Groundnuts (Peanuts) Price

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"World" is the global benchmark price (World Bank Pink Sheet, monthly since 1960, where available). Currency conversion uses monthly ECB reference rates since 1999 (some currencies joined later) — for comparison, not precise historical FX accounting.

Top Producers

Rank	Country	Quantity
1	China	19,230,700 t
2	India	10,395,061 t
3	Nigeria	4,300,000 t
4	United States	2,666,020 t
5	Myanmar (Burma)	1,784,925 t
6	Senegal	1,675,329 t
7	Sudan	1,385,800 t
8	Guinea	1,000,000 t
9	Argentina	962,674 t
10	Brazil	875,205 t
11	Chad	782,177 t
12	Burkina Faso	683,183 t
13	Indonesia	640,000 t
14	Ghana	636,000 t
15	Central African Republic	591,669 t
16	Tanzania	586,216 t
17	Niger	560,413 t
18	Cameroon	540,000 t
19	Congo - Kinshasa	497,197 t
20	Malawi	468,045 t
21	Mali	454,736 t
22	Vietnam	400,172 t
23	Côte d’Ivoire	277,072 t
24	Egypt	272,983 t
25	Zambia	235,446 t
26	Angola	233,483 t
27	Mozambique	226,498 t
28	Uganda	221,000 t
29	Nicaragua	206,868 t
30	South Sudan	188,930 t
31	Türkiye	185,137 t
32	Benin	178,954 t
33	Guinea-Bissau	144,039 t
34	Sierra Leone	121,881 t
35	Pakistan	120,937 t
36	Ethiopia	115,000 t
37	Zimbabwe	104,201 t
38	Mexico	91,209 t
39	Bangladesh	67,173 t
40	Gambia	58,977 t
41	Madagascar	56,423 t
42	South Africa	53,000 t
43	Togo	45,000 t
44	Taiwan	43,489 t
45	Gabon	32,616 t
46	Philippines	31,772 t
47	Sri Lanka	29,680 t
48	Laos	29,615 t
49	Bolivia	26,448 t
50	Congo - Brazzaville	26,145 t

FAOSTAT production data, 2023.

Top Importers

Rank	Country	Quantity
1	China	120,517 t
2	Malaysia	35,575 t
3	Kenya	18,927 t
4	Germany	17,175 t
5	Italy	16,867 t
6	United Kingdom	16,852 t
7	Spain	15,537 t
8	Canada	8,663 t
9	Thailand	6,556 t
10	Afghanistan	6,089 t
11	Belgium	5,814 t
12	Türkiye	5,496 t
13	Nepal	5,236 t
14	Benin	4,915 t
15	France	4,762 t
16	Netherlands	4,708 t
17	Mali	3,790 t
18	Bangladesh	3,455 t
19	Mexico	3,312 t
20	Portugal	3,205 t
21	Pakistan	3,040 t
22	Croatia	2,862 t
23	Slovakia	2,596 t
24	Switzerland	2,538 t
25	Djibouti	2,325 t
26	Iran	2,108 t
27	Saudi Arabia	2,031 t
28	Guinea	1,906 t
29	Poland	1,563 t
30	Azerbaijan	1,549 t
31	Czechia	1,524 t
32	Indonesia	1,279 t
33	Trinidad & Tobago	1,266 t
34	Romania	1,161 t
35	Kazakhstan	974 t
36	Zimbabwe	931 t
37	South Africa	914 t
38	Russia	853 t
39	Kyrgyzstan	844 t
40	Greece	819 t
41	Ireland	724 t
42	Algeria	707 t
43	Philippines	695 t
44	Côte d’Ivoire	686 t
45	United Arab Emirates	651 t
46	Kuwait	631 t
47	Lebanon	614 t
48	Vietnam	544 t
49	Ghana	494 t
50	Jordan	480 t

FAOSTAT trade data, 2023.

Top Exporters

Rank	Country	Quantity
1	United States	203,442 t
2	Benin	98,562 t
3	Egypt	27,360 t
4	India	22,257 t
5	China	21,863 t
6	Myanmar (Burma)	16,517 t
7	Côte d’Ivoire	9,490 t
8	Mali	8,983 t
9	Laos	6,206 t
10	Gambia	4,620 t
11	Israel	4,589 t
12	Uzbekistan	3,659 t
13	Nigeria	3,484 t
14	Netherlands	3,373 t
15	Malaysia	2,622 t
16	Croatia	2,523 t
17	Indonesia	2,072 t
18	Afghanistan	1,810 t
19	Zambia	1,679 t
20	United Arab Emirates	1,563 t
21	Vietnam	1,425 t
22	Niger	1,224 t
23	South Africa	1,003 t
24	Djibouti	816 t
25	Tajikistan	810 t
26	Thailand	785 t
27	Madagascar	760 t
28	Burkina Faso	743 t
29	Ghana	677 t
30	Cambodia	635 t
31	Belgium	621 t
32	Germany	607 t
33	Türkiye	488 t
34	Spain	344 t
35	Italy	314 t
36	Malawi	300 t
37	Brazil	262 t
38	Namibia	230 t
39	Eswatini	209 t
40	Uganda	204 t
41	Tanzania	203 t
42	Mozambique	180 t
43	United Kingdom	167 t
44	Nicaragua	166 t
45	Greece	158 t
46	Estonia	120 t
47	Portugal	115 t
48	Sudan	85 t
49	Peru	69 t
50	Australia	65 t

FAOSTAT trade data, 2023.

About Groundnuts (Peanuts)

A legume grown for direct food use (roasted, peanut butter) and crushed into groundnut oil. China, India and Nigeria are the largest producers, though most of the crop is consumed domestically rather than traded internationally.

Latest World price (2025-12): -26% vs. the 5-year average, -23% vs. the 10-year average, -29% vs. a year ago.