Pears, according to Homer, are "gifts of the Gods" and have been an important crop in Roman empire.
They are rich in vitamin C and dietary fiber, thus reducing your chances to develop a cancer, especially colon cancer, and some other really nasty cancers further down of digestive tract.
In 2009, over 22 460 529 tons of pears were produced, leaving you as a potential consumer with 3.3 kg of pears for that year. That's about 1 medium sized pear every 20 days or so for every human on Earth.
World production of pears grew continuously since 1991. Since 1961, it grew over 431%. Land usage grew 317%. Crop of 2009 was the biggest pear crop ever.
World crop of pears of 2009 could supply over 18.53 million people with 2000 calories a day. It had enough protein for 7.4 million people at 50 g per day.
Pear trees are using over 1.02% of all permanent crop land in the world.
Biggest producer of pears is China, with 14 416 450 tons produced in 2009 (over 65% of the world production). However some of the Chinese orchards polluted so much that farmers have to pollinate their trees by hand, all other pollinators, bees and local bugs, died off awhile ago. Beware of Chinese pears, I'd say.
Biggest producer per capita is Argentina with about 17.5 kg of pears per person produced as of 2009.
Chile is close to Argentina by it's importance in pear business, also it is a major exporter.
Average world's yield is 14.2 tons of pears per hectare. Over the last 50 years, average yields grew about 40-50%.
Record yield, according to fao.org, belongs to Switzerland, 378.2 tonnes per hectare (1967). Now that's a lot of pears if you ask me.
My usual sources are fao.org, usda,gov, cia.gov, alibaba.com and many others. Thank you for your visit!
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Production of pears by country:
2007 2008 2009
Afghanistan
Pears
2145 3500 2200 F
Albania
Pears
4700 5570 7180
Algeria
Pears
139353 176957 159997
Argentina
Pears
720000 P 740000 F 700000 P
Armenia
Pears
43600 * 45100 * 46000 *
Australia
Pears
134764 130492 120376
Austria
Pears
175526 84735 168663
Azerbaijan
Pears
32531 37204 36228
Belarus
Pears
44064 52502 60931
Belgium
Pears
280300 170500 280600
Bhutan
Pears
2203 2271 Im 1109
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Pears
1775 1791 1806
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pears
20696 21682 24784
Brazil
Pears
17074 17391 14856
Bulgaria
Pears
965 924 1442
Canada
Pears
13381 9594 8400
Chile
Pears
195000 185000 F 191000 F
China
Pears
13045429 13676381 14416450
Colombia
Pears
14956 13579 12450
Croatia
Pears
9872 8849 9950
Cyprus
Pears
1138 1230 1730
Czech Republic
Pears
2917 2498 4400
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Pears
125000 F 131086 Im 137901 Im
Denmark
Pears
9000 F 8372 Im 7712 Im
Djibouti
Pears
3 F 3 F 3 F
Ecuador
Pears
11000 F 11985 Im 13597 Im
Egypt
Pears
50414 48908 52000 F
France
Pears
202708 159865 185857
Georgia
Pears
19600 16400 11100
Germany
Pears
49918 38076 52319
Greece
Pears
71132 80000 F 82800 Im
Hungary
Pears
11799 22090 32256
India
Pears
282042 Im 306078 Im 317244 Im
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Pears
132000 F 115812 107077 Im
Iraq
Pears
11951 12508 12489
Ireland
Pears
M M M
Israel
Pears
32637 30046 29077
Italy
Pears
835700 770100 847500
Japan
Pears
322400 361700 351500
Jordan
Pears
3546 2227 2662
Kazakhstan
Pears
11070 7990 11000 *
Kenya
Pears
6370 5084 2437
Kyrgyzstan
Pears
3100 * 3200 * 3500 *
Latvia
Pears
1096 244 484
Lebanon
Pears
33500 34000 F 30657 Im
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Pears
1369 Im 1547 Im 1395 Im
Lithuania
Pears
1983 1769 2781
Luxembourg
Pears
1185 940 940
Madagascar
Pears
1750 F 1397 Im 1396 Im
Malta
Pears
134 89 33
Mexico
Pears
24739 27900 * 28000 F
Montenegro
Pears
2104 2038 2813
Morocco
Pears
43894 38370 34598 Im
Nepal
Pears
33852 33852 33871
Netherlands
Pears
260000 172000 295000
New Zealand
Pears
35000 F 32500 F 31800 F
Norway
Pears
533 749 850
Occupied Palestinian Territory
Pears
187 183 165 Im
Pakistan
Pears
24152 24657 20225
Paraguay
Pears
190 Im 185 Im 230 F
Peru
Pears
7072 5745 5431
Poland
Pears
30746 72813 83032
Portugal
Pears
141210 195100 249109
Republic of Korea
Pears
467426 470745 470000 F
Republic of Moldova
Pears
4149 4269 5600 *
Romania
Pears
62852 52576 66111
Russian Federation
Pears
96000 * 60000 * 65000 *
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Pears
360 F 316 Im 340 F
Serbia
Pears
60523 61886 67771
Slovakia
Pears
311 387 200
Slovenia
Pears
11823 9299 9862
South Africa
Pears
336408 337096 340156
Spain
Pears
551848 538677 434200
Sweden
Pears
1600 F 1654 Im 1649 Im
Switzerland
Pears
83636 83235 * 73884
Syrian Arab Republic
Pears
24671 24600 25521
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Pears
8235 8260 8313
Tunisia
Pears
55000 75000 60000
Turkey
Pears
356281 355476 384244
Ukraine
Pears
139500 126300 145900
United Kingdom
Pears
20643 19800 20000 F
United Republic of Tanzania
Pears
203 Im 205 Im 206 Im
United States of America
Pears
799180 789110 849320
Uruguay
Pears
18697 15755 13272
Uzbekistan
Pears
55000 * 61000 * 65000 *
Yemen
Pears
421 Im 438 Im 441 I
Zimbabwe
Pears
182 Im 145 Im 146 I
World + (Total)
Pears
20893424 A 21261587 A 22460529
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