Italy is the world’s biggest producer of grapes, followed by China!

Much of the world’s grape production is used for other things than wine. The productivity (tonnes/ha) varies enormously from country to country, which is the reason why the grape ranking is very different from vineyard acreage. Europe produces 43% of the world’s grapes, Asia 26%, America 21%, Africa 6%, and Oceania 3%. Source OIV:

Country forecast 2008, ‘000 quintals in %
(quintal=100kg)

• Italy 80 570 -- 11,9%
• China 72 000 -- 10,6%
• United states 67 448 -- 9,9%
• Spain 57 462 -- 8,5%
• France 57 050 -- 8,4%
• Turkey 39 184 -- 5,8%
• Iran 30 000 -- 4,4%
• Argentina 27 869 -- 4,1%
• Chile 25 000 -- 3,7%
• Australia 19 568 -- 2,9%
• World total 677 992