The World of Apples

Apples of Portugal

2 varieties in the atlas came from Portugal. The oldest is Bravo de Esmolfe, dated 18th or 19th century.

Map of where the apple varieties in the atlas came from A map of the world on the Equal Earth projection, with a dot for each variety at its place of origin.

Harvest

Portugal grew 313,210 tonnes of apples in 2024, 0.32% of the world's harvest; it ranked 35th among the world's producers.1

1961 2024
The figures
YearTonnes
2024 313,210
2023 292,230
2022 291,190
2021 368,230
2020 286,080
2019 370,710
2018 263,960
2017 329,371
2016 241,611
2015 324,994
2014 273,721
2013 287,314
2012 220,761
2011 247,229
2010 212,902
2009 263,146
2008 237,011
2007 245,471
2006 256,618
2005 250,543
2004 275,123
2003 284,971
2002 300,225
2001 258,363
2000 229,794
1999 295,000
1998 160,074
1997 285,716
1996 256,712
1995 234,897
1994 212,015
1993 264,122
1992 281,033
1991 263,350
1990 282,521
1989 265,782
1988 241,880
1987 249,775
1986 238,560
1985 95,100
1984 86,460
1983 115,280
1982 104,800
1981 97,000
1980 127,644
1979 107,385
1978 117,382
1977 94,471
1976 154,553
1975 140,503
1974 122,176
1973 142,910
1972 114,790
1971 95,120
1970 88,730
1969 82,399
1968 71,400
1967 90,501
1966 86,533
1965 96,000
1964 85,000
1963 92,000
1962 58,000
1961 70,000

Varieties from Portugal, oldest first

  • Bravo de Esmolfe

    A scented, whitish apple from the village of Esmolfe in central Portugal, an EU protected designation since 1996

    Portugal, 18th or 19th century

And 1 more in the catalogue, A to Z

Sources

  1. 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.