1.2%	15.7
96	Switzerland	47,689	0.02%	−6.5%	22.2
97	Botswana E	44,858	0.02%	+9.0%	12.3
98	Guinea-Bissau E	42,084	0.01%	+9.4%	5.9
99	Congo I	39,442	0.01%	+4.0%	6.9
100	Uruguay E	39,105	0.01%	+2.9%	19.8
101	Dominican Republic	38,765	0.01%	+242%	21.1
102	Albania	35,922	0.01%	+77%	21.1
103	Djibouti E	34,694	0.01%	+5.8%	6.7
104	Lesotho E	32,625	0.01%	+0.8%	9.1
105	El Salvador E	32,411	0.01%	+12%	21.9
106	United Arab Emirates I	31,954	0.01%	+36%	27.7
107	Kuwait I	31,893	0.01%	−39%	30.7
108	Slovakia	29,510	0.01%	+354%	9.6
109	Timor-Leste E	27,081	0.01%	+9.9%	3.0
110	Moldova	26,709	0.01%	−5.4%	5.5
111	Ecuador I	26,656	0.01%	+24%	5.8
112	North Macedonia E	24,192	0.01%	+2.0%	14.3
113	Paraguay E	24,071	0.01%	+8.0%	7.0
114	Jamaica E	23,768	0.01%	+6.5%	12.1
115	Iraq I	23,112	0.01%	−73%	4.3
116	Germany	22,910	0.01%	−94%	11.0
117	Namibia E	21,627	0.01%	+5.4%	6.3
118	Bahamas I	20,893	0.01%	+4.5%	7.3
119	Serbia	19,678	0.01%	−33%	4.2
120	Austria	17,210	0.01%	−61%	19.1
121	Portugal	17,100	0.01%	−88%	25.9
122	Georgia	16,500	0.01%	+3.8%	5.3
123	Singapore	15,160	0.01%	−32%	18.4
124	Qatar I	13,815	0.00%	+346%	29.5
125	Mongolia	13,659	0.00%	+36%	4.6
126	Gambia E	13,609	0.00%	+7.5%	6.6
127	Slovenia	12,408	0.00%	—	15.0
128	Netherlands	11,350	0.00%	−96%	8.3
129	Ghana I	10,970	0.00%	−1.6%	9.8
130	Hong Kong I	10,314	0.00%	−4.0%	20.6
131	Lebanon E	10,203	0.00%	−14%	2.6
132	Brunei	10,040	0.00%	−15%	0.8
133	Norway	10,000	0.00%	+39%	25.0
134	Suriname I	8,464	0.00%	−51%	23.1
135	New Caledonia I	8,024	0.00%	−21%	1.3
136	Eswatini I	7,650	0.00%	−0.6%	6.3
137	Croatia	7,570	0.00%	−65%	8.1
138	Mauritius	7,364	0.00%	+162%	14.4
139	Tonga I	6,299	0.00%	+6.8%	1.3
140	Solomon Islands I	5,973	0.00%	−5.3%	15.4
141	Kiribati I	5,721	0.00%	−1.2%	12.0
142	Czechia	5,190	0.00%	−92%	7.3
143	Bolivia I	5,160	0.00%	+20%	5.1
144	Barbados I	5,132	0.00%	+6.9%	12.9
145	Mauritania I	4,925	0.00%	+6.3%	5.5
146	Belize E	4,804	0.00%	+9.2%	6.7
147	Hungary	4,630	0.00%	−97%	42.1
148	Cabo Verde	4,385	0.00%	−21%	34.0
149	Comoros I	4,257	0.00%	+2.7%	6.4
150	Bulgaria	4,230	0.00%	−59%	5.4
151	Bhutan	4,099	0.00%	−41%	6.2
152	Micronesia I	3,618	0.00%	+5.4%	11.2
153	Guyana E	2,597	0.00%	−2.3%	2.9
154	Seychelles I	2,560	0.00%	+1.8%	4.3
155	Dominica I	2,467	0.00%	+2.7%	7.2
156	Greece	2,330	0.00%	−97%	7.1
157	Panama I	2,308	0.00%	−52%	1.4
158	Maldives I	2,271	0.00%	−4.5%	1.1
159	Cook Islands I	1,655	0.00%	+6.8%	10.0
160	Poland	1,500	0.00%	−100%	15.0
161	Saint Lucia E	1,365	0.00%	+9.0%	6.1
162	Samoa E	1,326	0.00%	+7.2%	1.2
163	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,283	0.00%	−59%	13.5
164	Grenada E	1,170	0.00%	−50%	11.7
165	Sao Tome and Principe E	1,118	0.00%	−37%	7.3
166	Sweden	930	0.00%	−97%	7.8
167	Trinidad and Tobago	867	0.00%	−13%	3.0
168	Malta	720	0.00%	−98%	—
169	Bahrain	650	0.00%	−84%	40.6
170	Tuvalu E	623	0.00%	+6.5%	7.4
171	Cyprus	330	0.00%	−95%	16.5
172	Romania	310	0.00%	−99%	7.8
173	Saint Kitts and Nevis I	306	0.00%	+2.7%	4.6
174	Antigua and Barbuda I	200	0.00%	−2.4%	2.7
175	Niue E	148	0.00%	+7.2%	6.7
176	French Polynesia I	31	0.00%	−94%	10.3
177	Nauru I	2	0.00%	+100%	—

E = estimated by FAO, I = imputed by FAO, X = from an external organisation; other figures are official.

How concentrated is production?

The largest producer, China, accounts for 60.0% of the world total in 2024; the five largest for 79.5% and the ten largest for 85.7%.

Year	Top 5 share	Top 10 share	Countries with data
2000	76.1%	83.0%	191
2005	77.2%	83.1%	191
2010	77.7%	83.6%	188
2015	78.3%	84.0%	189
2020	78.9%	85.0%	180
2024	79.5%	85.7%	177

By continent, 2024

Continent	Production	Share of world	Share in 2014	10-year change	Countries
Asia	247 million t	87.8%	85.3%	+7.2%	48
Africa	21.7 million t	7.7%	7.4%	+8.2%	52
Europe	4.7 million t	1.7%	4.1%	−58%	28
South America	4.5 million t	1.6%	1.6%	+0.8%	12
North and Central America	2.6 million t	0.9%	1.2%	−24%	22
Oceania	786,095 t	0.3%	0.3%	+11%	15

Sums of country figures; the world total also includes countries without a continent assignment, so shares may not add up to 100%.

Fastest growing and declining producers, 2014–2024

Countries with at least 0.5% of world production in 2024, change over ten years.

Growing

Algeria	1.7 million t	+74%
Nepal	4.4 million t	+30%
Bangladesh	1.7 million t	+27%
Vietnam	16.5 million t	+27%
India	26.1 million t	+21%

Declining

Uzbekistan	1.8 million t	−15%
Russia	1.9 million t	−9.7%
South Korea	3.2 million t	−1.1%
North Korea	2.1 million t	−0.6%
Laos	1.5 million t	−0.5%

Area harvested and yields

The world average yield was 14.48 t/ha in 2024.

Production, 2014–2024: +4.1%
Harvested area: +2.0%
Average yield: +2.1%
World area, 2024: 19.4 million ha

Most of the increase came from higher yields rather than a larger harvested area.

World area harvested, 1961–2024 (hectares)

Highest yields

Country	Yield, t/ha	vs world
Uzbekistan	58.6	+305%
South Korea	47.7	+229%
Algeria	27.0	+87%
Japan	22.0	+52%
Russia	20.3	+40%

Lowest yields

Country	Yield, t/ha	vs world
Tanzania	5.8	−60%
Philippines	8.3	−43%
Laos	8.6	−41%
Nigeria	8.9	−38%
Bangladesh	9.9	−32%

Among countries with at least 0.5% of world production. Yield = production ÷ harvested area; it depends on climate, varieties, irrigation and how the crop is counted, so it is not a measure of efficiency alone.

Long-term trend, 1961–2024

Average growth per year, 1961–2024: +2.4%
Average growth per year, last 10 years: +0.4%
Record year: 2015 284 million t
Largest yearly fall: 1991 −4.0%

Decade	Average per year	vs previous decade
1960s (1961–1969)	66.5 million t	—
1970s	78.2 million t	+18%
1980s	114 million t	+46%
1990s	158 million t	+38%
2000s	231 million t	+46%
2010s	270 million t	+17%
2020s (2020–2024)	279 million t	+3.7%

Production per person, 2024

World production of other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. was 34.5 kg per person in 2024. The highest figures, among countries with at least 1 million inhabitants:

#	Country	kg per person	Production
1	Laos	199	1.5 million t
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	172	543,023 t
3	Vietnam	163	16.5 million t
4	Nepal	150	4.4 million t
5	China	119	169 million t
6	Oman	91.0	480,707 t
7	North Korea	77.4	2.1 million t
8	Myanmar	69.0	3.8 million t
9	Armenia	65.9	195,984 t
10	South Korea	62.8	3.2 million t

Production divided by population (FAOSTAT population estimates, 2024). Production per person is not consumption: countries export, import and use crops for feed, processing and industry.

International trade, 2024

World exports: 3.7 million t
Export value: USD 4.77 bn
Exports as share of production: 1.3%
Average export price: 1.30 USD/kg

China was the largest exporter with 22.6% of the quantity reported by exporting countries; Hong Kong was the largest importer with 11.7%. World exports grew 21% over ten years.

World exports, 2000–2024 (tonnes)

Largest exporters

#	Country	Tonnes	Share	Value	USD/kg	10-year change
1	China	833,555	22.6%	USD 993 m	1.19	+54%
2	Mexico	672,878	18.3%	USD 571 m	0.85	+76%
3	Netherlands	347,966	9.5%	USD 753 m	2.16	+49%
4	Italy	293,287	8.0%	USD 652 m	2.22	+27%
5	Spain	207,643	5.6%	USD 322 m	1.55	+27%
6	United States	189,638	5.2%	USD 266 m	1.40	−6.8%
7	India	114,107	3.1%	USD 89.0 m	0.78	+10%
8	France	75,792	2.1%	USD 147 m	1.95	+12%
9	Thailand	68,388	1.9%	USD 80.9 m	1.18	+57%
10	Belgium	66,481	1.8%	USD 53.4 m	0.80	+22%

Largest importers

#	Country	Tonnes	Share	Value	USD/kg	10-year change
1	Hong Kong	364,644	11.7%	USD 437 m	1.20	+443%
2	United States	317,423	10.1%	USD 319 m	1.01	+4.5%
3	Netherlands	278,570	8.9%	USD 394 m	1.41	+313%
4	Germany	262,856	8.4%	USD 565 m	2.15	+56%
5	Canada	230,246	7.4%	USD 315 m	1.37	+3.2%
6	France	183,870	5.9%	USD 337 m	1.84	+4.6%
7	Singapore	93,646	3.0%	USD 104 m	1.11	+17%
8	Russia	90,248	2.9%	USD 63.6 m	0.70	−24%
9	Belgium	80,242	2.6%	USD 125 m	1.56	+9.7%
10	Vietnam	79,185	2.5%	USD 38.1 m	0.48	+158,270%

FAOSTAT detailed trade data (Crops and livestock products trade, release of 23 July 2026): quantities in tonnes and values in current US dollars as reported by countries; exports include re-exports. Shares are of the total reported by all exporting or importing countries. World exports and imports do not match because of timing, valuation (exports FOB, imports CIF) and gaps in reporting. Processed products such as juices, dried or canned goods are separate items.

Questions and answers

Which country produces the most other vegetables, fresh n.e.c.?

China was the largest producer in 2024 with 169 million t, 60.0% of the world total, according to FAOSTAT.

What is the world production of other vegetables, fresh n.e.c.?

World production was 281 million t in 2024, +4.1% compared with 2014.

Which countries produce the most other vegetables, fresh n.e.c.?

In 2024: China (169 million t, 60.0%), India (26.1 million t, 9.3%), Vietnam (16.5 million t, 5.9%), Nigeria (7.1 million t, 2.5%), Philippines (5.5 million t, 1.9%). Together they account for 79.5% of the world total.

What is the average yield of other vegetables, fresh n.e.c.?

The world average was 14.48 tonnes per hectare in 2024 (281 million t from 19.4 million ha harvested).

Which country exports the most other vegetables, fresh n.e.c.?

China exported 833,555 t in 2024, 22.6% of reported world exports, worth USD 993 m, according to FAOSTAT trade data.

Which country imports the most other vegetables, fresh n.e.c.?

Hong Kong imported 364,644 t in 2024, 11.7% of reported world imports.

Where does this data come from?

Production and area figures are from FAOSTAT, the statistics database of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (dataset Crops and livestock products, release of 23 December 2025). Shares, rankings, changes and averages are calculated by Husfarm.

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About the data

Figures are production in tonnes as reported to or estimated by FAO for each calendar year; the latest year is 2024.
Letters next to a country mark figures that are not official national data: E estimated by FAO, I imputed by FAO (filled in by a statistical model), X taken from an external organisation. Treat them as approximate.
Shares are relative to the FAO world total; ten-year changes compare 2024 with 2014; yield is production divided by area harvested; average growth per year is the compound annual rate between the two years.
Country series on Husfarm start in 2000; the world series starts in 1961.

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