Table 1. Production of Vegetables in Developing Countries: Summary (Metric Tonnes, Average, Annual Growth Rate, Share)

rowth Rate, Share) A. Segrè

11,937,635 Total Veg. D.ing 2.11

		1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	AVG 86-90	AVG 91-95	GT 86-95
		MT	MT	MT	MT	MT	MT	MT	MT	MT	MT	MT	(MT)	(MT)	(%)
1	North Africa	11,759,899	12,611,151	11,614,406	11,310,133	11,937,635	12,136,464	12,925,109	12,987,661	12,980,538	12,136,464	12,925,109	12,987,661	12,980,538	13,355,529	13,371,909	11,846,645	12,877,060	1.28
2	Sub-Saharan Africa	12,286,452	12,436,938	12,879,668	14,297,488	14,509,951	14,909,473	15,028,573	14,938,487	15,664,139	15,609,296	16,081,656	13,282,099	15,229,994	2.42
3	Centr. America	5,924,549	6,349,729	6,958,736	7,083,648	6,899,260	7,040,452	6,458,814	6,880,927	6,359,991	7,251,799	7,419,117	6,643,184	6,359,991	7,251,799	7,419,117	6,643,184	6,798,397	2.04
4	South America	11,746,962	12,268,319	12,921,132	12,996,324	13,338,820	13,450,836	13,243,999	13,707,061	15,042,529	15,234,116	15,210,015	12,654,311	14,135,708	2.63
5	China	94,433,214	97,892,328	105,421,830	109,141,351	114,252,798	115,994,316	127,857,134	150,836,763	167,632,043	178,954,498	179,584,498	104,228,304	148,254,951	6.60
104,228,304	148,254,951	6.60
6	Near East in Asia	23,412,294	24,163,099	23,078,956	24,407,565	27,512,671	25,077,022	28,158,257	28,182,810	29,074,587	32,421,709	31,240,456	24,514,917	28,582,877	3.31
7	East & S. East Asia	27,851,901	27,705,521	28,208,156	29,564,690	30,524,742	30,233,663	31,025,963	32,473,137	32,507,608	33,294,960	33,686,309	28,771,002	31,907,066	1.80
8	1.80
8	South Asia	57,968,078	58,575,897	60,902,225	63,481,648	64,639,284	65,714,714	69,985,517	69,203,710	70,872,435	71,209,298	71,502,286	61,113,426	69,397,135	2.08
9	Oceania D.ing	380,305	394,496	394,318	406,969	416,221	435,097	418,025	439,164	436,413	439,425	439,525	398,462	433,625	1.46
	Total Veg. D.ing	245,763,654	252,397,478	245,763,654	252,397,478	262,379,427	272,689,816	284,031,382	284,992,037	305,101,391	329,649,720	350,570,283	367,770,630	368,535,771	263,452,351	327,616,812	4.11
	Total Veg. World	413,453,991	422,634,804	433,092,232	446,182,996	453,659,713	454,538,857	442,384,653	466,507,896	489,348,948	509,523,736	508,815,179	433,804,747	472,460,818	2.11
1	North Africa	4.79%	5.00%	4.43%	4.15%	4.20%	4.26%	4.24%	3.94%	3.70%	3.63%	N="right"> 4.26%	4.24%	3.94%	3.70%	3.63%	3.63%
2	Sub-Saharan Africa	5.00%	4.93%	4.91%	5.24%	5.11%	5.23%	4.93%	4.53%	4.47%	4.24%	4.36%
3	Centr. America	2.41%	2.52%	2.65%	2.60%	2.43%	2.47%	2.12%	2.09%	1.81%	1.97%	2.01%
4	South America
4	South America	4.78%	4.86%	4.92%	4.77%	4.70%	4.72%	4.34%	4.16%	4.29%	4.14%	4.13%
5	China	38.42%	38.78%	40.18%	40.02%	40.23%	40.70%	41.91%	45.76%	47.82%	48.66%	48.73%
6	Near East in Asia	9.53%	9.57%	8.80%	8.95%	9.69%	8.80%	9.23%	8.55%>	8.95%	9.69%	8.80%	9.23%	8.55%	8.29%	8.82%	8.48%
7	East & S. East Asia	11.33%	10.98%	10.75%	10.84%	10.75%	10.61%	10.17%	9.85%	9.27%	9.05%	9.14%
8	South Asia	23.59%	23.21%	23.21%	23.28%	22.76%	23.06%	22.94%	20.99%	20.22%	19.36%	19.40%
19.40%
9	Oceania D.ing	0.15%	0.16%	0.15%	0.15%	0.15%	0.15%	0.14%	0.13%	0.12%	0.12%	0.12%
	Total Veg D.ing	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
	Developing/World			Developing/World	59.44%	59.72%	60.58%	61.12%	62.61%	62.70%	68.97%	70.66%	71.64%	72.18%	72.43%
	Total Veg. World	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%

Source: World Tables on Fruit and Vegetable Development (derived from FAO database)

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