FAOSTAT data, 2010 (last accessed by Top 5 of Anything: December 2012).Image by kat_geb (Flickr: 36) [ CC BY 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons Production is in metric tonnes for the year 2010 for the production of tow and waste of true hemp. Percent change is from the year 2008. 2010 is the latest available data for world hemp production as of December 2012.