Statistics – beekeeping scale, production volume in countries and on continents

At present the annual world honey production is estimated at about 1.4 million tons.The survey conducted by Commodity Research Buro in 2005 revealed the following information about honey production in the world:

Table 1 World production of honey, data in thousand tons:

Continent	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Africa	117	129	131	138	142	140	139	141	144	145
North and Central America	216	223	195	183	174	189	218	201	208	205
South America	87	95	97	105	100	109	109	133	141	131
Asia	328	326	354	365	362	402	401	435	457	465
Europe	182	181	291	319	287	281	291	293	286	288
Oceania	29	30	38	27	35	36	31	29	29	29
TOTAL	958	984	1103	1137	1091	1156	1188	1232	1265	1263

World production of honey for 10 years has increased by 32%.

Table 2 Production of honey of major producing countries

Country	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Total for 7 years	Share in total volume	Accretion, % (2007/2001)
China	254	267	295	298	299	305	303	2 021	30%	19%
Argentina	80	83	75	80	110	84	81	593	9%	1%
Turkey	60	75	70	74	82	80	74	515	8%	23%
Ukraine	60	51	54	58	71	76	68	438	6%	13%
USA	84	78	82	83	73	70	67	537	8%	-20%
Mexico	59	59	57	57	50	56	54	392	6%	-8%
Russia	53	49	48	53	52	55	55	365	5%	4%
India	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	364	5%	0%
Ethiopia	29	40	38	41	36	44	44	272	4%	52%
Iran	27	28	28	28	28	36	36	211	3%	33%
Brazil	20	24	30	32	34	36	35	211	3%	75%
Canada	32	37	34	34	36	48	31	252	4%	-3%
Spain	32	36	35	37	27	31	31	229	3%	-3%
Tanzania	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	189	3%	0%
Kenya	25	2	22	22	22	25	25	163	2%	0%
TOTAL	894	928	947	976	999	1025	983	6 752	100%	10%

The world leader in honey production is China. Its share is 30% of honey production among major producing countries. Honey production increases in Brazil, the percentage of accretion in 7 years (from 2001 to 2007) is 75%. It is the highest growth rate among the world's leading honey producers.