World Peanut Production

Total world peanut production for 2008 was 34.5 million metric tons (USDA data).

China led 2008 world groundnut production with 42%, India 18%, USA 7%, Nigeria 5%, Indonesia 4%, Burma 3%, Argentina 3%, Sudan 2%, Vietnam 2%, Chad 1%, Senegal 1%, Congo 1%, Burkina 1%, and Brazil 1% of global peanuts for that year.

Mali, Malawi, Guinea, Cameroon, Egypt, Côte d'Ivoire, Uganda, Benin, Central Africa Republic, South Africa, Thailand, Mozambique, Niger, Pakistan, Mexico and other peanut growing regions each provided less than 1% of the world's peanuts for 2008.

2008 World Peanut Yield (metric tons per hectare)

In 2008 the USA led in peanut yield with 3.84 metric tons of peanuts per hectare, China 3.56, Egypt 3.17, Argentina 2.77, Brazil 2.62, South Africa 2.33, Vietnam 2.09, Thailand 1.77, and Indonesia 1.67 MT/hectare.

USA Peanut Production

The top USA peanut producers for 2008 were Georgia with 45%, Texas 16%, Alabama 13%, Florida 9%, North Carolina 7%, South Carolina 5%, Mississippi 2%, Virginia 2%, Oklahoma 1%, and New Mexico 0.5%.

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