Most-Grown Fruits Worldwide

What the are most grown fruits in the world by weight?
Dear nitpicker: We are using fruit in the culinary sense, not the botanical sense
"Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad". Be wise.
For the year 2024 according to the FAO
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Metric tons
Fruit
169 m
Watermelons
151 m
Bananas
149 m
Apples
92.8 m
Grapes
79.1 m
Tangerines / mandarins /
clementines
74.9 m
Oranges
66.4 m
Mangos / guavas
48.7 m
Pears
45.5 m
Peaches / nectarines
41.5 m
Melons / cantaloupes
31.8 m
Pineapples
25.5 m
Lemons / limes
19.6 m
Plums
15.4 m
Papayas
15.2 m
Pomelos / grapefruit
14.8 m
Strawberries
10.1 m
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103 Recent Comments
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Level 58
Nov 30, 2018
Dear Quizmaster,

we are not nitpickers. The problem is that people like you want to use the word 'fruit' in multible senses. We'd only like to know, which meaning you are using.

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Level 71
Nov 30, 2018
To start with I don't understand what you are accusing the Quizmaster of saying, but for some reason, and it's probably just me, but anytime I hear the phrases: "people like you", "you people", or "those kind of people" I am automatically offended and rarely listen to anything else that the speaker has to say. Are you well enough acquainted with the Quizmaster to judge his/her intentions? I'm always amazed when a completely innocent comment or word is twisted to make it something more than it is. It is obvious from the correct answers that there is no implied slur, judgement, or condemnation intended. I seriously doubt that it would have crossed the mind of anyone here to put the word "fruit" into any other context until you unnecessarily raised the red flag of indignation. Also, I'm on this site too and I would appreciate it if you did not include me in your collective "we". If you have something to say speak for yourself. Thank you.
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Level 66
Jun 20, 2023
And i feel offended that quizmaster says nitpickers
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Level 94
Jan 15, 2019
Deaq Quizmaster, don't let Geografii fool you. We are still nitpickers.
+5
Level 66
Oct 12, 2022
What is wrong with being a nitpicker?
+1
Level 82
Jul 4, 2023
multiple*
+3
Level 78
Mar 26, 2024
Are you nitpicking the use of the word nitpicker?
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Level 66
May 27, 2024
Are you?
+8
Level 92
Dec 4, 2018
Tangerines are a crossbreed of oranges, no? Like nectarines are a mixed up peach.
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Level 48
Jan 24, 2020
Yeah I didn’t think that’d be accepted
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Level 42
Feb 13, 2021
I would've thought so too..
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Level 74
Feb 14, 2021
Yeah I wasn't sure what was treated as separate there - tangerine/mandarin/satsuma/clementine, they all seem pretty much the same to me...
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Level 69
Aug 9, 2022
Oranges and tangerines are very different fruits, even if they have a common ancestor. Not only their taste, but the shape and how you eat it are different. If you don't know that probably tangerines (or oranges, or both) are not very common where you live.
+3
Level ∞
Jun 9, 2023
So are grapefruits and lemons.
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Level 61
Jan 8, 2026
Nope. Mandarin oranges are actually one of the three original citrus species from which most modern citrus derive (along with pomelo and citron). \

Oranges are a hybrid of mandarin oranges and pomelos, as are grapefruit, but with more pomelo contribution.

Lemons are a more complex 3 way hybrid between all three, as are the more exotic citrus like bergamot.

To caveat the above, some varieties of mandarin orange sold in stores do have some degree of pomelo admixture, but regardless mandarin oranges are not a crossbreed of oranges. The inverse is closer to the truth.

Here's a neat chart that visualizes some of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citrus_taxonomy#/media/File:Citrus_tern_cb_simplified_1.svg

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Level 79
Dec 5, 2018
Level 51!
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Level 26
Jan 29, 2019
Watermelon is not a fruit. It belongs to the squash family therefore making it a vegetable
+15
Level 78
Jan 29, 2019
But it's sweet and a plant. That makes it a fruit.
+4
Level 73
Jan 29, 2019
So sugar cane is a fruit?
+1
Level 78
Jan 29, 2019
Oh, I should have specified: It's a plant *that is eaten* and it's sweet. Thanks for the comment.
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Level 25
Jan 29, 2019
Sugar cane is definitely eaten! But - that's besides the point. Watermelon *is* a fruit, both technically and for culinary purposes. Squash is a fruit but not a culinary fruit. Rhubarb is an example of a true vegetable which is used like a fruit for culinary purposes.
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Level 67
Jun 12, 2023
That is to say that lemons and limes are not fruit?
+4
Level 75
Jan 29, 2019
Did you not read the instructions? Think before you speak.
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Level 66
May 30, 2024
Do you put watermelons in a fruit salad? Think before you speak yourself
+1
Level 34
Aug 20, 2024
Yes, watermelon is a common ingredient in fruit salads
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Level 66
Oct 8, 2024
Well i put tomatoes in my fruit salads
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Level 61
Feb 18, 2025
Then you're just weird & looking for attention
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Level 66
Apr 18, 2025
If i was looking for attention i would have gone to twitter lol but yes i think tomatoes taste good in a fruit salad
+4
Level 66
Sep 29, 2021
Squash is a fruit. Is has seeds.
+9
Level 61
Jan 29, 2019
I would put in a caveat about coconuts so we don't start a fight here xD
+9
Level 76
Feb 16, 2019
*throws a coconut*
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Level 87
Feb 13, 2021
LOL!!! Nearly spit my drink out!
+5
Level 65
Jan 29, 2019
Clementines are NOT the same as tangerines. If tangerines and clementines are in the same category, make it "Clementines/Tangerines".
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Level 61
Jan 8, 2026
The truly egregious grouping is "mango/guava". They aren't remotely related or at all similar. It makes as much sense as a "watermelon/peach" category because those fruits sometimes appear together in fruit salad.

At least clementines and tangerines are closely related genetically and visually. Clementines just have a bit more pomelo DNA.

They also grouped pomelo and grapefruit when grapefruit are pomelo hybrids with substantial mandarin orange DNA, and are closer genetically to oranges than pomelos.

Lemons and limes are also distinct hybrids.

But citrus DNA is so messy and overlapping that some degree of more-or-less arbitrary grouping is necessary unless you want to either have a single category for all non-kumquat citrus, or treat every cultivar as a distinct fruit.

This quiz seems to divide based mostly on appearance and taste rather than genetics, which is fair IMO.

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Level 73
Jan 29, 2019
Did tomatoes appear on an earlier version of this quiz or were you just being tricksy, QM, and placing red herrings in the caveats?
+7
Level 71
Jan 29, 2019
Tomato is a fruit
+4
Level 78
Jan 29, 2019
not in the culinary sense. read the instructions.
+6
Level 73
Feb 16, 2021
The instructions hint that you shouldn't count tomatoes since you would "be wise" not to include them in a fruit salad. So would you include a lemon in a fruit salad?
+2
Level 94
Jan 19, 2024
I do. Certainly not as the star, but having a couple wedges, or adding juice to the sauce, for sure.
+2
Level 86
Mar 12, 2021
So where do we stand on papaya? I have had many a Thai papaya salad.
+1
Level 66
Jun 7, 2022
but i do put tomatoes in my fruit salad
+3
Level 69
Aug 9, 2022
That's clearly not very wise, mister Kabouterbert
+1
Level 66
Oct 12, 2022
Why not it tastes good it has a lot of sugar in it like other fruits so why would you not put it in a fruit salad?
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Level 82
Nov 22, 2019
If you want to use the botanical definition here, then you can't limit "fruit" to tomatoes. Botanically, a cucumber is a fruit, too. So are squash, avocados, and eggplant. And peppers.

Plus, beans are fruit. So are nuts, and grains (wheat, oats, barley...).

The reason we have the fruit/vegetable debate for tomatoes but not for these other things is, I believe, because of a US Supreme Court case in the 19th century that referred specifically to tomatoes. The distinction entered the public consciousness and has never left, it seems.

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Level 66
Jun 7, 2022
but those are all fruits i would argue for sure avocado i have never thought of avocado as a vegetable ever in my life
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Level 88
Jan 29, 2019
My guess would be that eating a banana while taking this quiz should have given me a clue for one of the answers. It did not.
+3
Level 88
Jan 29, 2019
Mangoes*
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Level 50
Jan 29, 2019
Got papayas, missed grapes.
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Level 47
Jan 30, 2019
I got watermelon but not melon :/
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Level 68
Jan 30, 2019
Move aside, and let the mango through! Let the mango through!
+8
Level 75
Feb 5, 2019
Pawpaw should be accepted for papaya
+2
Level 76
Feb 16, 2019
Isn't that a word people use for grandad? Haha
+1
Level 63
Jul 3, 2019
Only missed plums. I was busy trying different types of berries.
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Level 48
Jan 24, 2020
Got all but apple. Never been the one to only miss the most guessed one lol
+7
Level 21
Mar 28, 2020
Please accept pawpaw. In this part of the globe we nothing about papaya.
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Level 59
Sep 28, 2020
Well, I've heard both, and I'm from the midwest.
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Level 78
Feb 13, 2021
The pawpaw that you’ve heard of probably isn’t the same as the pawpaw they’re referring to. Pawpaw is an Eastern US fruit rarely sold commercially that most people have never seen let alone tried. Papayas are not native to the US. The two fruits are not classified in the same genus or even order.

But I guess in some parts of the world, outside of the US where American Pawpaw is endemic, they call papayas papaw or sometimes pawpaws. So it can be quite confusing for Americans, particularly those in the east where pawpaws grow naturally.

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Level 35
Feb 17, 2021
In Australia the most common term is pawpaw.
+7
Level 60
Oct 5, 2020
Oh my god, ya'll. It's not that hard to follow instructions. You probably know what a 'traditional' fruit is. you're not being smart, you're being pretentious. XOXO
+1
Level 66
Jun 11, 2023
None of us who argues against it is saying that we are smart that is something you tried to put on us just to insult us xoxo
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Level 57
Feb 13, 2021
Why are tangerines separate from oranges?
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Level 61
Feb 21, 2022
because they are different fruits
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Level 72
Feb 15, 2021
Would it be possible to accept "naartjie" for "tangerine" for us poor South Africans please? Even first language English speakers use "naartjie".

Many thanks

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Level 70
Feb 18, 2021
Great quiz!
+3
Level 69
May 9, 2021
Surprised that figs and dates don't rate.
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Level 43
Apr 17, 2022
Watermelon isn`t fruit.
+2
Level 71
Jun 15, 2023
In what world?
+1
Level 66
May 30, 2024
Well you do not put watermelons in a fruit salad so according to that definition which is used on this quiz it should not be here
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Level 80
Jan 27, 2025
I've definitely seen watermelon in fruit salad before. Why wouldn't you do so?
+1
Level 66
Apr 18, 2025
I have never seen watermelons in a fruit salad but i have seen tomatoes in a fruit salad tbh
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Level 80
Oct 8, 2023
There is no definition of "fruit," either botanically or culinarily, that does not include watermelons.
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Level 27
Jun 26, 2022
Wouldn't Pumpkin make the list?

just a question

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Level 69
Aug 9, 2022
Why you have a fruit called grape and another fruit called grapefruit? Arent grapes fruit enough? WHY ENGLISH LANGUAGE? WHY?
+2
Level 69
Aug 9, 2022
And dont you get me started on the watermelons, as if melons werent full of water already.
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Level 68
May 13, 2024
Watermelons have about 2% more water (absolute)
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Level 43
Nov 20, 2022
Sugarcane is considered a fruit in many countries
+6
Level 87
Jun 10, 2023
I wish bacon was a fruit. I would have a whole orchard of bacon trees on my property.
+1
Level 67
Jul 4, 2023
2008 wants its meme back ;)
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Level 88
Jun 12, 2023
In the spirit of nitpicking, the last two items on the list are out of order if sorted descending by weight :)
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Level 70
Jun 13, 2023
Tangerines should really be grouped together with oranges. If melons are grouped together with canteloupes, then tangerines should be with oranges. We might be talking about different species vs different subspecies, but in terms of actual taste and appearance, there is no more difference between oranges and tangerines (of which there are MANY different varieties of each) than there is between melons and canteloupes.
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Level 66
May 27, 2024
Indeed if they wanna use the culinary word of fruit than they should judge them that way
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Level 60
Jun 14, 2023
prune should be valid for plum
+3
Level 67
Jul 4, 2023
Not accepting rock melon for cantaloupe is a farce
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Level 57
Jul 4, 2023
I somehow forgot oranges, but got dates
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Level 95
Jul 4, 2023
wisdom is also knowing not to put limes in fruit salad, so...
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Level 48
Jul 4, 2023
why are they all plural except for grapefruits
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Level 85
Oct 28, 2024
"Grapefruit" is a valid plural form. "I have fifteen grapefruit."
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Level 75
Jul 10, 2023
Something wrong with the scoring scale for this one? Points Score needed

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Level 66
Jul 12, 2023
I like my fruit salads with tomatoes
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Level 78
Mar 26, 2024
I, too, like salsa.
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Level 61
Oct 14, 2024
People don't eat tomatoes in their fruit salad (like, in all seriousness)?
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Level 76
Nov 25, 2024
What's a fruit in the culinary sense?

By the way, I don't appreciate trying belittle my wisdom solely for the fact that I enjoy my fruit salad of tomatoes, pickles, bell peppers and avocado/olive oil. I wish such dumb/ignorant quotes wouldn't get so popular.

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Level 80
Jan 27, 2025
But do you actually call that a "fruit salad"? If someone ordered a "fruit salad" in a restaurant, is that really what you would serve them?

Generally speaking, fruit in the culinary sense means the sweet and/or sour-tasting produce of certain plants. Nuts are hard, oily, non-sweet produce that grow in shells; vegetables are other savory or non-sweet plant produce; herbs and spices are plants parts primarily used for the flavor they impart (as opposed to their actual matter); and grains and cereals are small, hard, dry seeds from grasses. The edges of these categories can be fuzzy — carrots and sweet potatoes are both sweet, but are treated as vegetables, for instance — but it's generally how things are classified. Tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, etc. are primarily used for their savoriness, and so are, culinarily speaking, not considered fruits.

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Level 66
Apr 27, 2026
https://cheflindseyfarr.com/marinated-tomato-stone-fruit-salad/

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016885-tomato-fruit-salad

https://thefancypantskitchen.com/recipe/tomato-and-summer-fruit-salad/

https://streetsmartnutrition.com/peach-tomato-burrata-salad/

I would call these fruit salads

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Level 56
Oct 17, 2025
I rushed to type "tomato" at the first second of the quiz. But then I read the bullet points located below the description of the quiz, and it hit like a slap in the face LOL
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Level 66
Jan 2, 2026
https://cheflindseyfarr.com/marinated-tomato-stone-fruit-salad/

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016885-tomato-fruit-salad

https://thefancypantskitchen.com/recipe/tomato-and-summer-fruit-salad/

https://streetsmartnutrition.com/peach-tomato-burrata-salad/

Just a few examples

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Level 60
Jan 8, 2026
How can mango and guava be the same category
+3
Level 61
Jan 8, 2026
Completely insane and mildly infuriating
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Level 48
Jan 8, 2026
I'm bewildered that tomatoes isn't on this list.
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Level 44
Jan 8, 2026
I like the animosity towards tomato people.
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Level 52
Jan 8, 2026
Why mango and guava in the same category?
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Level 86
Jan 8, 2026
Cherry and grape tomatoes go in fruit salad just fine.
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Level 58
Jan 8, 2026
why are mango and guava in the same category?????