ΠΑΓΚΟΣΜΙΑ ΠΑΡΑΓΩΓΗ ΜΕΛΙΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΚΑΤΑΝΑΛΩΣΗ ΤΟ ΕΤΟΣ 2005

World apiculture

World honey production and consumption in 2005

Country	Production (1000 metric tons)	Consumption (1000 metric tons)	Number of beekeepers	Number of bee hives
Europe and Russian Federation
Turkey	82.34	66
Ukraine	71.46	52
Russian Federation	52.13	54
Spain	37.00	40
Germany (*2008)	21.23	89	90,000*	1,000,000*
Hungary	19.71	4
Romania	19.20	10
Greece	16.27	16
France	15.45	30
Bulgaria	11.22	2
Serbia	3 to 5	6.3	30,000	430,000
Denmark (*1996)	2.5	5	*4,000	*150,000
North America
United States of America (*2006, **2002)	70.306*	158.75*	12,029**	2,400,000*
Canada	36.11	29
Latin America
Argentina	93.42	3
Mexico	50.63	31
Brazil	33.75	2
Uruguay	11.87	1
Oceania
Australia	18.46	16
New Zealand	9.69	8
Asia
China	299.33	238
India	52.23	45
South Korea	23.82	27
Vietnam	13.59	0
Turkmenistan	10.46	10
Africa
Ethiopia	41.23	40
Tanzania	28.68	28
Angola	23.77	23
Kenya	22.00	21
Egypt (*1997)	16*		200,000*	2,000,000*
Central African Republic	14.23	14
Morocco (*1997)	4.5*		27,000*	400,000*
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), August 2007.