Green bean prices: questions and answers
Green beans: median wholesale price 1.74 EUR/kg across 145 markets in 24 countries, quotes to 10 November 2026. Answers calculated from current market quotes on Husfarm and FAOSTAT data.
What is the wholesale price of green beans today?
The median wholesale price of green beans was 1.74 EUR/kg across 259 current quotes on 145 markets in 24 countries (latest quote 10 November 2026). Half of the quotes were between 1.28 and 2.89 EUR/kg.
Each quote is the midpoint of the lowest and highest price the market published, converted to euros per kilogram at the day’s reference rate. Quotes per piece or per pack without a weight are left out of this figure.
How do prices differ between varieties of green beans?
| Variety | Quotes | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Green and French beans | 142 | 1.76 EUR/kg |
| Shelling beans (borlotti, coco, rajma) | 55 | 1.70 EUR/kg |
| Variety not stated | 53 | 1.79 EUR/kg |
| Wax / yellow beans | 3 | 2.96 EUR/kg |
Green and French beans, runner beans and fresh shelling beans are different products with different prices; quotes whose name gives no type are kept together.
Where are prices of green beans lowest and highest?
Among countries with at least two quotes, prices of green beans were lowest in Nepal (0.32 EUR/kg), South Africa (0.80 EUR/kg), Peru (0.85 EUR/kg) and highest in United Kingdom (5.28 EUR/kg), Spain (4.96 EUR/kg), Croatia (4.50 EUR/kg), as medians in EUR per kg.
Markets quote different varieties, grades, origins and trade stages, and local prices are converted at the day’s exchange rate, so differences between countries also reflect what is being sold, not only how much it costs.
What is the price of green beans in different countries?
| Country | Markets | Median, EUR/kg | Median, local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 41 | 1.47 EUR/kg | 5,200 COP/kg |
| Mexico | 33 | 1.67 EUR/kg | 35.0 MXN/kg |
| Turkey | 14 | 1.39 EUR/kg | 77.5 TRY/kg |
| Spain | 13 | 4.96 EUR/kg | — |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1.83 EUR/kg | 66.5 TWD/kg |
| Poland | 6 | 2.65 EUR/kg | 11.6 PLN/kg |
| France | 5 | 4.20 EUR/kg | — |
| China | 3 | 1.80 EUR/kg | 4.79 CNY/kg |
Countries with the most markets quoting green beans; medians of the latest quote of each series.
Are prices of green beans going up or down?
At the latest publication compared with the previous one, 54 of 212 quotes for green beans rose, 80 fell and 78 were unchanged; the median change was 0.0%.
Each market is compared with its own previous quote for the same series, so the figure is not affected by which markets published on a given day. Markets publish daily, weekly or less often, so the comparison covers different periods for different markets.
Which markets publish green bean prices?
145 markets in 24 countries have current green bean quotes on Husfarm. Those with the most quotes:
- Agroejido auction, El Ejido Spain · 7 quotes
- Buenos Aires Central Market Argentina · 6 quotes
- Agroponiente auction, La Redonda Spain · 6 quotes
- Agroponiente auction, Adra Spain · 6 quotes
- Agroponiente auction, Poniente Spain · 5 quotes
- Kocaeli Wholesale Market Turkey · 5 quotes
- Cape Town Market South Africa · 4 quotes
- MIN Rungis France · 4 quotes
Why are there so many different green bean prices?
Markets publish a separate price for each variety, grade, size, origin and pack. Husfarm shows 101 different green bean quote names, for example: Helda green beans; Green beans, Esmeralda, Corrientes, grade 1A, medium; Emerite green beans; Helda green beans; Emerite green beans; Beans.
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Which country produces the most green beans?
According to FAOSTAT, world production of string beans was 1.2 million t in 2024. The largest producer was United States with 40.5% of the world total, followed by Morocco and Philippines.
Where do these green bean prices come from?
Husfarm reads the price bulletins and tables that markets, exchanges and official price reports publish, keeps each price in the market’s own currency and unit with its date and source, and converts it to euros per kilogram for comparison.
How often are green bean prices updated?
The latest green bean quote is from 10 November 2026; 125 of 145 markets published green bean prices in the seven days to 10 November 2026. Each market publishes on its own schedule, from daily to monthly.
Can I get alerts or download green bean prices?
Yes. You can set an e-mail alert for green bean prices on a market or across markets, and download the current quotes and their history as CSV files free of charge.
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Prices: market quotes collected by Husfarm, as published by each market; conversions at ECB and market reference rates. Production and trade: FAO, FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0). Answers are calculated automatically from the current data and change when the data changes.