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Where Wheat Grows

China grew the most wheat in 2024: 140.1 million tonnes, 17.5% of the world’s 798.5 million tonnes. Watch the top producers light up on the world map, coloured by their share of the world’s wheat.

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Wheat grown in 2024

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

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

Top 10 wheat producers

Tonnes grown in 2024

1China 17.5%

140.1 million tonnes
2India 14.2%

113.3 million tonnes
3Russia 10.3%

82.6 million tonnes
4United States 6.7%

53.7 million tonnes
5Canada 4.5%

35.9 million tonnes
6Australia 4.3%

34.1 million tonnes
7Pakistan 4.0%

31.8 million tonnes
8France 3.3%

26.6 million tonnes
9Ukraine 2.8%

22.4 million tonnes
10Turkey 2.6%

20.8 million tonnes

World total

798.5 million tonnes

Countries growing it

122

Largest producer

China

Top 3 together

42.1%

All 122 countries that grow wheat

#	Country	Tonnes	Share
1	China	140,100,000	17.5%
2	India	113,292,368	14.2%
3	Russia	82,588,000	10.3%
4	United States	53,650,020	6.7%
5	Canada	35,938,839	4.5%
6	Australia	34,110,000	4.3%
7	Pakistan	31,814,444	4.0%
8	France	26,606,940	3.3%
9	Ukraine	22,441,110	2.8%
10	Turkey	20,800,000	2.6%
11	Kazakhstan	18,576,694	2.3%
12	Germany	18,526,700	2.3%
13	Argentina	18,510,280	2.3%
14	Iran	16,750,000	2.1%
15	Poland	12,183,620	1.5%
16	United Kingdom	11,146,000	1.4%
17	Egypt	9,400,000	1.2%
18	Romania	9,290,880	1.2%
19	Brazil	7,633,178	1.0%
20	Spain	7,147,930	0.9%
21	Bulgaria	7,085,140	0.9%
22	Uzbekistan	6,729,357	0.8%
23	Italy	6,213,210	0.8%
24	Ethiopia	6,185,341	0.8%
25	Hungary	5,272,960	0.7%
26	Iraq	5,234,171	0.7%
27	Afghanistan	5,200,000	0.7%
28	Czechia	4,625,370	0.6%
29	Lithuania	4,219,300	0.5%
30	Denmark	3,348,010	0.4%
31	Algeria	3,000,000	0.4%
32	Sweden	2,930,600	0.4%
33	Serbia	2,900,536	0.4%
34	Belarus	2,750,000	0.3%
35	Mexico	2,648,378	0.3%
36	Latvia	2,465,900	0.3%
37	Morocco	2,441,670	0.3%
38	Syria	2,431,225	0.3%
39	Nepal	2,035,559	0.3%
40	South Africa	1,924,890	0.2%
41	Slovakia	1,907,940	0.2%
42	Azerbaijan	1,901,046	0.2%
43	Austria	1,576,010	0.2%
44	Turkmenistan	1,330,000	0.2%
45	Uruguay	1,295,415	0.2%
46	Greece	1,209,310	0.2%
47	Moldova	1,194,779	0.1%
48	Chile	1,188,785	0.1%
49	Bangladesh	1,172,242	0.1%
50	Tunisia	1,150,000	0.1%
51	Belgium	1,090,040	0.1%
52	Japan	1,029,000	0.1%
53	Tajikistan	880,734	0.1%
54	Croatia	828,200	0.1%
55	Saudi Arabia	820,393	0.1%
56	Paraguay	767,700	0.1%
57	Finland	759,380	0.1%
58	Estonia	744,750	0.1%
59	Netherlands	668,170	0.1%
60	Kyrgyzstan	664,830	0.1%
61	Zimbabwe	540,000	0.1%
62	Sudan	490,320	0.1%
63	New Zealand	464,602	0.1%
64	Mongolia	397,258	under 0.1%
65	Ireland	388,510	under 0.1%
66	Kenya	312,200	under 0.1%
67	Switzerland	311,807	under 0.1%
68	Bolivia	292,710	under 0.1%
69	Bosnia and Herzegovina	279,273	under 0.1%
70	Norway	230,000	under 0.1%
71	North Macedonia	229,309	under 0.1%
72	Peru	203,522	under 0.1%
73	Zambia	198,886	under 0.1%
74	Albania	180,812	under 0.1%
75	Slovenia	153,390	under 0.1%
76	Georgia	149,100	under 0.1%
77	Armenia	120,277	under 0.1%
78	Tanzania	119,000	under 0.1%
79	Yemen	98,000	under 0.1%
80	Lebanon	94,000	under 0.1%
81	Israel	90,350	under 0.1%
82	North Korea	90,073	under 0.1%
83	Libya	90,000	under 0.1%
84	Portugal	81,350	under 0.1%
85	Myanmar	80,000	under 0.1%
86	Luxembourg	65,860	under 0.1%
87	Nigeria	43,927	under 0.1%
88	Mali	40,788	under 0.1%
89	South Korea	37,376	under 0.1%
90	Angola	37,301	under 0.1%
91	Jordan	34,429	under 0.1%
92	Eritrea	25,000	under 0.1%
93	Uganda	25,000	under 0.1%
94	Cyprus	21,050	under 0.1%
95	Namibia	18,328	under 0.1%
96	Rwanda	16,417	under 0.1%
97	Oman	11,740	under 0.1%
98	Democratic Republic of the Congo	9,000	under 0.1%
99	Burundi	8,365	under 0.1%
100	Ecuador	7,323	under 0.1%
101	Niger	6,803	under 0.1%
102	Mozambique	5,000	under 0.1%
103	Taiwan	5,000	under 0.1%
104	Colombia	4,636	under 0.1%
105	Lesotho	4,183	under 0.1%
106	Mauritania	2,051	under 0.1%
107	Montenegro	1,870	under 0.1%
108	Chad	1,353	under 0.1%
109	Botswana	1,328	under 0.1%
110	Thailand	1,320	under 0.1%
111	Honduras	1,281	under 0.1%
112	Somalia	1,063	under 0.1%
113	Venezuela	1,015	under 0.1%
114	Madagascar	1,000	under 0.1%
115	Bhutan	838	under 0.1%
116	Guatemala	762	under 0.1%
117	Eswatini	722	under 0.1%
118	Cameroon	616	under 0.1%
119	Malawi	321	under 0.1%
120	Kuwait	55	under 0.1%
121	New Caledonia	29	under 0.1%
122	Qatar	21	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: Wheat. 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 wheat?

China grew the most wheat in 2024: 140.1 million tonnes, 17.5% of the world’s 798.5 million tonnes. The figures are FAOSTAT’s for 2024.

What are the top 5 wheat producing countries?

China (17.5%), India (14.2%), Russia (10.3%), United States (6.7%) and Canada (4.5%), 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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