Apples of Iran
One variety in the atlas came from Iran.
Harvest
Iran grew 2,346,929 tonnes of apples in 2024, 2.4% of the world's harvest; it ranked seventh among the world's producers.1 FAOSTAT estimated this figure; it is not one Iran reported.
The figures
| Year | Tonnes |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2,346,929 (estimated by FAOSTAT) |
| 2023 | 2,168,836 (estimated by FAOSTAT) |
| 2022 | 1,989,734 |
| 2021 | 2,767,822 |
| 2020 | 2,241,100 |
| 2019 | 2,241,124 |
| 2018 | 1,936,697 |
| 2017 | 2,398,831 |
| 2016 | 2,096,749 |
| 2015 | 2,500,000 |
| 2014 | 2,412,494 |
| 2013 | 3,035,493 |
| 2012 | 3,103,883 |
| 2011 | 3,112,900 |
| 2010 | 2,903,572 |
| 2009 | 2,854,420 |
| 2008 | 2,778,775 |
| 2007 | 2,977,881 |
| 2006 | 2,306,941 |
| 2005 | 2,661,901 |
| 2004 | 2,219,145 |
| 2003 | 2,518,733 |
| 2002 | 2,333,896 |
| 2001 | 2,353,359 |
| 2000 | 2,097,244 |
| 1999 | 2,137,037 |
| 1998 | 1,943,627 |
| 1997 | 1,998,107 |
| 1996 | 1,925,423 |
| 1995 | 1,989,653 |
| 1994 | 2,008,051 |
| 1993 | 1,624,183 |
| 1992 | 1,463,072 |
| 1991 | 1,364,407 |
| 1990 | 1,523,980 |
| 1989 | 1,245,568 |
| 1988 | 1,351,291 |
| 1987 | 1,238,119 |
| 1986 | 1,154,322 |
| 1985 | 1,137,762 |
| 1984 | 940,299 |
| 1983 | 1,028,697 |
| 1982 | 930,181 |
| 1981 | 735,890 |
| 1980 | 600,000 (estimated by FAOSTAT) |
| 1979 | 550,000 (estimated by FAOSTAT) |
| 1978 | 450,000 |
| 1977 | 500,000 (estimated by FAOSTAT) |
| 1976 | 380,000 |
| 1975 | 220,000 |
| 1974 | 170,000 (estimated by FAOSTAT) |
| 1973 | 120,000 (estimated by FAOSTAT) |
| 1972 | 89,600 |
| 1971 | 91,102 |
| 1970 | 88,500 (estimated by FAOSTAT) |
| 1969 | 86,500 (estimated by FAOSTAT) |
| 1968 | 80,000 (estimated by FAOSTAT) |
| 1967 | 80,000 (estimated by FAOSTAT) |
| 1966 | 78,000 (estimated by FAOSTAT) |
| 1965 | 75,000 |
| 1964 | 68,000 (estimated by FAOSTAT) |
| 1963 | 65,000 (estimated by FAOSTAT) |
| 1962 | 65,000 (estimated by FAOSTAT) |
| 1961 | 65,000 (estimated by FAOSTAT) |
Estimated or imputed by FAOSTAT, not a figure the country reported.
Varieties from Iran, oldest first
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Golab Kohanz
A native Iranian summer apple, sweet and fragrant but soft and quick to spoil; breeders cross it for earliness
Sources
- FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Updated 31 December 2025. Supports: each country's apple harvest by year (item 515, apples, in tonnes, 1961 to 2024), the shares of the world's harvest and the ranks worked out from them, and which figures FAOSTAT estimated or imputed.