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Where Black pepper Grows

Vietnam grew the most black pepper in 2024: 262,230 tonnes, 28.1% of the world’s 933,418 tonnes. Watch the top producers light up on the world map, coloured by their share of the world’s black pepper.

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Black pepper grown in 2024

Point at or tap a country to see how much it grows.

Share of the world’s black pepper: 25% or more 10–25% 5–10% 2–5% 0.5–2% Under 0.5% None recorded

Top 10 black pepper producers

Tonnes grown in 2024

1Vietnam 28.1%

262,230 tonnes
2India 13.5%

126,038 tonnes
3Brazil 13.4%

124,925 tonnes
4Burkina Faso 8.3%

77,932 tonnes
5Indonesia 6.7%

62,625 tonnes
6Iraq 6.5%

60,257 tonnes
7Sri Lanka 4.8%

44,467 tonnes
8Tajikistan 3.8%

35,760 tonnes
9China 3.7%

34,588 tonnes
10Malaysia 3.7%

34,408 tonnes

World total

933,418 tonnes

Countries growing it

Largest producer

Vietnam

Top 3 together

55.0%

All 47 countries that grow black pepper

#	Country	Tonnes	Share
1	Vietnam	262,230	28.1%
2	India	126,038	13.5%
3	Brazil	124,925	13.4%
4	Burkina Faso	77,932	8.3%
5	Indonesia	62,625	6.7%
6	Iraq	60,257	6.5%
7	Sri Lanka	44,467	4.8%
8	Tajikistan	35,760	3.8%
9	China	34,588	3.7%
10	Malaysia	34,408	3.7%
11	Zimbabwe	17,480	1.9%
12	Mexico	9,145	1.0%
13	Jordan	5,041	0.5%
14	Madagascar	4,836	0.5%
15	Ecuador	4,589	0.5%
16	Ethiopia	4,562	0.5%
17	Niger	3,899	0.4%
18	Ghana	3,801	0.4%
19	Rwanda	2,776	0.3%
20	Cambodia	2,511	0.3%
21	Uganda	2,217	0.2%
22	Costa Rica	1,658	0.2%
23	Philippines	828	0.1%
24	Guatemala	808	0.1%
25	Kenya	770	0.1%
26	Honduras	734	0.1%
27	Brunei	642	0.1%
28	Namibia	460	under 0.1%
29	Peru	447	under 0.1%
30	Tanzania	437	under 0.1%
31	Malawi	346	under 0.1%
32	Guyana	338	under 0.1%
33	Thailand	261	under 0.1%
34	Côte d'Ivoire	246	under 0.1%
35	Macao	226	under 0.1%
36	Uzbekistan	211	under 0.1%
37	Kyrgyzstan	201	under 0.1%
38	Benin	183	under 0.1%
39	Grenada	124	under 0.1%
40	Fiji	121	under 0.1%
41	Cameroon	100	under 0.1%
42	French Polynesia	76	under 0.1%
43	Zambia	63	under 0.1%
44	Bolivia	27	under 0.1%
45	Saint Lucia	11	under 0.1%
46	Samoa	11	under 0.1%
47	Vanuatu	2	under 0.1%

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Data: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 28 October 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL. Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAOSTAT item: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw. Some figures are FAO estimates. Xilfy is not affiliated with or endorsed by FAO.

Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain). Borders are simplified and do not imply any view on disputed territory.

About the Where Food Grows

Where Food Grows shows which countries grow the food we eat. Pick one of 73 crops – rice, wheat, mango, banana, coffee, cocoa, tea, jute and more – and the countries that grow it light up on the world map one after another, largest producer first. Each country is coloured by its share of the world’s crop, with the top 10 beside the map and every producing country ranked below, from FAOSTAT’s latest figures.

How to use it

1 Pick a crop from the list or the buttons above the map.
2 Watch the top producers light up; press Replay to see it again.
3 Point at or tap any country for its tonnes, rank and share of the world.
4 Scroll down for every country that grows the crop, or copy the link to share it.

Frequently asked questions

Which country produces the most black pepper?

Vietnam grew the most black pepper in 2024: 262,230 tonnes, 28.1% of the world’s 933,418 tonnes. The figures are FAOSTAT’s for 2024.

What are the top 5 black pepper producing countries?

Vietnam (28.1%), India (13.5%), Brazil (13.4%), Burkina Faso (8.3%) and Indonesia (6.7%), by tonnes grown in 2024.

Where does the data come from?

From FAOSTAT, the food and farming statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), dataset “Crops and livestock products”, under the CC BY 4.0 licence. It shows the latest year FAO has published, usually two years behind.

Why do some numbers look different from other sources?

Countries report in different ways and FAO fills gaps with its own estimates. Some crops are also grouped: FAO counts mangoes together with guavas and mangosteens, and lemons with limes. The FAOSTAT item name under the map says exactly what is counted.

Why are Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao shown apart from China?

FAOSTAT reports them separately, so the map follows its figures. Borders are simplified and do not imply any view on disputed territory.

Why is a country grey?

FAOSTAT has no production of that crop recorded for it in the latest year. It may grow a little that is not reported.

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