Tobacco production over time (1961–2024)

Follow tobacco production for the world’s countries, year by year, from 1961 to 2024.

Japan and the leading countries

Tobacco production: Japan and the top 5 countries in 2024From 1961 to 2024. Last values: China 2.26M t, India 727K t, Brazil 638K t, Indonesia 353K t, Zimbabwe 237K t, Japan 8.34K t.02M4M6M1961197019801990200020102024ChinaChinaIndiaIndiaBrazilBrazilIndonesiaIndonesiaZimbabweZimbabweJapanJapan
Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country19611970198019902000201020202024
China380K t785K t900K t2.63M t2.55M t3M t2.13M t2.26M t
India307K t337K t439K t552K t520K t690K t740K t727K t
Brazil168K t244K t405K t445K t580K t788K t703K t638K t
Indonesia85.8K t76.7K t85.5K t156K t204K t136K t261K t353K t
Zimbabwe99.9K t54.5K t125K t130K t190K t110K t203K t237K t
Japan127K t151K t141K t80.5K t60.8K t29.3K t13.7K t8.34K t
Countries with data104106108108123123117116

Biggest changes, 1961–2024

Compared among the countries that have data in both 1961 and 2024, ranked by how much the amount grew or shrank (the difference in quantity, not a percentage).

Biggest increases
Country19612024ChangeRank
China380K t2.26M tup 1.88M t#2 → #1
Brazil168K t638K tup 470K t#4 → #3
India307K t727K tup 420K t#3 → #2
Indonesia85.8K t353K tup 268K t#9 → #4
Zimbabwe99.9K t237K tup 137K t#7 → #5
Biggest decreases
Country19612024ChangeRank
United States935K t148K tdown 787K t#1 → #7
Japan127K t8.34K tdown 119K t#5 → #43
Canada95.1K t27.8K tdown 67.3K t#8 → #23
Greece74.2K t10.2K tdown 64K t#10 → #39
Bulgaria55.9K t3.38K tdown 52.5K t#14 → #54

The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.

All countries in key years

Open the table (countries with data)
Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country19611970198019902000201020202024
China380K t785K t900K t2.63M t2.55M t3M t2.13M t2.26M t
India307K t337K t439K t552K t520K t690K t740K t727K t
Brazil168K t244K t405K t445K t580K t788K t703K t638K t
Indonesia85.8K t76.7K t85.5K t156K t204K t136K t261K t353K t
Zimbabwe99.9K t54.5K t125K t130K t190K t110K t203K t237K t
Pakistan60K t116K t77.8K t68.1K t108K t119K t133K t185K t
United States935K t865K t810K t738K t478K t326K t169K t148K t
Malawi12.2K t22.3K t54.1K t101K t98.7K t173K t103K t120K t
Tanzania2.7K t12K t16.8K t16.5K t26.4K t60.9K t37.5K t117K t
Türkiye101K t150K t228K t296K t200K t53K t79.1K t108K t
Bangladesh25.9K t41.2K t39.5K t37.8K t35K t55.3K t85.9K t97.8K t
Mozambique2.1K t4.2K t3K t3K t9.47K t67K t67K t92.3K t
North Korea37K t40K t45K t65K t63K t72K t86.8K t88K t
Argentina48.4K t66K t62K t67.6K t115K t133K t102K t80.8K t
Thailand29K t93K t84.3K t69.5K t60.6K t59.5K t66K t66.3K t
Philippines60K t61.2K t42K t81.7K t49.5K t40.5K t52.4K t55.3K t
Vietnam13.8K t14.5K t25.5K t21.8K t27.1K t56.5K t29.2K t48.3K t
Italy25K t78.4K t126K t215K t130K t89.1K t37.8K t33.9K t
Uganda7.22K t3.4K t400 t3.32K t22.8K t27.1K t31K t32.1K t
Yemen3.15K t3.42K t7.62K t6.78K t11.6K t23.2K t28.6K t31.7K t
Guatemala2.2K t5.19K t10.5K t11.2K t18.6K t26.9K t29.7K t30.6K t
South Korea31.5K t56.3K t92.5K t70.1K t68.2K t33.9K t28.2K t27.9K t
Canada95.1K t101K t108K t63.1K t53K t34.9K t27.8K t27.8K t
Myanmar30.5K t41K t53.3K t40K t53.7K t59.6K t32.4K t26.6K t
North Macedonia––––22.2K t30.3K t26.1K t24.1K t
Iran18.2K t16.8K t24K t19.4K t21K t14.1K t21.5K t20.9K t
Zambia7.27K t5.05K t4.68K t4.4K t9.53K t31.9K t53.9K t20.8K t
Spain36.7K t26.1K t36.8K t43.2K t42.9K t33.4K t24.5K t19.4K t
Laos10.8K t22.8K t14.6K t34.1K t39.9K t83.8K t32.1K t19.3K t
Poland46K t85K t56.3K t59K t29.5K t34.8K t20.4K t19.2K t
Mexico66.9K t68.6K t93.9K t33.9K t45.2K t6.98K t14.5K t18.6K t
Dominican Republic29.4K t22.3K t37.4K t18.3K t3.4K t8.07K t13.2K t14.7K t
Cuba49.6K t31.7K t8.22K t37.1K t32.2K t20.5K t25.8K t12.5K t
Kenya448 t123 t2.74K t8.8K t18K t14.2K t10.5K t12.4K t
Cambodia5.66K t9.7K t4.5K t7.8K t7.67K t14.6K t13K t12.4K t
South Africa26.2K t34.4K t34.6K t27.4K t29.7K t12.3K t15.1K t11.2K t
Algeria3K t3.86K t3.28K t3.58K t7.15K t7.6K t11.5K t11.2K t
Lebanon4K t7.19K t5K t1.7K t10.8K t10.2K t10.3K t10.5K t
Greece74.2K t94.8K t117K t136K t137K t22K t20.9K t10.2K t
Ecuador851 t2.16K t3.28K t2.55K t5.08K t7.91K t4.77K t9.55K t
Sri Lanka2.97K t8.6K t18.6K t10.3K t5.4K t4.2K t9.22K t8.51K t
Syria7.18K t6.67K t13.8K t13.1K t26.1K t20.2K t18.7K t8.43K t
Japan127K t151K t141K t80.5K t60.8K t29.3K t13.7K t8.34K t
Côte d’Ivoire1.74K t2.33K t1.67K t5.4K t10.2K t9.53K t8.43K t8.09K t
Azerbaijan––––17.3K t3.24K t6.95K t7.78K t
Serbia–––––10.4K t8.92K t7.01K t
Cameroon2.58K t4.34K t1.92K t155 t4.7K t5.52K t6.47K t6.44K t
Croatia––––9.71K t8.49K t7.08K t6.18K t
Honduras3.59K t5.43K t7.3K t5.2K t5.04K t5.86K t5.89K t5.86K t
Nigeria13.6K t11.2K t13K t9K t22K t9.07K t5.54K t5.58K t
Hungary17.2K t17.6K t14.8K t13.6K t10.5K t8.97K t5.09K t4.73K t
Rwanda747 t800 t2.2K t3.4K t3.8K t5.38K t4.7K t4.68K t
Democratic Republic of the Congo5K t5.5K t7.4K t2.9K t4.21K t3.71K t3.51K t3.52K t
Bulgaria55.9K t122K t122K t76.5K t32.3K t41.1K t5.44K t3.38K t
Uruguay211 t411 t1.39K t1.86K t2.8K t3.16K t3.24K t3.35K t
Turkmenistan––––3.22K t3.07K t3.33K t3.33K t
Colombia27.9K t42K t45.4K t33K t27.8K t10.8K t12K t3.31K t
Peru2.45K t2.3K t2.92K t3.1K t12.2K t1.4K t1.75K t3.28K t
Chile7.59K t8.53K t14.4K t14.4K t10.5K t7.95K t6.44K t3.03K t
Venezuela10.4K t11.9K t13.1K t14.6K t8.76K t4.37K t3.11K t2.95K t
Angola1.31K t4.12K t3K t4K t3.3K t3.1K t2.79K t2.78K t
Panama545 t705 t1.85K t1.96K t1.8K t2.62K t2.73K t2.75K t
France34.2K t46.5K t46K t27.6K t17.7K t18.4K t3.53K t2.65K t
Ghana600 t937 t500 t1.53K t1.35K t2.34K t2.54K t2.56K t
Guinea1.1K t1.3K t1.5K t2.01K t2.24K t2.52K t2.35K t2.4K t
Iraq10.7K t15.8K t9.6K t4.4K t2.25K t2.31K t2.34K t2.34K t
Paraguay8.5K t18K t20.5K t7.78K t4.49K t6.34K t7.45K t2.3K t
Ukraine––––3K t310 t1.95K t2.25K t
Tunisia978 t2.61K t4.1K t6.8K t3.44K t1.6K t2.1K t2.22K t
Ethiopia––––3.3K t2.53K t2.18K t2.18K t
Togo2K t2K t2K t2K t1.8K t1.86K t1.94K t1.96K t
Albania3.15K t12.2K t18K t14.1K t6.2K t1.7K t1.44K t1.86K t
El Salvador900 t1.13K t4.03K t740 t1.05K t1.55K t1.81K t1.82K t
Mali700 t150 t462 t471 t446 t1.26K t1.18K t1.71K t
Jamaica630 t1.18K t1.2K t2.34K t1.84K t1.77K t1.71K t1.66K t
Uzbekistan––––24.4K t10.4K t5.58K t1.41K t
Nepal5.1K t6.7K t5.5K t6.6K t3.81K t2.49K t1.47K t1.38K t
Burundi600 t586 t3.4K t4K t762 t1.3K t1.29K t1.28K t
Morocco1.8K t3.61K t7.67K t7.29K t5.33K t2.06K t1.27K t1.27K t
Libya1.12K t1.62K t900 t1.25K t1.5K t1.47K t1.26K t1.23K t
Bolivia800 t1.4K t1.83K t935 t975 t828 t1.2K t1.21K t
Oman–300 t500 t2K t1.3K t1.2K t1.14K t1.11K t
Niger359 t260 t750 t970 t3.9K t2.3K t1.19K t1.08K t
Armenia––––4.58K t1.38K t716 t1.02K t
Kyrgyzstan––––34.6K t9.89K t964 t972 t
Madagascar4.39K t4.44K t3.58K t4K t2.2K t1.77K t916 t919 t
Switzerland1.78K t1.96K t1.26K t1.11K t1.18K t1.18K t882 t756 t
Burkina Faso350 t800 t1.1K t922 t500 t689 t756 t754 t
Moldova––––25.3K t7.61K t435 t564 t
Haiti130 t170 t386 t700 t550 t565 t559 t558 t
Republic of the Congo560 t840 t473 t128 t200 t420 t467 t494 t
Central African Republic450 t1.03K t1.19K t501 t652 t520 t482 t480 t
Romania17.8K t22.5K t37.3K t14.2K t10.9K t2.97K t1.15K t430 t
Tajikistan––––7.19K t497 t100 t379 t
Bosnia & Herzegovina––––3.28K t1.85K t1.55K t377 t
Jordan2.07K t1.16K t3.35K t2.89K t2.67K t13 t296 t314 t
Georgia––––1.86K t221 t273 t272 t
Fiji430 t408 t413 t240 t313 t452 t381 t260 t
Samoa2 t80 t150 t145 t140 t207 t255 t252 t
Montenegro–––––270 t231 t234 t
United Arab Emirates–2K t1.4K t835 t660 t464 t320 t229 t
Bhutan––70 t140 t178 t194 t219 t219 t
Trinidad & Tobago40 t245 t14 t101 t90 t229 t191 t190 t
Chad–16 t220 t183 t184 t183 t178 t178 t
Eswatini198 t276 t310 t23 t71 t124 t161 t162 t
Somalia42 t80 t110 t128 t100 t133 t142 t146 t
Kazakhstan––––16.2K t3.21K t1.17K t129 t
Solomon Islands50 t70 t86 t85 t85 t110 t113 t115 t
St. Vincent & Grenadines––86 t40 t75 t99.7 t104 t104 t
Guyana8 t103 t100 t100 t90 t92.3 t99.1 t101 t
Malaysia1.81K t2.63K t9.48K t10.2K t7.17K t3.14K t211 t80 t
Sierra Leone––500 t650 t20 t37 t47.1 t47.9 t
Costa Rica1.17K t1.59K t1.61K t1.72K t187 t79 t19.8 t17.3 t
Russia––––1.44K t3 t90.6 t13.9 t
Israel2.32K t1.6K t500 t150 t3.02 t5.1 t4.41 t4.47 t
Benin731 t876 t360 t257 t679 t470 t3.15 t3.17 t
Austria608 t596 t431 t418 t322 t–––
Australia15K t18.9K t15.1K t12.3K t7.76K t–––
Belgium––––1.2K t211 t––
Cyprus898 t721 t267 t343 t374 t139 t––
Germany13.2K t14K t10.6K t10.4K t11K t6.12K t––
Mauritius504 t405 t1.15K t799 t563 t282 t––
Nicaragua700 t1.85K t2.81K t1.26K t1.48K t3K t7.35K t–
New Zealand3.07K t3.25K t3.25K t825 t––––
Portugal10K t9.52K t6.91K t4.91K t6.14K t936 t––
Sweden95 t–––––––
Singapore505 t490 t402 t13 t––––
Slovakia––––1.87K t1 t––
Senegal––––––––
Timor-Leste50 t91 t––––––
Countries with data104106108108123123117116

Notes on reading this history

Yearly values come from the same statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT). The number of countries with data differs by year, so each year’s ranks are given only among the countries that have data that year. Countries that produce none (zero) are not ranked. Weather and harvests make the yearly values go up and down. The “latest value” on the ranking page uses each country’s latest year, so it does not always match the ranks for a single year.

Regions that later split into several countries, such as the former Soviet Union, have a value for each new country only from the year it split. So older years have fewer countries with data, and values from before a split cannot be compared country by country with today’s countries. See the “Countries with data” row in the table.

Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 04 November 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL Licence: CC-BY-4.0. Processed by this site. fao.org/faostat

FAOSTAT data last updated: 2025-12-31

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