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Where Oats Grows

Canada grew the most oats in 2024: 3.4 million tonnes, 15.0% of the world’s 22.4 million tonnes. Watch the top producers light up on the world map, coloured by their share of the world’s oats.

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Oats grown in 2024

Point at or tap a country to see how much it grows.

Share of the world’s oats: 25% or more 10–25% 5–10% 2–5% 0.5–2% Under 0.5% None recorded

Top 10 oats producers

Tonnes grown in 2024

1Canada 15.0%

3.4 million tonnes
2Russia 13.4%

3.0 million tonnes
3Poland 7.2%

1.6 million tonnes
4Australia 5.9%

1.3 million tonnes
5Finland 5.4%

1.2 million tonnes
6Spain 5.2%

1.2 million tonnes
7Brazil 4.9%

1.1 million tonnes
8United Kingdom 4.4%

986,000 tonnes
9United States 4.4%

984,010 tonnes
10Germany 3.1%

696,800 tonnes

World total

22.4 million tonnes

Countries growing it

Largest producer

Canada

Top 3 together

35.5%

All 74 countries that grow oats

#	Country	Tonnes	Share
1	Canada	3,357,551	15.0%
2	Russia	3,000,000	13.4%
3	Poland	1,616,910	7.2%
4	Australia	1,315,000	5.9%
5	Finland	1,221,540	5.4%
6	Spain	1,162,540	5.2%
7	Brazil	1,091,883	4.9%
8	United Kingdom	986,000	4.4%
9	United States	984,010	4.4%
10	Germany	696,800	3.1%
11	Sweden	622,500	2.8%
12	Argentina	564,909	2.5%
13	China	534,689	2.4%
14	Chile	457,567	2.0%
15	Ukraine	457,140	2.0%
16	Turkey	390,000	1.7%
17	Kazakhstan	329,814	1.5%
18	Belarus	320,000	1.4%
19	France	302,700	1.3%
20	Norway	283,000	1.3%
21	Latvia	263,100	1.2%
22	Denmark	253,680	1.1%
23	Lithuania	236,710	1.1%
24	Ireland	226,020	1.0%
25	Italy	211,980	0.9%
26	Czechia	200,640	0.9%
27	Romania	143,640	0.6%
28	Estonia	134,900	0.6%
29	Algeria	105,000	0.5%
30	Greece	82,310	0.4%
31	Hungary	77,130	0.3%
32	Mexico	74,603	0.3%
33	Austria	68,000	0.3%
34	Portugal	58,820	0.3%
35	Bulgaria	56,450	0.3%
36	Croatia	54,940	0.2%
37	Ethiopia	53,443	0.2%
38	South Africa	42,800	0.2%
39	Serbia	42,239	0.2%
40	Bosnia and Herzegovina	40,611	0.2%
41	Uruguay	36,010	0.2%
42	Mongolia	35,601	0.2%
43	Albania	31,950	0.1%
44	Slovakia	31,870	0.1%
45	Peru	26,568	0.1%
46	New Zealand	23,332	0.1%
47	Bolivia	22,328	0.1%
48	Belgium	14,080	0.1%
49	North Korea	14,038	0.1%
50	Morocco	11,013	under 0.1%
51	Armenia	9,646	under 0.1%
52	Azerbaijan	9,372	under 0.1%
53	Switzerland	7,567	under 0.1%
54	Luxembourg	6,090	under 0.1%
55	Netherlands	6,040	under 0.1%
56	North Macedonia	3,689	under 0.1%
57	Kenya	3,668	under 0.1%
58	Tajikistan	2,661	under 0.1%
59	Slovenia	2,430	under 0.1%
60	Kyrgyzstan	2,423	under 0.1%
61	Georgia	2,300	under 0.1%
62	Moldova	2,097	under 0.1%
63	Tunisia	1,687	under 0.1%
64	Ecuador	868	under 0.1%
65	Montenegro	769	under 0.1%
66	Zimbabwe	626	under 0.1%
67	Uzbekistan	450	under 0.1%
68	Cyprus	420	under 0.1%
69	Lesotho	342	under 0.1%
70	Japan	312	under 0.1%
71	Israel	257	under 0.1%
72	Lebanon	130	under 0.1%
73	Syria	44	under 0.1%
74	Ghana	38	under 0.1%

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Data: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 28 October 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL. Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAOSTAT item: Oats. Some figures are FAO estimates. Xilfy is not affiliated with or endorsed by FAO.

Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain). Borders are simplified and do not imply any view on disputed territory.

About the Where Food Grows

Where Food Grows shows which countries grow the food we eat. Pick one of 73 crops – rice, wheat, mango, banana, coffee, cocoa, tea, jute and more – and the countries that grow it light up on the world map one after another, largest producer first. Each country is coloured by its share of the world’s crop, with the top 10 beside the map and every producing country ranked below, from FAOSTAT’s latest figures.

How to use it

1 Pick a crop from the list or the buttons above the map.
2 Watch the top producers light up; press Replay to see it again.
3 Point at or tap any country for its tonnes, rank and share of the world.
4 Scroll down for every country that grows the crop, or copy the link to share it.

Frequently asked questions

Which country produces the most oats?

Canada grew the most oats in 2024: 3.4 million tonnes, 15.0% of the world’s 22.4 million tonnes. The figures are FAOSTAT’s for 2024.

What are the top 5 oats producing countries?

Canada (15.0%), Russia (13.4%), Poland (7.2%), Australia (5.9%) and Finland (5.4%), by tonnes grown in 2024.

Where does the data come from?

From FAOSTAT, the food and farming statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), dataset “Crops and livestock products”, under the CC BY 4.0 licence. It shows the latest year FAO has published, usually two years behind.

Why do some numbers look different from other sources?

Countries report in different ways and FAO fills gaps with its own estimates. Some crops are also grouped: FAO counts mangoes together with guavas and mangosteens, and lemons with limes. The FAOSTAT item name under the map says exactly what is counted.

Why are Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao shown apart from China?

FAOSTAT reports them separately, so the map follows its figures. Borders are simplified and do not imply any view on disputed territory.

Why is a country grey?

FAOSTAT has no production of that crop recorded for it in the latest year. It may grow a little that is not reported.

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