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Where Tobacco Grows

China grew the most tobacco in 2024: 2.3 million tonnes, 37.4% of the world’s 6.0 million tonnes. Watch the top producers light up on the world map, coloured by their share of the world’s tobacco.

Rice Wheat Corn (maize) Potato Mango Banana Coffee Cocoa Tea Apple Tomato Jute

Tobacco 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 tobacco: 25% or more 10–25% 5–10% 2–5% 0.5–2% Under 0.5% None recorded

Top 10 tobacco producers

Tonnes grown in 2024

  1. 1China 37.4%

    2.3 million tonnes

  2. 2India 12.0%

    727,203 tonnes

  3. 3Brazil 10.6%

    637,749 tonnes

  4. 4Indonesia 5.9%

    353,386 tonnes

  5. 5Zimbabwe 3.9%

    236,815 tonnes

  6. 6Pakistan 3.1%

    184,982 tonnes

  7. 7United States 2.4%

    147,520 tonnes

  8. 8Malawi 2.0%

    119,957 tonnes

  9. 9Tanzania 1.9%

    117,464 tonnes

  10. 10Turkey 1.8%

    108,000 tonnes

World total

6.0 million tonnes

Countries growing it

118

Largest producer

China

Top 3 together

60.0%

All 118 countries that grow tobacco

#CountryTonnesShare
1 China 2,256,400 37.4%
2 India 727,203 12.0%
3 Brazil 637,749 10.6%
4 Indonesia 353,386 5.9%
5 Zimbabwe 236,815 3.9%
6 Pakistan 184,982 3.1%
7 United States 147,520 2.4%
8 Malawi 119,957 2.0%
9 Tanzania 117,464 1.9%
10 Turkey 108,000 1.8%
11 Bangladesh 97,814 1.6%
12 Mozambique 92,343 1.5%
13 North Korea 88,036 1.5%
14 Argentina 80,786 1.3%
15 Thailand 66,285 1.1%
16 Philippines 55,346 0.9%
17 Vietnam 48,313 0.8%
18 Italy 33,900 0.6%
19 Uganda 32,092 0.5%
20 Yemen 31,682 0.5%
21 Guatemala 30,621 0.5%
22 South Korea 27,948 0.5%
23 Canada 27,780 0.5%
24 Myanmar 26,644 0.4%
25 North Macedonia 24,116 0.4%
26 Iran 20,948 0.3%
27 Zambia 20,768 0.3%
28 Spain 19,410 0.3%
29 Laos 19,300 0.3%
30 Poland 19,200 0.3%
31 Mexico 18,579 0.3%
32 Dominican Republic 14,651 0.2%
33 Cuba 12,482 0.2%
34 Kenya 12,446 0.2%
35 Cambodia 12,410 0.2%
36 South Africa 11,231 0.2%
37 Algeria 11,182 0.2%
38 Lebanon 10,522 0.2%
39 Greece 10,210 0.2%
40 Ecuador 9,553 0.2%
41 Sri Lanka 8,514 0.1%
42 Syria 8,430 0.1%
43 Japan 8,336 0.1%
44 Côte d'Ivoire 8,087 0.1%
45 Azerbaijan 7,777 0.1%
46 Serbia 7,005 0.1%
47 Cameroon 6,437 0.1%
48 Croatia 6,180 0.1%
49 Honduras 5,856 0.1%
50 Nigeria 5,578 0.1%
51 Hungary 4,730 0.1%
52 Rwanda 4,684 0.1%
53 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3,517 0.1%
54 Bulgaria 3,380 0.1%
55 Uruguay 3,350 0.1%
56 Turkmenistan 3,334 0.1%
57 Colombia 3,305 0.1%
58 Peru 3,278 0.1%
59 Chile 3,031 0.1%
60 Venezuela 2,952 under 0.1%
61 Angola 2,784 under 0.1%
62 Panama 2,754 under 0.1%
63 France 2,650 under 0.1%
64 Ghana 2,560 under 0.1%
65 Guinea 2,399 under 0.1%
66 Iraq 2,340 under 0.1%
67 Paraguay 2,296 under 0.1%
68 Ukraine 2,250 under 0.1%
69 Tunisia 2,216 under 0.1%
70 Ethiopia 2,176 under 0.1%
71 Togo 1,959 under 0.1%
72 Albania 1,861 under 0.1%
73 El Salvador 1,819 under 0.1%
74 Mali 1,710 under 0.1%
75 Jamaica 1,660 under 0.1%
76 Uzbekistan 1,412 under 0.1%
77 Taiwan 1,393 under 0.1%
78 Nepal 1,380 under 0.1%
79 Burundi 1,277 under 0.1%
80 Morocco 1,270 under 0.1%
81 Libya 1,226 under 0.1%
82 Bolivia 1,207 under 0.1%
83 Oman 1,115 under 0.1%
84 Niger 1,083 under 0.1%
85 Armenia 1,020 under 0.1%
86 Kyrgyzstan 972 under 0.1%
87 Madagascar 919 under 0.1%
88 Switzerland 756 under 0.1%
89 Burkina Faso 754 under 0.1%
90 Moldova 564 under 0.1%
91 Haiti 558 under 0.1%
92 Republic of the Congo 494 under 0.1%
93 Central African Republic 480 under 0.1%
94 Romania 430 under 0.1%
95 Tajikistan 379 under 0.1%
96 Bosnia and Herzegovina 377 under 0.1%
97 Jordan 314 under 0.1%
98 Georgia 272 under 0.1%
99 Fiji 260 under 0.1%
100 Samoa 252 under 0.1%
101 Montenegro 234 under 0.1%
102 United Arab Emirates 229 under 0.1%
103 Bhutan 219 under 0.1%
104 Trinidad and Tobago 190 under 0.1%
105 Chad 178 under 0.1%
106 Eswatini 162 under 0.1%
107 Somalia 146 under 0.1%
108 Kazakhstan 129 under 0.1%
109 Solomon Islands 115 under 0.1%
110 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 104 under 0.1%
111 Guyana 101 under 0.1%
112 Malaysia 80 under 0.1%
113 Sierra Leone 48 under 0.1%
114 Costa Rica 17 under 0.1%
115 Russia 14 under 0.1%
116 Israel 4 under 0.1%
117 Benin 3 under 0.1%
118 Puerto Rico 1 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: Unmanufactured tobacco. 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. 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 tobacco?

China grew the most tobacco in 2024: 2.3 million tonnes, 37.4% of the world’s 6.0 million tonnes. The figures are FAOSTAT’s for 2024.

What are the top 5 tobacco producing countries?

China (37.4%), India (12.0%), Brazil (10.6%), Indonesia (5.9%) and Zimbabwe (3.9%), 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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