International wheat production statistics
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The following international wheat production statistics come from International Grains Council figures from the report "Grain Market Report."
The quantities of wheat
in the following table are in million metric tons
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The quantities of wheat
Wheat
Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...
in the following table are in million metric tons
Tonne
The tonne, known as the metric ton in the US , often put pleonastically as "metric tonne" to avoid confusion with ton, is a metric system unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. The tonne is not an International System of Units unit, but is accepted for use with the SI...
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| Country | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 European Union |
138.5 | 150.3 | 120.1 | 126.7 | 135.4 | 149.4 | 111.7 | 133.6 | 126.6 | 132.4 | 123.1 | 134.1 | 126.4 | 124.3 |
 Mainland China |
115.1 | 112.5 | 109.9 | 104.5 | 96.3 | 91.6 | 86.5 | 90.3 | 93.9 | 99.7 | 113.9 | 109.7 | 123.3 | 110.6 |
 India |
80.7 | 78.6 | 74.9 | 69.4 | 72.0 | 72.1 | 65.1 | 72.8 | 69.7 | 76.4 | 70.8 | 65.9 | 69.4 | 62.6 |
 Russia |
61.7 | 63.7 | 49.4 | 45.0 | 47.6 | 45.4 | 34.1 | 50.6 | 47.0 | 34.5 | 31.0 | 27.0 | 44.3 | 34.9 |
 United States |
60.3 | 68.0 | 53.6 | 57.3 | 57.1 | 58.7 | 63.8 | 44.1 | 53.3 | 60.8 | 62.7 | 69.4 | 67.5 | 62.0 |
 Early Modern France |
38.3 | 39.0 | 33.2 | 35.4 | 36.9 | 39.7 | 30.5 | 38.9 | 31.5 | 37.5 | 37.2 | 39.8 | 33.9 | 35.9 |
 Canada |
26.8 | 28.6 | 20.6 | 27.3 | 25.6 | 25.9 | 23.6 | 16.2 | 20.6 | 26.8 | 26.9 | 24.1 | 24.3 | 29.8 |
 Germany |
25.2 | 26.0 | 21.4 | 22.4 | 23.6 | 25.4 | 19.3 | 20.8 | 22.8 | 21.6 | 19.6 | 20.2 | 19.8 | 18.9 |
 Pakistan |
24.0 | 21.0 | 23.5 | 21.3 | 21.6 | 19.5 | 19.2 | 18.2 | 19.0 | 21.1 | 17.9 | 18.7 | 16.7 | 16.9 |
 Australia |
21.7 | 21.4 | 13.0 | 10.8 | 25.1 | 21.9 | 26.1 | 10.1 | 24.3 | 18.5 | 24.1 | 22.1 | 19.4 | 23.7 |
 Ukraine |
20.9 | 25.9 | 13.8 | 14.0 | 18.7 | 17.5 | 6.9 | 20.6 | 21.4 | 10.2 | 13.6 | 14.9 | 18.4 | 13.5 |
 Turkey |
20.6 | 17.8 | 17.7 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 19.0 | 19.5 | 19.0 | 17.5 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 16.2 | 16.2 |
 Kazakhstan |
17.1 | 12.6 | 16.5 | 13.5 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 11.5 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 9.1 | 11.2 | 4.8 | 8.7 | 8.0 |
 United Kingdom |
14.4 | 17.2 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 14.3 | 16.0 | 11.6 | 16.8 | 14.9 | 15.5 | 15.1 | 16.1 |
 Iran |
13.5 | 8.0 | 15.9 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.0 | 13.4 | 12.5 | 9.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 10.2 | 8.8 |
 Poland |
9.8 | 9.3 | 8.4 | 7.1 | 8.6 | 9.9 | 7.9 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 8.5 | 9.1 | 9.5 | 8.2 | 8.6 |
 Egypt |
8.5 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.7 |
 Argentina |
7.5 | 8.5 | 16.5 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 12.3 | 15.4 | 16.5 | 15.7 | 11.5 | 14.8 | 15.9 |
 Uzbekistan |
6.6 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.7 | |
 Morocco |
6.4 | 3.8 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 2.3 | 5.9 | |
 Italy |
6.3 | 8.9 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 6.2 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 8.3 |
 Denmark |
5.9 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.8 |
 Kingdom of Romania |
5.2 | 7.2 | 2.9 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 7.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 6.6 | 3.1 |
 Afghanistan |
5.1 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
 Brazil |
5.1 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
 Spain |
4.7 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 3.8 | 7.1 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 5.0 | 7.3 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 6.0 |
 Hungary |
4.4 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 3.9 |
 Czech Republic |
4.4 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
 Mexico |
4.1 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
 Kingdom of Bulgaria |
4.0 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 1.8 |
 Syria |
3.7 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
 Ethiopia |
3.1 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.6 |
 Turkmenistan |
3.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
 Algeria |
3.0 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 3.0 |
 Sweden |
2.3 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
 Lithuania |
2.1 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
 Azerbaijan |
2.1 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
 Serbia |
2.1 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 1.5 | |
 Belarus |
2.0 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
 South Africa |
2.0 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 2.7 | |
| Other | >2 | |||||||||||||
| World Total | 685.6 | 683.4 | 607.0 | 605.9 | 628.7 | 633.3 | 560.3 | 574.7 | 589.7 | 586.1 | 587.7 | 593.6 | 613.4 | 585.4 |