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California avocado crop

The 2025 crop finished at 171.0 thousand tons.

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171

thousand tons, 2025 final

Final USDA estimate.

Production record

Final crop by year, through 2025

USDA published production estimates for California avocado through 2025 and has not surveyed the state since.

California avocado crop: final estimate by year0100200300thousand tons2014: no forecast · final 140.0 thousand tons20142015: no forecast · final 201.0 thousand tons20152016: no forecast · final 113.0 thousand tons20162017: no forecast · final 170.0 thousand tons20172018: no forecast · final 171.0 thousand tons20182019: no forecast · final 109.0 thousand tons20192020: no forecast · final 188.5 thousand tons20202021: no forecast · final 136.0 thousand tons20212022: no forecast · final 138.5 thousand tons20222023: no forecast · final 118.0 thousand tons20232024: no forecast · final 183.5 thousand tons20242025: no forecast · final 171.0 thousand tons2025
Crop yearFinal (thousand tons)Crop valueShare of US
2025171.0 thousand tons$492M92.1%
2024183.5 thousand tons$523M93.1%
2023118.0 thousand tons$239M91.6%
2022138.5 thousand tons$488M88.3%
2021136.0 thousand tons$329M90.0%
2020188.5 thousand tons$413M91.3%
2019109.0 thousand tons$373M80.7%
2018171.0 thousand tons$387M92.2%
2017170.0 thousand tons$382M90.6%
2016113.0 thousand tons$351M81.9%
2015201.0 thousand tons$412M87.8%
2014140.0 thousand tons$304M81.0%

USDA published annual estimates for this state through 2025. It has since been dropped from the annual survey, so there is no newer production figure — the weekly condition ratings above are the current measure.

Utilization

Where the crop went

Fresh market against processing and unsold volume, by crop year.

California avocado crop: fresh market vs processing0100200300thousand tons2014: fresh 140.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 thousand tons — 100% fresh20142015: fresh 201.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 thousand tons — 100% fresh20152016: fresh 108.0, processing 4.0, not sold 1.0 thousand tons — 96% fresh20162017: fresh 168.0, processing 1.0, not sold 1.0 thousand tons — 99% fresh20172018: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.2 thousand tons — 0% fresh20182019: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.5 thousand tons — 0% fresh20192020: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.6 thousand tons — 0% fresh20202021: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.7 thousand tons — 0% fresh20212022: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.3 thousand tons — 0% fresh20222023: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.8 thousand tons — 0% fresh20232024: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 1.1 thousand tons — 0% fresh20242025: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.9 thousand tons — 0% fresh2025
Fresh marketProcessingNot sold

Updated September 29, 2026

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