MAJOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AND PRODUCERS

Food and Agricultural commodities production
	Commodities by country
	Countries by commodity
	Country rank in the world, by commodity

This page presents production of the 20 most important food and agricultural commodities (ranked by value) in a given country for the year indicated. International commodity prices are used, to calculate the total value of each commodity produced by each country and subsequently used in the ranking of commodities and countries. They are applied in order to avoid the use of exchange rates for obtaining continental and world aggregates, and also to improve and facilitate international comparative analysis of productivity at the national level. Data is extracted from the FAOSTAT database. For detailed definitions of commodities and other notes, see technical notes.

Rank	Commodity	Production (Int $1000) Footnote		Production (MT) Footnote

1	Wheat	474,647	C	3,043,000	*
2	Cow Milk, Whole, Fresh	345,722	C	1,300,000	F
3	Indigenous Chicken Meat	319,851	C	274,216	F
4	Indigenous Cattle Meat	308,320	C	149,071	F
5	Tomatoes	284,607	C	1,201,230	F
6	Olives	225,122	C	450,000	F
7	Sugar Beets	209,897	C	4,560,000	F
8	Potatoes	208,872	C	1,440,000	F
9	Indigenous Sheep Meat	203,841	C	103,040	F
10	Hen Eggs	199,704	C	230,000	F
11	Onions, Dry	145,396	C	788,950	F
12	Oranges	142,349	C	810,000	*
13	Grapes	123,861	C	267,000	F
14	Cantaloupes&oth Melons	117,911	C	665,000	F
15	Apples	112,918	C	393,140	F
16	Strawberries	112,562	C	106,100	F
17	Barley	107,324	C	1,102,000	*
18	Tang.Mand.Clement.Satsma	96,233	C	425,000	*
19	Vegetables Fresh nes	75,060	C	400,000	F
20	Almonds	73,121	C	70,000	F

	No symbol = official figure F = FAO estimate	* = Unofficial figure C = Calculated figure
Production in Int $1000 have been calculated based on 1999-2001 international prices

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