Much of the world’s grape production is used for other things than wine. The productivity (tonnes/ha) varies enormously from country to country, which is the reason why the grape ranking is very different from vineyard acreage. Europe produces 43% of the world’s grapes, Asia 26%, America 21%, Africa 6%, and Oceania 3%. Source OIV:
Country forecast 2008, ‘000 quintals in %
(quintal=100kg)
- Italy 80 570 — 11,9%
- China 72 000 — 10,6%
- United states 67 448 — 9,9%
- Spain 57 462 — 8,5%
- France 57 050 — 8,4%
- Turkey 39 184 — 5,8%
- Iran 30 000 — 4,4%
- Argentina 27 869 — 4,1%
- Chile 25 000 — 3,7%
- Australia 19 568 — 2,9%
- World total 677 992
