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A map of worldwide wheat production in 2000 Wheat is one of the most widely produced primary crops in the world. The following international wheat production statistics come from the Food and Agriculture Organization figures from FAOSTAT database, older from International Grains Council figures from the report "Grain Market Report".
Production of some products is highly concentrated in a few countries, China, the leading producer of wheat and ramie in 2013, produces 95% of the world's ramie fiber but only 17% of the world's wheat. Products with more evenly distributed production see more frequent changes in the ranking of the top producers.
The following is a list of countries by wheat exports. Data is for 2022 as reported in Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. [1] Wheat is one of the biggest crops in the international grain trade, alongside other crops like maize (corn), rice and soybean. #
Combined wheat production from India and Australia, the second- and fifth-largest wheat growers, respectively, will top 143 million tonnes in the 2021-22 season, more than 20 million tonnes above ...
It was the largest producer of wheat (131.4 million tons); It was the 3rd largest producer of sugarcane (108 million tons), second only to Brazil and India; It was the largest producer of potato (90.2 million tons); It was the largest producer of watermelon (62.8 million tons); It was the largest producer of tomatoes (61.5 million tons);
Efforts to expand wheat production in South Africa, Kenya and India were stymied by low yields and disease. However, by 2000 India had become the second largest producer of wheat in the world. [115] In the 19th century the American wheat frontier moved rapidly westward. By the 1880s 70% of American exports went to British ports.
As a result, pasture-based livestock production is more prominent in Central Asia than in the core ClS countries. By far the one most significant crop in Central Asia is wheat. Only Kazakhstan does not cultivate significant amounts of cotton. Central Asia is largely desert, and cotton production strongly relies on irrigation.
It is the largest manufacturing economy in the world, and is the largest exporter of goods. China is also the world's largest producer and consumer of agricultural products. China is a leading producer of rice, and is a key producer of wheat, corn, tobacco, soybeans, and potatoes, among others.