Apples of Israel
One variety in the atlas came from Israel. The oldest is Anna, dated 1954.
Harvest
Israel grew 80,006 tonnes of apples in 2024, 0.08% of the world's harvest; it ranked 54th among the world's producers.1
The figures
| Year | Tonnes |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 80,006 |
| 2023 | 92,000 |
| 2022 | 104,000 |
| 2021 | 101,000 |
| 2020 | 104,000 |
| 2019 | 104,000 |
| 2018 | 111,000 |
| 2017 | 113,000 |
| 2016 | 100,000 |
| 2015 | 108,000 |
| 2014 | 77,813 |
| 2013 | 112,128 |
| 2012 | 108,000 |
| 2011 | 119,231 |
| 2010 | 131,474 |
| 2009 | 114,650 |
| 2008 | 97,425 |
| 2007 | 101,226 |
| 2006 | 121,644 |
| 2005 | 140,337 |
| 2004 | 150,070 |
| 2003 | 118,600 |
| 2002 | 126,530 |
| 2001 | 111,800 |
| 2000 | 102,500 |
| 1999 | 127,520 |
| 1998 | 102,910 |
| 1997 | 111,458 |
| 1996 | 104,730 |
| 1995 | 124,200 |
| 1994 | 87,650 |
| 1993 | 159,820 |
| 1992 | 127,800 |
| 1991 | 116,000 |
| 1990 | 112,700 |
| 1989 | 125,292 |
| 1988 | 119,280 |
| 1987 | 114,300 |
| 1986 | 115,700 |
| 1985 | 101,800 |
| 1984 | 118,900 |
| 1983 | 132,100 |
| 1982 | 117,900 |
| 1981 | 131,900 |
| 1980 | 100,800 |
| 1979 | 122,900 |
| 1978 | 106,500 |
| 1977 | 101,600 |
| 1976 | 95,800 |
| 1975 | 96,700 |
| 1974 | 74,200 |
| 1973 | 84,100 |
| 1972 | 67,500 |
| 1971 | 78,100 |
| 1970 | 61,800 |
| 1969 | 62,300 |
| 1968 | 55,000 |
| 1967 | 71,300 |
| 1966 | 65,800 |
| 1965 | 56,900 |
| 1964 | 60,700 |
| 1963 | 43,000 |
| 1962 | 41,900 |
| 1961 | 30,100 |
Varieties from Israel, oldest first
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Anna
Bred by Abba Stein at Kibbutz Ein Shemer in Israel; it fruits after only 250–300 hours of winter chill
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.