DESCRIPTION

Culinary nuts are typically dry edible seeds or fruits that have a high fat content. The almond is a species of tree native to west Asia. Ancient remains of almonds were discovered in the Levant area. The almond is also the name of the edible and widely cultivated seed of this tree. Almonds grow inside cream-colored shells covered by a gray-green, fuzzy hull. When the fruit (being the nut itself) ripens, the hull splits and the shell drops to the ground. The edible version of almonds are sometimes called “sweet almonds” to distinguish them from the poisonous “bitter almonds

World Production

• United States of America is the World’s leading Almond producer with 2,002,742 tonnes yearly production.

Countries by Almond Production

	Country	Production (Tons)	Production per Person (Kg)	Acreage (Hectare)	Yield (Kg / Hectare)
	United States of America	2,002,742	6.11	380,405	5,264.8
	Spain	202,339	4.337	544,518	371.6
	Iran	147,863	1.809	104,716	1,412
	Morocco	112,681	3.24	165,817	679.5
	Syria	88,841	4.859	139,255	638
	Turkey	85,000	1.052	33,322	2,550.9
	Italy	74,584	1.234	58,336	1,278.5
	Australia	72,902	2.91	20,550	3,547.6
	Algeria	66,095	1.553	39,690	1,665.3
	Tunisia	61,000	5.329	184,500	330.6
	China	47,875	0.034	14,641	3,270
	Libya	33,838	5.229	57,764	585.8
	Afghanistan	32,843	1.04	19,481	1,685.9
	Lebanon	32,115	5.27	6,029	5,327.1
	Chile	31,938	1.817	8,113	3,936.4
	Greece	29,450	2.735	14,114	2,086.6
	Uzbekistan	27,321	0.837	7,082	3,857.6
	Pakistan	21,520	0.107	10,653	2,020.1
	Portugal	8,713	0.847	31,464	276.9
	Israel	8,500	0.954	380	22,368.4
	Palestinian Territories	4,136	0.909	2,509	1,648.1
	Jordan	3,498	0.342	309	11,320.4
	Tajikistan	3,255	0.364	4,434	734.1
	Kyrgyzstan	1,874	0.297	566	3,313.4
	Côte d’Ivoire	1,781	0.072	2,930	607.9
	Burkina Faso	1,514	0.075	2,692	562.2
	Turkmenistan	1,065	0.182	1,590	670
	Azerbaijan	1,059	0.107	438	2,417.4
	Swaziland	1,046	0.902	811	1,290
	Georgia	961	0.258	933	1,030
	United Arab Emirates	873	0.091	682	1,278.8
	Bulgaria	841	0.119	987	852.1
	Argentina	697	0.016	365	1,910.7
	Macedonia	672	0.324	472	1,423.4
	France	667	0.01	1,167	571.8
	Moldova	616	0.173	332	1,857.6
	Iraq	472	0.012	357	1,321.5
	Cyprus	316	0.37	1,944	162.6
	Croatia	233	0.056	430	541.9
	Gambia	196	0.096	119	1,647.1
	Yemen	164	0.006	253	646.7
	Kazakhstan	149	0.008	133	1,118.8
	Hungary	144	0.015	199	722.4
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	59	0.016	226	261.1
	Mexico	44	0	28	1,548.4
	Ukraine	20	0	100	200
	Nepal	9	0	14	612.4
	Slovenia	1	0	1	725.2