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Where Onion Grows

India grew the most onion in 2024: 24.3 million tonnes, 22.4% of the world’s 108.2 million tonnes. Watch the top producers light up on the world map, coloured by their share of the world’s onion.

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Onion grown in 2024

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

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

Top 10 onion producers

Tonnes grown in 2024

1India 22.4%

24.3 million tonnes
2China 22.4%

24.2 million tonnes
3United States 3.2%

3.5 million tonnes
4Egypt 3.2%

3.4 million tonnes
5Bangladesh 2.7%

2.9 million tonnes
6Turkey 2.4%

2.6 million tonnes
7Niger 2.2%

2.4 million tonnes
8Pakistan 2.1%

2.3 million tonnes
9Iran 2.0%

2.2 million tonnes
10Indonesia 1.9%

2.1 million tonnes

World total

108.2 million tonnes

Countries growing it

139

Largest producer

India

Top 3 together

48.0%

All 139 countries that grow onion

#	Country	Tonnes	Share
1	India	24,266,712	22.4%
2	China	24,221,236	22.4%
3	United States	3,499,013	3.2%
4	Egypt	3,439,646	3.2%
5	Bangladesh	2,917,354	2.7%
6	Turkey	2,632,000	2.4%
7	Niger	2,373,171	2.2%
8	Pakistan	2,304,176	2.1%
9	Iran	2,162,900	2.0%
10	Indonesia	2,085,721	1.9%
11	Algeria	1,830,195	1.7%
12	Netherlands	1,803,300	1.7%
13	Brazil	1,678,902	1.6%
14	Nigeria	1,673,862	1.5%
15	Mexico	1,672,990	1.5%
16	Russia	1,667,525	1.5%
17	Sudan	1,630,177	1.5%
18	Uzbekistan	1,405,771	1.3%
19	Spain	1,390,760	1.3%
20	South Korea	1,175,276	1.1%
21	Japan	1,094,000	1.0%
22	Myanmar	1,055,522	1.0%
23	Morocco	912,469	0.8%
24	Ukraine	849,400	0.8%
25	Germany	848,440	0.8%
26	Guinea	779,443	0.7%
27	France	778,580	0.7%
28	Kazakhstan	756,744	0.7%
29	Tajikistan	725,904	0.7%
30	Colombia	724,433	0.7%
31	South Africa	718,569	0.7%
32	Argentina	682,424	0.6%
33	Poland	676,800	0.6%
34	Afghanistan	614,771	0.6%
35	Peru	592,516	0.5%
36	Chile	431,785	0.4%
37	Senegal	410,713	0.4%
38	Italy	401,990	0.4%
39	Cameroon	376,222	0.3%
40	Vietnam	367,051	0.3%
41	Uganda	330,575	0.3%
42	Azerbaijan	327,529	0.3%
43	Malawi	311,482	0.3%
44	Zimbabwe	309,008	0.3%
45	Ethiopia	299,856	0.3%
46	Canada	298,564	0.3%
47	Saudi Arabia	295,699	0.3%
48	Australia	272,396	0.3%
49	Mozambique	272,092	0.3%
50	Philippines	264,323	0.2%
51	United Kingdom	256,192	0.2%
52	Belarus	242,441	0.2%
53	Yemen	233,100	0.2%
54	Belgium	232,580	0.2%
55	Tanzania	218,982	0.2%
56	Venezuela	214,834	0.2%
57	Kyrgyzstan	212,663	0.2%
58	Guatemala	192,857	0.2%
59	Tunisia	190,824	0.2%
60	Libya	187,498	0.2%
61	Kenya	186,851	0.2%
62	Austria	175,100	0.2%
63	Bolivia	156,280	0.1%
64	Ghana	147,756	0.1%
65	Jordan	133,239	0.1%
66	Lebanon	132,900	0.1%
67	Greece	131,400	0.1%
68	Romania	127,530	0.1%
69	Syria	122,585	0.1%
70	Dominican Republic	118,257	0.1%
71	Albania	114,337	0.1%
72	Turkmenistan	89,340	0.1%
73	Sweden	86,840	0.1%
74	North Korea	86,809	0.1%
75	Mali	84,435	0.1%
76	Hungary	72,960	0.1%
77	North Macedonia	69,084	0.1%
78	Portugal	65,870	0.1%
79	Israel	65,397	0.1%
80	Taiwan	62,839	0.1%
81	Denmark	61,000	0.1%
82	Moldova	60,542	0.1%
83	Benin	60,170	0.1%
84	Democratic Republic of the Congo	56,204	0.1%
85	Sri Lanka	53,339	under 0.1%
86	Czechia	48,750	under 0.1%
87	Bosnia and Herzegovina	46,048	under 0.1%
88	Slovakia	42,560	under 0.1%
89	Zambia	41,224	under 0.1%
90	Switzerland	40,090	under 0.1%
91	Armenia	39,211	under 0.1%
92	Costa Rica	36,590	under 0.1%
93	Thailand	36,307	under 0.1%
94	Bulgaria	35,820	under 0.1%
95	Serbia	31,964	under 0.1%
96	Uruguay	31,923	under 0.1%
97	Paraguay	31,790	under 0.1%
98	Rwanda	30,670	under 0.1%
99	Finland	29,720	under 0.1%
100	Iraq	29,523	under 0.1%
101	Panama	28,704	under 0.1%
102	Namibia	26,766	under 0.1%
103	Lithuania	26,340	under 0.1%
104	Mongolia	24,099	under 0.1%
105	Ecuador	23,735	under 0.1%
106	Chad	22,392	under 0.1%
107	Oman	20,303	under 0.1%
108	Cuba	19,276	under 0.1%
109	Guyana	15,817	under 0.1%
110	Honduras	15,094	under 0.1%
111	Croatia	14,880	under 0.1%
112	Mauritius	13,270	under 0.1%
113	Madagascar	10,901	under 0.1%
114	Slovenia	10,650	under 0.1%
115	Haiti	8,760	under 0.1%
116	Georgia	8,600	under 0.1%
117	Ireland	8,260	under 0.1%
118	Botswana	7,271	under 0.1%
119	Malta	6,130	under 0.1%
120	Latvia	5,800	under 0.1%
121	Somalia	5,673	under 0.1%
122	Cabo Verde	4,947	under 0.1%
123	Jamaica	4,672	under 0.1%
124	Cyprus	3,990	under 0.1%
125	Montenegro	2,887	under 0.1%
126	Qatar	2,418	under 0.1%
127	Kuwait	2,076	under 0.1%
128	El Salvador	1,495	under 0.1%
129	Bahrain	1,150	under 0.1%
130	Luxembourg	1,100	under 0.1%
131	Bahamas	817	under 0.1%
132	Barbados	696	under 0.1%
133	Republic of the Congo	629	under 0.1%
134	São Tomé and Principe	360	under 0.1%
135	Bhutan	196	under 0.1%
136	Estonia	130	under 0.1%
137	Saint Kitts and Nevis	43	under 0.1%
138	Maldives	39	under 0.1%
139	Antigua and Barbuda	38	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: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated). 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 onion?

India grew the most onion in 2024: 24.3 million tonnes, 22.4% of the world’s 108.2 million tonnes. The figures are FAOSTAT’s for 2024.

What are the top 5 onion producing countries?

India (22.4%), China (22.4%), United States (3.2%), Egypt (3.2%) and Bangladesh (2.7%), 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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