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The 10 Countries With the Most Land Under Vines |
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The OIV released its 2025 figures in May. Spain grows more vines than any country on Earth — 919,000 hectares. But Spain isn't the biggest winemaker. And three of the ten countries on this list barely make wine at all. |
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Source: OIV, State of the World Wine Sector in 2025 (released May 2026). Vineyard area in hectares — includes wine, table and dried-grape vines. |
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| What's Surprising |
Spain has the most vines. Italy makes the most wine. Spain grows 919,000 hectares and pressed 28.7 million hectolitres last year. Italy grows 21% less land and made 44.4 million. More vines does not mean more wine.
Halfway down, it stops being a wine ranking. China grows the third-biggest vineyard, larger than Italy's, yet isn't a top-ten winemaker. Its wine fell from 7.8 million hectolitres in 2019 to 3.2 million in 2023. China's vines grow table grapes — it picks 43% of the world's.
India ranks 7th and makes almost no wine. Türkiye ranks 6th and dries more grapes into raisins than any country on Earth. The vineyard map and the wine map are not the same map.
| What's Not Surprising |
The wine still comes from where it always has. Italy, France and Spain made 109 million hectolitres between them last year, nearly half the world's. The three deepest wine traditions grow three of the four biggest vineyards.
The world's vineyard is shrinking. It fell 0.8% in 2025, the sixth straight annual decline, to 7.0 million hectares. Growers are pulling vines as demand drops — the world drinks less wine than it has in decades.
Spain leads but keeps cutting too. Dry years and thin margins trim its vines each season. The order holds. The whole board is getting smaller.
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919,000 Hectares of vine in Spain, more than any country on Earth and 13% of the world's total. |
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44% Share of the world's vines grown by just four countries: Spain, France, China and Italy. |
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3.2M Hectolitres of wine China made in 2023, down from 7.8M in 2019 — despite owning the world's third-biggest vineyard. |
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7th India's rank by vineyard area. It makes almost no wine; its vines grow table grapes and raisins. |
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6 years How long the world's vineyard has shrunk in a row, down to 7.0 million hectares in 2025. |
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The OIV's next production estimate lands in November, with full 2026 tables early next year. Two things to watch. Spain keeps pulling vines, so its lead over France, China and Italy narrows each year. And the six-year shrink shows no sign of turning while wine demand keeps falling. If it holds, next year's vineyard will be smaller still. We'll be watching. |
