Top Wheat Producing Nations, 1996-1999

(metric tons)

 

Wheat

Production (Mt)

Year

1996

1997

1998

1999

  Argentina

15,914,000

15,000,000

11,500,000

14,500,000

  Australia

22,924,300

19,224,000

21,122,000

21,269,000

  Bulgaria

1,802,110

3,574,840

3,203,359

3,000,000

  Canada

29,802,000

24,280,000

24,076,300

26,850,200

  China

110,569,193

123,290,085

109,726,066

114,400,066

  Czech Republic

3,727,203

3,640,269

3,844,741

4,028,271

  Denmark

4,757,742

4,964,703

4,928,380

4,444,000

  Egypt

5,735,367

5,849,134

6,093,151

6,346,642

  France

35,948,900

33,847,000

39,793,000

37,009,248

  Germany

18,921,680

19,826,800

20,187,492

19,684,000

  Greece

1,882,488

1,990,803

2,058,124

1,900,000

  Hungary

3,911,820

5,258,820

4,977,000

2,637,000

  India

62,097,400

69,350,200

66,345,000

70,778,496

  Iran, Islamic Rep of

10,015,183

10,044,716

11,955,083

8,686,921

  Italy

7,987,241

6,758,351

8,338,311

7,742,708

  Kazakhstan

7,678,070

8,954,950

4,746,300

11,241,900

  Mexico

3,375,008

3,656,594

3,235,080

3,072,379

  Pakistan

16,907,400

16,650,500

18,694,000

17,970,400

  Poland

8,575,954

8,192,681

9,536,576

9,051,339

  Romania

3,143,818

7,156,188

5,181,812

4,657,842

  Russian Federation

34,916,680

44,257,720

27,011,880

30,960,000

  Slovakia

1,713,060

1,885,961

1,789,299

1,206,700

  South Africa

2,711,991

2,428,840

1,787,896

1,561,000

  Spain

6,040,500

4,676,290

5,437,000

5,083,800

  Syrian Arab Republic

4,080,357

3,031,090

4,111,625

2,690,815

  Turkey

18,515,000

18,650,000

21,000,000

18,000,000

  Ukraine

13,547,100

18,403,900

14,936,600

13,476,200

  United Kingdom

16,102,000

15,020,000

15,470,000

14,870,000

United States of
America

62,000,000

67,523,000

69,327,000

62,662,000

  Yugoslavia, Fed Rep of

1,507,100

2,920,000

2,967,000

2,167,000