This is a list of countries by

papaya The papaya (, ), papaw, () or pawpaw () is the plant species ''Carica papaya'', one of the 21 accepted species in the genus ''Carica'' of the family Caricaceae. It was first domesticated in Mesoamerica, within modern-day southern Mexico and ...

production from 2016 to 2020, based on data from the

Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database The Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database (FAOSTAT) website disseminates statistical data collected and maintained by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). FAOSTAT data are provided as a time-series from 1961 in mo ...

. Countries – Select All; Regions – World + (Total); Elements – Production Quantity; Items – Papayas; Years – 2020 + 2019 + 2018 + 2017 + 2016 The estimated total world production for papayas in 2020 was 13,894,705

metric tonnes The tonne ( or ; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. It is a non-SI unit accepted for use with SI. It is also referred to as a metric ton to distinguish it from the non-metric units of the short ton (United States c ...

, up by 1.9% from 13,641,294 tonnes in 2019.Sum of values for countries with available data, which may be official or

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data based on imputation methodology India was by far the largest producer, accounting for over 43% of global production. Dependent territories are shown in italics.

Production by country

>100,000 tonnes

1,000–100,000 tonnes

<1,000 tonnes

Notes

References

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