Mexico harvested about 2.5 million tons of avocados in 2022, making that country the top producer of avocados worldwide.
Avocado cultivation
Avocados are native to Mexico and Central America but are now grown in many different regions across the globe. They take a significant amount of resources to cultivate, since an avocado tree takes between three and five years before it begins bearing fruit. Over 252 thousand hectares of avocado trees were planted in Mexico as of 2022, up from 168.11 thousand hectares in 2013.
Avocado consumption in the U.S.
Avocados have been sold in the United States for decades but only recently has their popularity exploded. In 2021, some 2.7 billion U.S. dollars of avocados were sold in the United States, which is more than double the sales value of avocados in 2014. Domestic consumption of avocados in the United States was forecast to exceed 2.7 billion pounds in 2022. To put this in perspective, in 2000, only about 542 million pounds of avocados were consumed in the United States.
