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Where Pear Grows

China grew the most pear in 2024: 21.0 million tonnes, 75.9% of the world’s 27.6 million tonnes. Watch the top producers light up on the world map, coloured by their share of the world’s pear.

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Pear grown in 2024

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

Afghanistan Åland Islands Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Finland France French Polynesia Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Greenland Grenada Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Islands Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of the Congo Romania Russia Rwanda Saint-Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint-Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino São Tomé and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican Venezuela Vietnam Wallis and Futuna Islands Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Åland Islands Albania American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Aruba Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Belgium Belize Bermuda Bhutan British Virgin Islands Brunei Burundi Cabo Verde Cayman Islands Comoros Cook Islands Curaçao Cyprus Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Estonia Eswatini Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Federated States of Micronesia Fiji French Polynesia Gambia Grenada Guam Guernsey Guinea-Bissau Haiti Hong Kong Isle of Man Israel Jamaica Jersey Kiribati Kosovo Kuwait Lebanon Lesotho Liechtenstein Luxembourg Macao Maldives Malta Marshall Islands Mauritius Moldova Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Niue Norfolk Island North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Palau Palestine Pitcairn Islands Puerto Rico Qatar Rwanda Saint-Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint-Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino São Tomé and Principe Seychelles Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Switzerland Taiwan Timor-Leste Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu United States Virgin Islands Vanuatu Vatican Wallis and Futuna Islands
Share of the world’s pear: 25% or more 10–25% 5–10% 2–5% 0.5–2% Under 0.5% None recorded

Top 10 pear producers

Tonnes grown in 2024

  1. 1China 75.9%

    21.0 million tonnes

  2. 2Argentina 2.4%

    670,592 tonnes

  3. 3Turkey 2.3%

    630,500 tonnes

  4. 4South Africa 1.7%

    465,424 tonnes

  5. 5United States 1.7%

    463,120 tonnes

  6. 6Italy 1.6%

    436,570 tonnes

  7. 7Netherlands 1.2%

    323,000 tonnes

  8. 8India 1.0%

    274,315 tonnes

  9. 9Belgium 1.0%

    268,770 tonnes

  10. 10Spain 0.8%

    222,020 tonnes

World total

27.6 million tonnes

Countries growing it

86

Largest producer

China

Top 3 together

80.6%

All 86 countries that grow pear

#CountryTonnesShare
1 China 20,987,900 75.9%
2 Argentina 670,592 2.4%
3 Turkey 630,500 2.3%
4 South Africa 465,424 1.7%
5 United States 463,120 1.7%
6 Italy 436,570 1.6%
7 Netherlands 323,000 1.2%
8 India 274,315 1.0%
9 Belgium 268,770 1.0%
10 Spain 222,020 0.8%
11 Japan 198,100 0.7%
12 Chile 178,462 0.6%
13 South Korea 178,451 0.6%
14 Algeria 162,832 0.6%
15 France 151,870 0.5%
16 North Korea 151,353 0.5%
17 Ukraine 145,400 0.5%
18 Uzbekistan 137,529 0.5%
19 Portugal 125,220 0.5%
20 Taiwan 101,500 0.4%
21 Iran 95,410 0.3%
22 Bosnia and Herzegovina 84,830 0.3%
23 Australia 84,761 0.3%
24 Egypt 84,582 0.3%
25 Poland 74,200 0.3%
26 Greece 73,600 0.3%
27 Russia 70,940 0.3%
28 Azerbaijan 60,492 0.2%
29 Austria 54,440 0.2%
30 Switzerland 42,865 0.2%
31 Serbia 40,419 0.1%
32 Romania 39,280 0.1%
33 Germany 38,960 0.1%
34 Lebanon 35,823 0.1%
35 Israel 34,006 0.1%
36 Colombia 33,754 0.1%
37 Belarus 32,200 0.1%
38 Morocco 30,568 0.1%
39 Nepal 27,060 0.1%
40 Mexico 25,875 0.1%
41 Afghanistan 24,295 0.1%
42 Syria 20,531 0.1%
43 New Zealand 20,099 0.1%
44 United Kingdom 19,504 0.1%
45 Hungary 17,530 0.1%
46 Tunisia 15,773 0.1%
47 Albania 15,540 0.1%
48 Brazil 14,473 0.1%
49 Armenia 12,428 under 0.1%
50 Georgia 11,500 under 0.1%
51 Kyrgyzstan 11,119 under 0.1%
52 Kazakhstan 10,419 under 0.1%
53 Uruguay 10,390 under 0.1%
54 Iraq 9,968 under 0.1%
55 Pakistan 9,105 under 0.1%
56 Canada 8,830 under 0.1%
57 North Macedonia 8,114 under 0.1%
58 Ecuador 7,211 under 0.1%
59 Denmark 6,070 under 0.1%
60 Czechia 5,740 under 0.1%
61 Tanzania 5,192 under 0.1%
62 Slovenia 3,620 under 0.1%
63 Peru 3,540 under 0.1%
64 Zimbabwe 3,508 under 0.1%
65 Moldova 3,214 under 0.1%
66 Bulgaria 2,920 under 0.1%
67 Montenegro 2,646 under 0.1%
68 Croatia 2,050 under 0.1%
69 Bolivia 1,936 under 0.1%
70 Sweden 1,920 under 0.1%
71 Kenya 1,725 under 0.1%
72 Jordan 1,672 under 0.1%
73 Libya 1,466 under 0.1%
74 Madagascar 1,444 under 0.1%
75 Slovakia 1,420 under 0.1%
76 Lithuania 1,290 under 0.1%
77 Bhutan 672 under 0.1%
78 Finland 620 under 0.1%
79 Norway 600 under 0.1%
80 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 589 under 0.1%
81 Cyprus 460 under 0.1%
82 Latvia 300 under 0.1%
83 Paraguay 212 under 0.1%
84 Luxembourg 200 under 0.1%
85 Malta 40 under 0.1%
86 Djibouti 3 under 0.1%

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

China grew the most pear in 2024: 21.0 million tonnes, 75.9% of the world’s 27.6 million tonnes. The figures are FAOSTAT’s for 2024.

What are the top 5 pear producing countries?

China (75.9%), Argentina (2.4%), Turkey (2.3%), South Africa (1.7%) and United States (1.7%), 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.