China vs World: Molasses — Production

China
5.24 million t
in 2023
World
73.29 million t
in 2023
China rank
3rd
World rank
1st

Molasses — Production over time

  • China
  • World
020.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M196119922023

How they compare

World currently reports 73.29 million t against 5.24 million t in China, a difference of 68.05 million t.

That makes World's figure about 14.0 times China's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, World has been ahead every year.

China ranks 3rd and World ranks 1st of 149 countries.

World has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China World Difference Ahead
1960s 632,556 t 19.74 million t 19.11 million t World
1970s 936,344 t 28.13 million t 27.19 million t World
1980s 1.62 million t 36.41 million t 34.78 million t World
1990s 2.47 million t 43.45 million t 40.97 million t World
2000s 3.34 million t 51.27 million t 47.94 million t World
2010s 3.86 million t 61.26 million t 57.40 million t World
2020s 4.21 million t 66.64 million t 62.42 million t World

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher molasses — production, China or World?
World, at 73.29 million t against 5.24 million t in China as of 2023.
What is the difference in molasses — production between China and World?
68.05 million t, with World ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and World?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do China and World rank globally for molasses — production?
China ranks 3rd and World ranks 1st of 149 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Molasses — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Molasses — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
182 places, 10,100 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.