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Molasses — Production by country

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...

Countries reporting
152
Highest
18.30 million t
Brazil
Lowest
0 t
Trinidad and Tobago
Median
45,354 t
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,100

What the numbers show

Molasses — Production is currently reported for 152 countries. The highest value is 18.30 million t in Brazil; the lowest is 0 t in Trinidad and Tobago.

The median across all reporting countries is 45,354 t, and the mean is 526,873 t.

Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in Denmark (up 2,989.8%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).

Molasses — Production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 18.30 million t 2023 up 15.8% volatile
2 India 14.40 million t 2023 up 22.6% volatile
3 China 5.24 million t 2023 up 13.7% volatile
3 Türkiye 788,150 t 2023 up 24.9% rising
4 China, mainland 5.23 million t 2023 up 13.7% volatile
5 Thailand 4.09 million t 2023 down 9.9% volatile
5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 683,376 t 2023 up 57.2% rising
6 USSR 3.13 million t 1991 up 33.1% rising
6 Viet Nam 358,000 t 2023 down 40.3% volatile
7 Pakistan 3.12 million t 2023 up 38.7% volatile
7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 247,768 t 2023 down 15.6% rising
8 Denmark 2.26 million t 2023 up 2,989.8% volatile
9 Mexico 1.96 million t 2023 down 16.6% rising
9 United Republic of Tanzania 101,240 t 2023 up 28.6% rising
10 Egypt 1.52 million t 2023 up 97.4% volatile
10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 86,124 t 2023 down 28.2% rising
11 Russian Federation 1.50 million t 2023 up 24.7% rising
11 Melanesia 80,577 t 2023 down 35.0% rising
12 Indonesia 1.17 million t 2023 down 23.8% volatile
12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 51,667 t 2023 up 65.8% volatile
13 France 1.01 million t 2023 up 3.0% rising
13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 35,028 t 2023 up 0.1% rising
14 Australia 994,719 t 2023 up 8.4% rising
14 Australia and New Zealand 994,719 t 2023 up 8.4% rising
14 Republic of Moldova 27,000 t 2023 down 49.2% falling
15 Syrian Arab Republic 2,139 t 2023 down 89.3% volatile
16 Germany 761,017 t 2023 up 16.2% rising
17 South Africa 745,271 t 2023 down 10.2% rising
18 Ukraine 689,256 t 2023 up 46.7% falling
19 Guatemala 620,285 t 2023 down 16.9% volatile
20 Philippines 595,238 t 2023 down 39.6% rising
21 Argentina 499,302 t 2023 down 13.2% rising
22 Poland 488,191 t 2023 up 52.6% falling
23 Peru 386,904 t 2023 down 12.1% rising
24 Czechoslovakia 315,000 t 1992 down 34.0% rising
25 Caribbean 471,668 t 2023 down 44.4% volatile
25 Spain 294,794 t 2023 up 145.7% falling
26 El Salvador 276,306 t 2023 down 8.2% volatile
27 Nicaragua 264,287 t 2023 up 0.5% volatile
27 Côte d'Ivoire 85,909 t 2023 up 43.2% volatile
28 Sudan 260,815 t 2023 down 29.5% falling
29 Sudan (former) 260,000 t 2009 up 4.0% volatile
30 Morocco 249,366 t 2023 up 120.7% rising
31 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 243,419 t 2023 down 25.1% falling
32 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 239,216 t 2023 up 19.6% flat
33 Cuba 239,200 t 2023 down 59.5% volatile
34 Uganda 229,091 t 2023 up 69.7% volatile
35 Eswatini 226,464 t 2023 down 8.3% volatile
36 Belgium-Luxembourg 223,000 t 1999 down 10.8% rising
37 Yugoslav SFR 210,000 t 1991 down 7.9% rising
38 Belarus 195,517 t 2023 down 5.2% rising
39 Dominican Republic 191,536 t 2023 up 3.5% falling
40 Colombia 173,680 t 2023 down 29.8% rising
41 Zambia 150,233 t 2023 up 17.4% volatile
42 Honduras 149,273 t 2023 down 21.4% volatile
43 Costa Rica 145,934 t 2023 down 25.9% rising
44 Japan 138,528 t 2023 up 61.1% falling
45 Ethiopia 134,454 t 2023 down 18.5% rising
46 Belgium 130,789 t 2023 down 11.6% falling
47 Kenya 123,011 t 2023 down 47.7% volatile
48 Zimbabwe 117,946 t 2023 down 18.6% rising
49 Myanmar 110,715 t 2023 up 954.4% volatile
50 Serbia and Montenegro 110,310 t 2005 up 80.8% rising
51 Ecuador 108,756 t 2023 down 41.2% rising
52 Czechia 101,437 t 2023 up 69.1% falling
53 Serbia 99,526 t 2023 down 33.4% falling
54 Austria 89,401 t 2023 down 24.9% rising
55 Mauritius 87,575 t 2023 down 30.8% falling
56 Malawi 78,758 t 2023 down 28.4% volatile
57 Mozambique 73,389 t 2023 down 32.1% volatile
58 Fiji 68,000 t 2023 down 38.2% rising
59 Réunion 67,000 t 2006 up 8.1% flat
60 Italy 55,319 t 2023 down 35.7% volatile
61 Belize 54,788 t 2023 up 59.4% rising
62 Paraguay 49,929 t 2023 down 4.0% rising
63 Panama 49,448 t 2023 down 26.7% rising
64 Ethiopia PDR 48,000 t 1992 down 9.4% rising
65 Senegal 46,496 t 2023 up 19.2% volatile
66 Slovakia 45,908 t 2023 down 0.2% falling
67 Angola 44,800 t 2023 up 140.0% volatile
68 Canada 40,000 t 2023 up 166.7% volatile
69 Nepal 39,125 t 2023 down 6.8% volatile
70 Cambodia 38,824 t 2023 up 10.9% volatile
71 Sweden 37,869 t 2023 down 24.3% falling
72 Romania 37,403 t 2023 down 30.5% volatile
73 Lithuania 36,923 t 2023 up 5.5% falling
74 Bangladesh 32,739 t 2023 down 44.5% rising
75 Hungary 31,842 t 2023 up 13.7% volatile
76 Switzerland 30,455 t 2023 down 25.7% rising
77 Croatia 28,114 t 2023 down 45.8% rising
78 Jamaica 28,055 t 2023 down 48.9% falling
79 Guyana 27,375 t 2023 down 61.5% falling
80 Kyrgyzstan 25,651 t 2023 up 193.2% volatile
81 Sri Lanka 25,563 t 2023 down 11.8% volatile
82 Guadeloupe 25,000 t 2006 up 20.5% falling
83 Mali 23,077 t 2023 up 109.8% volatile
84 Cameroon 23,005 t 2023 down 30.8% volatile
85 Congo 22,099 t 2023 down 26.3% rising
86 Chile 21,251 t 2023 down 69.6% rising
87 Kazakhstan 19,099 t 2023 up 290.1% volatile
88 Niger 17,903 t 2023 up 224.1% volatile
89 Finland 17,086 t 2023 down 17.3% rising
90 Burkina Faso 15,000 t 2023 down 9.0% volatile
91 Nigeria 13,949 t 2023 up 156.6% rising
92 Madagascar 13,032 t 2023 down 34.8% falling
93 Papua New Guinea 12,577 t 2023 down 10.2% volatile
94 Guinea 11,735 t 2023 down 8.0% volatile
95 Haiti 8,838 t 2023 up 26.3% volatile
96 Chad 8,168 t 2023 down 24.5% volatile
97 China, Taiwan Province of 8,081 t 2023 down 19.2% volatile
98 Gabon 7,590 t 2023 up 26.5% volatile
99 Azerbaijan 7,106 t 2023 up 15.5% volatile
100 Sierra Leone 5,774 t 2023 up 188.7% volatile
101 Somalia 5,460 t 2023 down 9.0% falling
102 Burundi 5,237 t 2023 down 40.9% volatile
103 Uruguay 4,201 t 2023 up 110.1% volatile
104 Tunisia 4,167 t 2023 up 38.9% volatile
105 Barbados 4,039 t 2023 down 59.6% volatile
106 Martinique 4,000 t 2006 unchanged volatile
107 Central African Republic 3,858 t 2023 up 31.8% volatile
108 Rwanda 3,352 t 2023 up 2.6% volatile
109 Benin 2,857 t 2023 up 167.7% volatile
110 Turkmenistan 2,849 t 2023 down 13.9% volatile
111 Liberia 2,349 t 2023 up 9.1% volatile
112 Armenia 2,117 t 2023 down 2.0% volatile
113 Suriname 1,566 t 2023 down 47.8% volatile
114 Afghanistan 1,110 t 2023 up 48.6% volatile
115 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 952.45 t 2015 down 17.2% volatile
116 Albania 772 t 2023 down 50.5% volatile
117 Portugal 739.6 t 2017 down 94.3% volatile
118 Malaysia 402.99 t 2023 down 96.0% volatile
119 North Macedonia 200.59 t 2023 down 57.8% volatile
120 Iraq 93.65 t 2023 down 75.4% volatile
121 Greece 37.29 t 2023 down 99.7% volatile
122 Uzbekistan 25.62 t 2023 — volatile
123 Ireland 4.3 t 2019 down 100.0% falling
124 Georgia 3.51 t 2009 down 74.0% volatile
125 Djibouti 3.21 t 2023 up 7.0% volatile
126 Grenada 1 t 1989 down 99.4% volatile
127 Antigua and Barbuda 0 t 1992 down 100.0% volatile
127 Bulgaria 0 t 2009 down 100.0% volatile
127 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 t 2013 — volatile
127 Algeria 0 t 2009 — volatile
127 Ghana 0 t 2018 — volatile
127 Israel 0 t 2018 — volatile
127 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 t 2018 — volatile
127 Lebanon 0 t 2018 down 100.0% volatile
127 Saint Lucia 0 t 1966 down 100.0% volatile
127 Latvia 0 t 2018 — volatile
127 Puerto Rico 0 t 2018 — volatile
127 Slovenia 0 t 2018 — volatile
127 Trinidad and Tobago 0 t 2013 down 100.0% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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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
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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.