Apples of Turkey
One variety in the atlas came from Turkey.
Harvest
Turkey grew 4,420,185 tonnes of apples in 2024, 4.5% of the world's harvest; it ranked third among the world's producers.1
The figures
| Year | Tonnes |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4,420,185 |
| 2023 | 4,602,517 |
| 2022 | 4,817,500 |
| 2021 | 4,493,264 |
| 2020 | 4,300,486 |
| 2019 | 3,618,752 |
| 2018 | 3,625,960 |
| 2017 | 3,032,164 |
| 2016 | 2,925,828 |
| 2015 | 2,569,759 |
| 2014 | 2,480,444 |
| 2013 | 3,128,450 |
| 2012 | 2,888,985 |
| 2011 | 2,680,075 |
| 2010 | 2,600,000 |
| 2009 | 2,782,365 |
| 2008 | 2,504,494 |
| 2007 | 2,457,845 |
| 2006 | 2,002,033 |
| 2005 | 2,570,000 |
| 2004 | 2,100,000 |
| 2003 | 2,600,000 |
| 2002 | 2,200,000 |
| 2001 | 2,450,000 |
| 2000 | 2,400,000 |
| 1999 | 2,500,000 |
| 1998 | 2,450,000 |
| 1997 | 2,550,000 |
| 1996 | 2,200,000 |
| 1995 | 2,100,000 |
| 1994 | 2,095,000 |
| 1993 | 2,080,000 |
| 1992 | 2,100,000 |
| 1991 | 1,900,000 |
| 1990 | 1,900,000 |
| 1989 | 1,850,000 |
| 1988 | 1,950,000 |
| 1987 | 1,680,000 |
| 1986 | 1,865,000 |
| 1985 | 1,900,000 |
| 1984 | 1,900,000 |
| 1983 | 1,750,000 |
| 1982 | 1,600,000 |
| 1981 | 1,450,000 |
| 1980 | 1,430,000 |
| 1979 | 1,350,000 |
| 1978 | 1,100,000 |
| 1977 | 900,000 |
| 1976 | 1,000,000 |
| 1975 | 900,000 |
| 1974 | 950,000 |
| 1973 | 850,000 |
| 1972 | 850,000 |
| 1971 | 780,000 |
| 1970 | 748,000 |
| 1969 | 620,000 |
| 1968 | 700,000 |
| 1967 | 640,000 |
| 1966 | 440,000 |
| 1965 | 362,000 |
| 1964 | 337,000 |
| 1963 | 327,000 |
| 1962 | 322,000 |
| 1961 | 283,000 |
Growing regions
- Isparta and Amasya Isparta grew 34.95% of Turkey's apples in 2025; at Amasya a Roman-period mosaic shows an apple tree
Varieties from Turkey, oldest first
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Amasya
Anatolia's own winter apple: 6 per cent of Turkey's crop in 2020; in 2024 only 1.03 per cent of it grew at Amasya
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.