The 10 largest exporters of natural rubber accounted for roughly percent of global rubber shipments in 2025. The production of natural rubber has been increasing since 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic affected annual production volume. The industry recovered to pre-pandemic levels of rubber consumption in 2021.
A global outlook on rubber production
Due to the suitable climate and cultivating conditions, Southeast Asia is home to nearly percent of natural rubber production worldwide. In 2022, the region produced almost million metric tons of natural rubber, percent of global output. The next largest regional producer, Africa, produced more than million metric tons in the same year, which accounted for percent of global production. The hot, damp climatic conditions in West Africa, like those of Southeast Asia, are ideal for growing rubber trees. Additional harvest area required to meet higher levels of natural rubber consumption is forecast to be million hectares in 2030.
Regional rubber exporters
Thailand was the world’s largest exporter of natural rubber in 2022, having accounted for approximately percent of global exports that year. Thailand's natural rubber production that year was million metric tons, making the Southeast Asian country the largest producer of natural rubber worldwide. The largest plantations are located towards the south of the country and cover an area of square kilometers, an area almost as large as Wales. The world’s second leading natural rubber exporter and one of the few countries outside of Southeast Asia to produce a large amount of natural rubber in 2025 was the Ivory Coast. The African nation accounted for a natural rubber export value amounting to nearly billion U.S. dollars that year.