Top 10 Agave Fiber Producing Countries

Actually, Top 8 Agave Fiber Producing Countries!

Some agave plants are harvested to make alcoholic drinks, including tequila, mezcal, aquamiel (honey water). Aquamiel is brewed to make pulque, the ritual drink of the Aztecs. More practical and mundane, and very useful products, derived from Agave plants, including fique from Colombia, ixtle, tampico, and maguey from Mexico, and Agave foetida from the Caribbean Islands, are ropes, cords, food sacks, and brushes.

Top Agave Fiber Producing Countries 2017
RankCountryTonnes
1Colombia14,924
2Mexico5,769
3Nicaragua5,311
4Ecuador4,384
5Philippines3,987
6Cuba3,357
7El Salvador2,083
8Guatemala110

Which country produces the most Almonds? What about Avocados?

A tonne is a metric ton, which is 1,000 kilograms, and equivalent to 2,204.6 pounds. Data is from FAOSTAT.

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