Top Wheat Producing Countries 2024
About This Dataset
Top Wheat Producing Countries 2024
Countries ranked by total wheat production in 2024, measured in millions of metric tonnes. China is the world's largest wheat producer, followed by India and Russia. However, the United States, Canada, and Australia are the dominant exporters — production and export rankings differ significantly for this critical staple crop.
Analysis
The top three in Wheat Production (Million Tonnes) in 2024 are China (136), India (108) and Russia (92). China tops the list without dominating it, holding 26.4% of what the 8 entities record between them. Only 3 of the 8 reach even half the leader's figure (68 or more).
Source:
Wikipedia
Key Findings
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China leads in Wheat Production (Million Tonnes) with 136 in 2024.
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Average Wheat Production (Million Tonnes) in 2024: 64 · median: 43.
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Gap in 2024: China is 4.9× larger than Pakistan.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia
- Coverage
- 8 entities · 2024 · 8 observations
- Measure
- Wheat Production (Million Tonnes)
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2024.
Data Sources & References
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