Where does the world's fruit come from?

Fruit & vegetables covers almonds, apples, avocados, bananas, cashews, cassava, dates, ginger, grapes, hazelnuts, mangoes, orange juice, oranges, pineapples, pistachios, plantains, potatoes, tomatoes, yams. What moves them together: Perishability and cold-chain capacity, seasonal windows, plant disease, sanitary and phytosanitary rules, retailer contracts.

What stands out across fruit & vegetables?

Among the 18 commodities in fruit & vegetables with a production ranking, supply is most concentrated in yams, where Nigeria produced 71% of the world total in 2024, and least concentrated in pineapples, where the largest producer, Costa Rica, produced 11% in 2024. China is the largest producer of 4 of the 18. In 10 of them the largest producer is not the largest exporter by value, as for bananas, where India produced 27% and Ecuador led exports of bananas and plantains (HS 0803) with 27%. Production years differ by commodity and sources are FAOSTAT, USGS or the Energy Institute; exports are CEPII BACI trade records.

In the twelve months to September 2026, 1 of 3 priced commodities in this category had a higher benchmark price, with the largest rise for bananas (+9.8%) and the largest fall for orange juice (-39.5%). These are monthly benchmark series in their own units, from the World Bank Pink Sheet, IMF or other sources named on each price page, and a twelve-month change says nothing about what comes next.

Commodities in this category

Fruit & vegetables commodities with top producers and latest prices
Commodity	Top producers	Latest price	12 months
Almonds A drupe seed grown in Mediterranean climates and dependent on managed bee pollination.	Share of world almonds production: United States 51%, Australia 9.4%, Spain 9.4%, Rest of world 31%. United States 51%, Australia 9%, Spain 9% (2024)	—	—
Apples A temperate pome fruit stored for months in controlled atmospheres so it can be sold all year.	Share of world apples production: China 52%, United States 5%, Turkey 4.5%, Rest of world 38%. China 52%, United States 5%, Turkey 5% (2024)	—	—
Avocados A fatty tropical fruit picked hard and ripened after shipping, grown mostly in Mexico and the Andes.	Share of world avocados production: Mexico 25%, Colombia 11%, Dominican Republic 11%, Rest of world 53%. Mexico 25%, Colombia 11%, Dominican Republic 11% (2024)	—	—
Bananas The world's most traded fresh fruit, grown from clonal plants and shipped green in refrigerated ships.	Share of world bananas production: India 27%, China 8.4%, Indonesia 6.6%, Rest of world 58%. India 27%, China 8%, Indonesia 7% (2024)	$1.12/kg Central and South America, US import	+10%
Cashews A kidney-shaped nut whose caustic shell must be removed by hand or steam before the kernel can be eaten.	Share of world cashews production: Ivory Coast 22%, India 19%, Tanzania 12%, Rest of world 47%. Ivory Coast 22%, India 19%, Tanzania 12% (2024)	—	—
Cassava A drought-tolerant root that feeds hundreds of millions and is dried into chips and starch for export.	Share of world cassava production: Nigeria 18%, DR Congo 14%, Thailand 8.4%, Rest of world 60%. Nigeria 18%, DR Congo 14%, Thailand 8% (2024)	—	—
Dates The fruit of the date palm, dried on the tree in desert oases and eaten year-round.	Share of world dates production: Saudi Arabia 19%, Egypt 18%, Algeria 13%, Rest of world 49%. Saudi Arabia 19%, Egypt 18%, Algeria 13% (2024)	—	—
Ginger An underground rhizome sold fresh, dried or preserved, grown mostly in India, Nigeria and China.	Share of world ginger production: India 48%, Nigeria 16%, China 12%, Rest of world 25%. India 48%, Nigeria 16%, China 12% (2024)	—	—
Grapes Fruit of the vine, split between wine grapes, table grapes and raisins, each a different market.	Share of world grapes production: China 22%, Italy 10%, Spain 7.1%, Rest of world 61%. China 22%, Italy 10%, Spain 7% (2024)	—	—
Hazelnuts A temperate nut grown overwhelmingly on the Turkish Black Sea coast and bought largely by confectioners.	Share of world hazelnuts production: Turkey 59%, Italy 9.9%, United States 7.2%, Rest of world 24%. Turkey 59%, Italy 10%, United States 7% (2024)	—	—
Mangoes A tropical stone fruit, mostly eaten where it grows; FAOSTAT counts mangoes with guavas and mangosteens.	Share of world mangoes production: India 45%, Indonesia 6.6%, China 6.6%, Rest of world 42%. India 45%, Indonesia 7%, China 7% (2024)	—	—
Orange juice Juice squeezed from oranges and shipped frozen as concentrate or chilled as not-from-concentrate; a different market from fresh fruit.	Share of world orange juice production: Brazil 23%, China 11%, Mexico 7.2%, Rest of world 58%. Brazil 23%, China 11%, Mexico 7% (2024)	$1.47/lb Orange juice, frozen concentrate, first-position futures	-40%
Oranges Citrus fruit sold fresh or squeezed into juice concentrate; the juice and fresh markets barely overlap.	Share of world oranges production: Brazil 23%, China 11%, Mexico 7.2%, Rest of world 58%. Brazil 23%, China 11%, Mexico 7% (2024)	$0.79/kg Mediterranean exporters, CIF France	-39%
Pineapples A bromeliad fruit grown on an eighteen-month cycle and shipped fresh or canned.	Share of world pineapples production: Costa Rica 11%, Philippines 10%, Indonesia 9.4%, Rest of world 70%. Costa Rica 11%, Philippines 10%, Indonesia 9% (2024)	—	—
Pistachios A desert nut that bears heavily only every other year, grown mostly in Iran, the United States and Turkey.	Share of world pistachios production: United States 36%, Turkey 28%, Iran 23%, Rest of world 13%. United States 36%, Turkey 28%, Iran 23% (2024)	—	—
Plantains Starchy cooking bananas, boiled, fried or pounded as a staple across west and central Africa and the Caribbean.	Share of world plantains production: Uganda 27%, DR Congo 11%, Cameroon 11%, Rest of world 52%. Uganda 27%, DR Congo 11%, Cameroon 11% (2024)	—	—
Potatoes A tuber staple that stores well but travels badly, so most of it is eaten in the country that grew it.	Share of world potatoes production: China 24%, India 15%, Ukraine 5.4%, Rest of world 56%. China 24%, India 15%, Ukraine 5% (2024)	—	—
Tomatoes The world’s largest vegetable crop by weight, split between fresh salad fruit and processing tomatoes for paste.	Share of world tomatoes production: China 33%, India 11%, Turkey 7.8%, Rest of world 48%. China 33%, India 11%, Turkey 8% (2024)	—	—
Yams A large tropical tuber, grown overwhelmingly in the west African yam belt and eaten pounded.	Share of world yams production: Nigeria 71%, Ghana 11%, Ivory Coast 8.3%, Rest of world 10%. Nigeria 71%, Ghana 11%, Ivory Coast 8% (2024)	—	—

Price index since 1960

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Source: World Bank Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet), monthly indices, 2010 = 100, published 2026-10-02. CC BY 4.0.

Indices are monthly averages and lag the market; informational only, not investment advice.

Which fruit & vegetables prices move together?

Within fruit & vegetables, bananas and oranges are the most closely linked: their monthly price changes correlate at -0.01. Correlation of monthly log price changes (not price levels), computed only over pairs with at least 90 overlapping months, the same method as the site-wide linked-prices report and the correlation calculator — this view is scoped to fruit & vegetables alone, which the site-wide report's top pairs rarely include.

Green: prices that rise and fall together. Brown: prices that move in opposite directions. Thicker and darker lines are stronger correlations.

Data updated 22 October 2026.