Pineapple, Ananas comosus

Native of Brazil/Paraguay  Pineapple was already present  all over Caribbean islands by the time Columbus reached them in 1492.  Currently 84 countries are growing pineapples commercially. In 2009, 18 448 674 tons were produced,  leaving an average Earthling with 2.71 kg of pineapple to consume.

There is enough calories in the crop of 2009 to provide 12.13 million people with 2000 calories a day or entire population of Zimbabwe.
852 109  hectares  (more than ever before) were used for pineapple production in 2009, a territory similar in size to Puerto-Rico. That's about 0.054% of all arable land.  Land usage grew by 230% since 1961.

Biggest producer in the world is Philippines with  2 198 497 t produced in 2009.

Biggest producer per capita is Costa Rica with 414 kg produced in 2009.17.35% of Costa-Rica's arable land was used for pineapple production in 2009. Pineapple land usage  in Costa-Rica grew 195 times since 1966. It is very likely that this fast expansion contributed greatly to the extinction of Golden Toad, endemic specie of Costa Rica. To ensure high yields of pineapples, large amounts of pesticides are required ( up to 20 kg  of ACTIVE ingredients per hectare per cycle).  At current yields in Costa Rica, it comes out to 420 milligrams per each kg of pineapples produced.

Best world crop  of pineapples since 1961 was 20 963 463 t in 2007, worst--3 831 437 in 1961.
Best worldwide yields since 1961 were 24706.6 kg/ha in 2007 , worst --10374.1/kg/ha in 1961.

Record yield belongs to Indonesia at 118049.1 kg/ha (2007). What are the record yields from an individual pineapple field I am scared to even imagine.


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Pineapples cost anywhere from $200 to $1000  and more per ton. World crop is about $7-7.5 billion worth
Production, by country ,                                     2007               2008,                              2009

American Samoa	Pineapples	380	F	380	F		M
Angola	Pineapples	40000	F	40000	F		M
Antigua and Barbuda	Pineapples	210	F	210	F		M
Argentina	Pineapples	3300	F	3300	F	3300	F
Australia	Pineapples	164732		164732	F	157679
Bangladesh	Pineapples	238360		210283			M
Belize	Pineapples	2276		953		1177
Benin	Pineapples	135912		136123			M
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Pineapples	14525		14525	F		M
Brazil	Pineapples	2676417		2491974		1477675
Brunei Darussalam	Pineapples	990	F	990	F		M
Cambodia	Pineapples	16000	F	16000	F		M
Cameroon	Pineapples	52000	F	52000	F	52000	F
Central African Republic	Pineapples	14200	F	14200	F	14200	F
China	Pineapples	1381901		1402060	F	1452060	F
Colombia	Pineapples	434574		436044		427766
Congo	Pineapples	2900	F	3000	F		M
Cook Islands	Pineapples	25	F	25	F		M
Costa Rica	Pineapples	1968000		1678125		1870121
Côte d'Ivoire	Pineapples	159668		159668	F		M
Cuba	Pineapples	51597		55387		70920
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Pineapples	197320		198390			M
Dominican Republic	Pineapples	91593		100528			M
Ecuador	Pineapples	110000	F	110000	F		M
El Salvador	Pineapples	7913		8625		8625
Ethiopia	Pineapples	160	F	45	*		M
Fiji	Pineapples	2302		3506		3606
French Guiana	Pineapples	1800	F	1800	F		M
French Polynesia	Pineapples	3000	F	3000	F		M
Gabon	Pineapples	750	F	750	F	750	F
Ghana	Pineapples	68000	F	68000	F		M
Guadeloupe	Pineapples	5300	F	5300	F		M
Guam	Pineapples		M		M		M
Guatemala	Pineapples	204529		204571			M
Guinea	Pineapples	108000	F	109000	F		M
Guinea-Bissau	Pineapples	350	F	350	F		M
Guyana	Pineapples	1301		1301	F		M
Haiti	Pineapples	4500		4500	F		M
Honduras	Pineapples	132131		133452		135186
India	Pineapples	1308000		1305800			M
Indonesia	Pineapples	2237858		1272761		1558049
Israel	Pineapples	552		698		768
Jamaica	Pineapples	18102		20351			M
Japan	Pineapples	10400		10400	F		M
Kenya	Pineapples	429065		429065	F		M
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Pineapples	31295		33260		45780
Liberia	Pineapples	7850	F	7850	F		M
Madagascar	Pineapples	53500	F	53500	F		M
Malaysia	Pineapples	316210		384673		400070
Martinique	Pineapples	18000	F	18000	F		M
Mauritius	Pineapples	6398		6393		8880
Mexico	Pineapples	671131		685805			M
Morocco	Pineapples		M		M		M
Mozambique	Pineapples	13000	F	13000	F		M
Nepal	Pineapples	9980		9980		9995
Nicaragua	Pineapples	51000	F	51000	F		M
Nigeria	Pineapples	900000	F	900000	F		M
Panama	Pineapples	71002		75907			M
Papua New Guinea	Pineapples	20000	F	20000	F		M
Paraguay	Pineapples	73000	F	54257		56300
Peru	Pineapples	212059		243492		274393
Philippines	Pineapples	2016462		2209336		2198497
Portugal	Pineapples	3000	F	3000	F		M
Puerto Rico	Pineapples	17000	F	17000	F		M
Republic of Korea	Pineapples	1050	F	1050	F		M
Réunion	Pineapples	16890		18000	*		M
Rwanda	Pineapples	17000	F	18208		18000	F
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Pineapples	60		69			M
Saint Lucia	Pineapples	49		63			M
Samoa	Pineapples	4600	F	4600	F		M
Seychelles	Pineapples	160	F	160	F		M
South Africa	Pineapples	146214		124628		123125
Sri Lanka	Pineapples	53300		52180		49550
Sudan	Pineapples	5200	F	5200	F		M
Suriname	Pineapples	375		300			M
Swaziland	Pineapples	20000	F	20000	F		M
Thailand	Pineapples	2815275		2278566		1894862
Timor-Leste	Pineapples	200	F	200	F		M
Togo	Pineapples	1500	F	1500	F		M
Trinidad and Tobago	Pineapples	4500	F	4500	F		M
Uganda	Pineapples	1600	F	1600	F		M
United Republic of Tanzania	Pineapples	78000	F	78000	F		M
United States of America	Pineapples	172500	F	172500	F		M
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Pineapples	363075		358796			M
Viet Nam	Pineapples	470000	F	470000	F		M
Wallis and Futuna Islands	Pineapples	5	F	5	F		M
Zimbabwe	Pineapples	130	F	130	F		M
World + (Total)	Pineapples	20963463	A	19268880	A	18448674	A

Sources: FAO.org, CIA.gov, USDA.gov, alibaba.com , many others