Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — 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...
What the numbers show
Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production is currently reported for 152 countries. The highest value is 41.97 million t in Brazil; the lowest is 0 t in Trinidad and Tobago.
The median across all reporting countries is 140,500 t, and the mean is 1.35 million t.
Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in Lao People's Democratic Republic (up 1,876.0%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).
Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 41.97 million t | 2023 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 2 | India | 37.00 million t | 2023 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Thailand | 10.27 million t | 2023 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Türkiye | 2.94 million t | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 4 | China | 10.00 million t | 2023 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 1.79 million t | 2023 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 5 | China, mainland | 9.96 million t | 2023 | down 32.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1.62 million t | 2023 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 6 | Pakistan | 6.76 million t | 2023 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 7 | USSR | 6.64 million t | 1991 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 7 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 591,468 t | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 6.55 million t | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 8 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 478,317 t | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 9 | Mexico | 5.59 million t | 2023 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 10 | Germany | 4.56 million t | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 10 | United Republic of Tanzania | 385,000 t | 2023 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Australia | 4.19 million t | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 11 | Australia and New Zealand | 4.19 million t | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 11 | Melanesia | 172,000 t | 2023 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 12 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 140,000 t | 2023 | up 1,876.0% | volatile |
| 13 | France | 4.15 million t | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 13 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 80,000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 14 | Egypt | 2.85 million t | 2023 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Republic of Moldova | 60,167 t | 2023 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 15 | Poland | 2.77 million t | 2023 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 15 | Syrian Arab Republic | 6,098 t | 2023 | down 89.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Guatemala | 2.55 million t | 2023 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Indonesia | 2.27 million t | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 18 | South Africa | 2.08 million t | 2023 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 19 | Philippines | 2.00 million t | 2023 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 20 | Colombia | 1.96 million t | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 21 | Ukraine | 1.85 million t | 2023 | up 46.6% | falling |
| 22 | Argentina | 1.71 million t | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 23 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1.32 million t | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 24 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 1.19 million t | 1999 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 25 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.08 million t | 2023 | down 25.1% | rising |
| 25 | Caribbean | 943,157 t | 2023 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Peru | 1.06 million t | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 27 | Belgium | 839,524 t | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 27 | Côte d'Ivoire | 225,000 t | 2023 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Yugoslav SFR | 815,324 t | 1991 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 29 | El Salvador | 765,000 t | 2023 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Nicaragua | 763,497 t | 2023 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Sudan (former) | 752,000 t | 2009 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Czechoslovakia | 748,000 t | 1992 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 33 | Czechia | 651,541 t | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 34 | Belarus | 630,000 t | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 35 | Eswatini | 590,000 t | 2023 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 36 | Dominican Republic | 589,162 t | 2023 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 37 | Japan | 577,000 t | 2023 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 38 | Honduras | 526,844 t | 2023 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Uganda | 500,000 t | 2023 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Serbia and Montenegro | 478,000 t | 2005 | up 206.4% | rising |
| 41 | Kenya | 472,773 t | 2023 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Zambia | 467,491 t | 2023 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Austria | 459,778 t | 2023 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 44 | Sudan | 450,000 t | 2023 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 45 | Ethiopia | 440,000 t | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 46 | Ecuador | 420,000 t | 2023 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 47 | Zimbabwe | 410,000 t | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 48 | Spain | 400,846 t | 2023 | up 25.6% | falling |
| 49 | Morocco | 395,000 t | 2023 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 50 | Denmark | 383,443 t | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 51 | Costa Rica | 350,242 t | 2023 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 52 | Sweden | 311,720 t | 2023 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 53 | Cuba | 299,100 t | 2023 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Serbia | 296,538 t | 2023 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 55 | Myanmar | 243,573 t | 2023 | up 954.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Mauritius | 238,854 t | 2023 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 57 | Malawi | 221,104 t | 2023 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Mozambique | 211,189 t | 2023 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Réunion | 205,068 t | 2006 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 60 | Italy | 200,000 t | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 61 | Lithuania | 189,623 t | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 62 | Slovakia | 187,631 t | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 63 | Switzerland | 185,825 t | 2023 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Ethiopia PDR | 162,000 t | 1992 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 65 | Panama | 148,344 t | 2023 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 66 | Belize | 146,402 t | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 67 | Senegal | 141,000 t | 2023 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Angola | 140,000 t | 2023 | up 174.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Fiji | 140,000 t | 2023 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 70 | Paraguay | 131,100 t | 2023 | down 49.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Hungary | 130,500 t | 2023 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 72 | Cambodia | 120,000 t | 2023 | up 1,400.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Nepal | 120,000 t | 2023 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Canada | 106,327 t | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 75 | Croatia | 94,765 t | 2023 | down 65.3% | rising |
| 76 | Madagascar | 91,467 t | 2023 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 77 | Mali | 90,000 t | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Cameroon | 86,500 t | 2023 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Chile | 84,376 t | 2023 | down 70.6% | rising |
| 80 | Bangladesh | 80,548 t | 2023 | down 30.6% | rising |
| 81 | Kyrgyzstan | 76,000 t | 2023 | up 181.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Congo | 70,000 t | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 83 | Guadeloupe | 68,637 t | 2006 | up 40.4% | falling |
| 84 | Finland | 67,945 t | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 85 | Sri Lanka | 66,000 t | 2023 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Latvia | 65,100 t | 2006 | up 97.3% | rising |
| 87 | Guyana | 60,204 t | 2023 | down 68.1% | falling |
| 88 | Niger | 59,676 t | 2023 | up 198.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Romania | 52,551 t | 2023 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Kazakhstan | 51,899 t | 2023 | up 290.1% | volatile |
| 91 | China, Taiwan Province of | 44,670 t | 2023 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Jamaica | 35,422 t | 2023 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Papua New Guinea | 32,000 t | 2023 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Nigeria | 30,053 t | 2023 | up 176.5% | rising |
| 95 | Burkina Faso | 30,000 t | 2023 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Gabon | 26,000 t | 2023 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Uruguay | 25,000 t | 2023 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Guinea | 23,000 t | 2023 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Azerbaijan | 22,107 t | 2023 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Chad | 21,542 t | 2023 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Somalia | 20,000 t | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 102 | Tunisia | 15,000 t | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Burundi | 13,634 t | 2023 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Haiti | 12,625 t | 2023 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Turkmenistan | 11,508 t | 2023 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 106 | Rwanda | 11,493 t | 2023 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11,000 t | 2005 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 108 | Benin | 10,000 t | 2023 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Sierra Leone | 10,000 t | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Armenia | 7,413 t | 2023 | down 89.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Barbados | 6,848 t | 2023 | down 60.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Central African Republic | 5,000 t | 2023 | down 52.4% | rising |
| 113 | Liberia | 4,919 t | 2023 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Martinique | 4,073 t | 2006 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Suriname | 3,131 t | 2023 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Afghanistan | 2,249 t | 2023 | up 45.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Albania | 1,980 t | 2023 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,894 t | 2015 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Malaysia | 1,132 t | 2023 | down 96.0% | volatile |
| 120 | North Macedonia | 430.87 t | 2023 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Iraq | 308.81 t | 2023 | down 65.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Greece | 126.36 t | 2023 | down 99.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Uzbekistan | 89.96 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Ireland | 14.52 t | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Djibouti | 5.35 t | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 126 | Grenada | 2 t | 1989 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 t | 1992 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Bulgaria | 0 t | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 t | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 127 | Algeria | 0 t | 1992 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Georgia | 0 t | 2009 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Ghana | 0 t | 1992 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Israel | 0 t | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 127 | Lebanon | 0 t | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 127 | Saint Lucia | 0 t | 1985 | — | volatile |
| 127 | Puerto Rico | 0 t | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 127 | Portugal | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Slovenia | 0 t | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 127 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 t | 2014 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 187.56 million t
- Asia 76.18 million t
- Americas 68.69 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 4.15 million t
- South America 48.49 million t
- Southern Asia 45.65 million t
- Europe 27.42 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 19.54 million t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 1.56 million t
- South-Eastern Asia 16.84 million t
- European Union (27) 16.76 million t
- Eastern Europe 12.88 million t
- Middle Africa 429,042 t
- Western Europe 11.51 million t
- Africa 10.91 million t
- Central America 10.84 million t
- Eastern Asia 10.58 million t
- Northern America 8.42 million t
- United States of America 8.32 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 4.84 million t
- Oceania 4.36 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 4.07 million t
- Northern Africa 3.71 million t
- Eastern Africa 3.48 million t
- Western Asia 2.97 million t
- Southern Africa 2.67 million t
- Northern Europe 2.03 million t
- Southern Europe 994,686 t
- Western Africa 623,647 t
- Central Asia 139,497 t
About this data
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.