Which countries are the world’s leading honey exporters and dominating the market?

Global honey exports are dominated by countries such as China, India, Ukraine, Argentina, Brazil, Belgium, Spain, Hungary, and Germany. China is the world’s largest honey exporter, accounting for about a quarter of global exports, followed by India, Ukraine, and Argentina. These countries have used large-scale beekeeping operations, competitive prices, and a variety of honey types to capture significant market share, collectively forming a multi-billion dollar industry that supplies honey to consumers around the world.

Below is a table ranking honey exporting countries based on TradeMap data:

Ranking of honey exporting countries (tones)

№	Countries	2022	2023	2024
1	China, mainland	156 002	152 636	169 573
2	India	86 183	98 273	94 779
3	Ukraine	48 372	55 357	85 812
4	Argentina	67 380	68 880	78 120
5	Brazil	36 886	28 555	37 931
6	Belgium	32 021	27 158	27 310
7	Spain	27 867	27 352	26 742
8	Hungary	15 920	16 215	21 546
9	Germany	27 151	18 021	19 995
10	Viet Nam	28 090	8 360	15 876
11	Mexico	27 443	16 784	15 304
12	Portugal	10 643	8 853	13 389
13	New Zealand	11 795	11 208	12 274
14	Poland	15 036	13 982	12 252
15	Romania	12 183	10 594	12 163
16	Thailand	10 967	10 910	11 780
17	Uruguay	10 042	7 275	11 543
18	Canada	11 106	7 391	11 183
19	Bulgaria	12 738	10 991	11 054
20	United Arab Emirates	3 178	4 272	9 043
21	USA	10 018	8 884	8 668
22	Türkiye	17 249	9 386	8 657
23	Greece	6 741	5 694	6 274
24	Chile	4 234	3 201	5 792
25	Italy	5 771	5 730	5 599
26	Cuba	7 059	5 134	5 436
27	Netherlands	4 849	3 475	5 356
28	Australia	5 318	4 866	5 225
29	Pakistan	4 771	4 731	4 884
30	Russian Federation	2 534	2 713	4 348
31	France	5 237	4 493	3 982
32	Lithuania	2 259	2 115	3 200
33	Slovakia	3 538	1 694	3 064
34	Denmark	2 826	2 826	2 992
35	Cambodia	1 005	1 886	2 433
36	China, Taiwan Province of	442	935	2 428
37	Saudi Arabia	1 738	1 738	2 365
38	Uk	2 780	2 268	2 324
39	Czechia	974	1 299	2 180
40	Austria	1 466	1 426	1 879
41	Serbia	1 715	1 510	1 853
42	Republic of Moldova	3 385	1 715	1 715
43	Myanmar	1 942	1 955	1 658
44	Guatemala	1 493	1 035	1 551
45	Egypt	1 673	1 295	1 319
46	Singapore	901	1 007	1 197
47	Zambia	1 723	1 002	1 187
48	Indonesia	485	415	743
49	Nicaragua	595	860	742
50	Ireland	351	518	707
51	Croatia	681	739	674
52	Kyrgyzstan	256	347	606
53	Kazakhstan	58	58	604
54	El Salvador	894	342	517
55	South Africa	406	455	513
56	Sweden	524	740	456
57	United Republic of Tanzania	540	337	444
58	Malaysia	231	406	379
59	Latvia	558	0	367
60	Yemen	403	403	352
61	Oman	171	430	346
62	Namibia	17	33	309
63	Norway	233	405	287
64	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	195	1 545	285
65	Switzerland	316	293	242
66	Lebanon	64	128	147
67	Dominican Republic	133	131	139
68	Guyana	3	5	123
69	China, Honk Kong	100	141	122
70	Bahrain	5	5	94
71	Mali	67	74	93
72	Qatar	1	11	92
73	North Macedonia	110	106	87
74	Armenia	67	108	80
75	Colombia	8	3	80
76	Mozambique	30	19	74
77	Kuwait	61	41	64
78	Estonia	17	46	60
79	Uganda	10	7	55
80	Uzbekistan	68	0	55
81	Morocco	8	21	54
82	Belarus	42	13	50
83	Bangladesh	533	96	48
84	Kenya	81	74	45
85	Slovenia	270	91	45
86	Georgia	257	109	36
87	Cameroon	1	1	26
88	Madagascar	18	26	26
89	Nigeria	18	0	23
90	Israel	29	44	22
91	Japan	20	22	22
92	Liberia	0		22
93	Benin	15	18	19
94	Guinea	0	2	15
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12	7	10
96	Cyprus	6	11	10
97	Afghanistan	1	8	9
98	Ethiopia	38	9	9
99	Ghana	0	4	9
100	Luxembourg	9	9	9
101	Republic of Korea	5		9
102	Nepal	3	9	8
103	Burundi	3	9	7
104	Malta	0	0	7
105	Jordan	96	121	6
106	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0	0	6
107	Albania	0	4	4
108	Azerbaijan	1	4	4
109	Finland	3	9	4
110	Algeria	0	2	3
111	Angola	15	2	3
112	Jamaica	3	1	3
113	Peru	5	2	3
114	Sudan	0	2	3
115	Syrian Arab Republic		0	3
116	Costa Rica	23	2	2
117	Honduras	4	4	2
118	Palestine		0	2
119	Paraguay	0	0	2
120	Senegal	26	12	2
121	Sri Lanka	3	3	2
122	Tajikistan	2	3	2
123	Tunisia	0	2	2
124	Andorra	19	5	1
125	Central African Republic	0		1
126	Côte d’Ivoire	21	66	1
127	Ecuador	0	2	1
128	Fiji	1	0	1
129	Korea, DPR	0	6	1
130	Libya	2	11	1
131	Mauritius	2	2	1
132	Mongolia	0	0	1
133	Montenegro	0	1	1
134	New Caledonia	0	1	1
135	South Sudan	1	1	1
136	Trinidad and Tobago	2	4	1
137	Bhutan	0	0	0
138	Macao, China	0	1	0
139	Zimbabwe	1	0	0
140	Anguilla	0	0	0
141	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0	0
142	Aruba	0	0	0
143	Bahamas	0	0	0
144	Barbados	0	0	0
145	Belgium-Luxembourg	0	0	0
146	Belize	0	0	0
147	Bermuda	0	0	0
148	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	0	0	0
149	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	0	0	0
150	Botswana	7	0	0
151	British Indian Ocean Territory	0	0	0
152	British Virgin Islands	0	0	0
153	Brunei Darussalam	0	0	0
154	Burkina Faso	16	0	0
155	Cabo Verde	0	0	0
156	Cayman Islands	0	0	0
157	Chad	0	0	0
158	Christmas Island	0	0	0
159	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0	0	0
160	Comoros	0	0	0
161	Congo	0	2	0
162	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	3	2	0
163	Cook Islands	0	0	0
164	Curaçao	0	6	0
165	Czechoslovakia	0	0	0
166	Djibouti	0	6	0
167	Dominica	8	0	0
168	Equatorial Guinea	19	0	0
169	Eritrea	0	0	0
170	Eswatini	0	0	0
171	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0	0	0
172	Faroe Islands	0	0	0
173	Ethiopia PDR	0	0	0
174	Free Zones	0	0	0
175	French Polynesia	2	0	0
176	French Southern and Antarctic Territories	0	0	0
177	Gabon	0	0	0
178	Gambia	1	0	0
179	Gibraltar	0	0	0
180	Greenland	0	0	0
181	Grenada	7	1	0
182	Guadeloupe	0	0	0
183	Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0
184	Haiti	0	0	0
185	Iceland	0	0	0
186	Iraq	0	0	0
187	Kiribati	0	0	0
188	Lao People’s Democratic Republic	0	0	0
189	Lesotho	0	0	0
190	Malawi	0	2	0
191	Maldives	0	0	0
192	Marshall Islands	0	0	0
193	Mauritania	0	0	0
194	Mayotte	0	0	0
195	Micronesia, Federated States of	0	0	0
196	Montserrat	0	0	0
197	Nauru	0	0	0
198	Niger	0	0	0
199	Norfolk Island	0	0	0
200	Northern Mariana Islands	0	0	0
201	Niue	13	12	0
202	Palau	0	0	0
203	Panama	2	0	0
204	Papua New Guinea	0	1	0
205	Philippines	0	0	0
206	Pitcairn	0	0	0
207	Puerto Rico	0	0	0
208	Réunion	0	0	0
209	Rwanda	119	12	0
210	Saint Helena	0	0	0
211	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0	0
212	Saint Lucia	0	0	0
213	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	0	0
214	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0	0
215	Sao Tome and Principe	0	0	0
216	Samoa	0	0	0
217	Seychelles	0	0	0
218	Ship stores and bunkers	0	0	0
219	Serbia and Montenegro	0	0	0
220	Sierra Leone	37	0	0
221	Solomon Islands	0	0	0
222	Somalia	31	0	0
223	Sudan (former)	0	0	0
224	Suriname	0	0	0
225	Timor-Leste	7	0	0
226	Togo	0	0	0
227	Tokelau	0	0	0
228	Tonga	0	0	0
229	Turkmenistan	0	0	0
230	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0
231	Tuvalu	0	0	0
232	United States Minor Outlying Islands	0	0	0
234	Vanuatu	0	0	0
235	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	0	0	0
236	Wallis and Futuna Islands	0	0	0