Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) β 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) β Production is currently reported for 150 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 140,000 t, and the mean is 1.35 million t.
Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 80 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) β 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 |
| 4 | China | 10.00 million t | 2023 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 5 | China, mainland | 9.96 million t | 2023 | down 32.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Pakistan | 6.76 million t | 2023 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 7 | USSR | 6.64 million t | 1991 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 6.55 million t | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 9 | Mexico | 5.59 million t | 2023 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 10 | Germany | 4.56 million t | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 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 |
| 13 | France | 4.15 million t | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 14 | TΓΌrkiye | 2.94 million t | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 15 | Egypt | 2.85 million t | 2023 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Poland | 2.77 million t | 2023 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 17 | Guatemala | 2.55 million t | 2023 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Indonesia | 2.27 million t | 2023 | down 1.3% | 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 | Viet Nam | 1.79 million t | 2023 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Argentina | 1.71 million t | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 24 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1.62 million t | 2023 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 25 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1.32 million t | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 26 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 1.19 million t | 1999 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 27 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.08 million t | 2023 | down 25.1% | rising |
| 28 | Peru | 1.06 million t | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 30 | Belgium | 839,524 t | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 31 | Yugoslav SFR | 815,324 t | 1991 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 31 | RΓ©union | 205,068 t | 2006 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 32 | El Salvador | 765,000 t | 2023 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Nicaragua | 763,497 t | 2023 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Sudan (former) | 752,000 t | 2009 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Czechoslovakia | 748,000 t | 1992 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 36 | Czechia | 651,541 t | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 37 | Belarus | 630,000 t | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 38 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 591,468 t | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 39 | Eswatini | 590,000 t | 2023 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 40 | Dominican Republic | 589,162 t | 2023 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 41 | Japan | 577,000 t | 2023 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 42 | Honduras | 526,844 t | 2023 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Uganda | 500,000 t | 2023 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 478,317 t | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 45 | Serbia and Montenegro | 478,000 t | 2005 | up 206.4% | rising |
| 46 | Kenya | 472,773 t | 2023 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Zambia | 467,491 t | 2023 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Austria | 459,778 t | 2023 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 49 | Sudan | 450,000 t | 2023 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 50 | Ethiopia | 440,000 t | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 51 | Ecuador | 420,000 t | 2023 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 52 | Zimbabwe | 410,000 t | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 53 | Spain | 400,846 t | 2023 | up 25.6% | falling |
| 54 | Morocco | 395,000 t | 2023 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 55 | United Republic of Tanzania | 385,000 t | 2023 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Denmark | 383,443 t | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 57 | Costa Rica | 350,242 t | 2023 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 58 | Sweden | 311,720 t | 2023 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 59 | Cuba | 299,100 t | 2023 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Serbia | 296,538 t | 2023 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 61 | Myanmar | 243,573 t | 2023 | up 954.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Mauritius | 238,854 t | 2023 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 63 | CΓ΄te d'Ivoire | 225,000 t | 2023 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Malawi | 221,104 t | 2023 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Mozambique | 211,189 t | 2023 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Italy | 200,000 t | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 67 | Lithuania | 189,623 t | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 68 | Slovakia | 187,631 t | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 69 | Switzerland | 185,825 t | 2023 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Melanesia | 172,000 t | 2023 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 71 | Ethiopia PDR | 162,000 t | 1992 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 72 | Panama | 148,344 t | 2023 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 73 | Belize | 146,402 t | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 74 | Senegal | 141,000 t | 2023 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Angola | 140,000 t | 2023 | up 174.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Fiji | 140,000 t | 2023 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 75 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 140,000 t | 2023 | up 1,876.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Paraguay | 131,100 t | 2023 | down 49.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Hungary | 130,500 t | 2023 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 80 | Cambodia | 120,000 t | 2023 | up 1,400.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Nepal | 120,000 t | 2023 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Canada | 106,327 t | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 83 | Croatia | 94,765 t | 2023 | down 65.3% | rising |
| 84 | Madagascar | 91,467 t | 2023 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 85 | Mali | 90,000 t | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Cameroon | 86,500 t | 2023 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Chile | 84,376 t | 2023 | down 70.6% | rising |
| 88 | Bangladesh | 80,548 t | 2023 | down 30.6% | rising |
| 89 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 80,000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 90 | Kyrgyzstan | 76,000 t | 2023 | up 181.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Congo | 70,000 t | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 92 | Guadeloupe | 68,637 t | 2006 | up 40.4% | falling |
| 93 | Finland | 67,945 t | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 94 | Sri Lanka | 66,000 t | 2023 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Latvia | 65,100 t | 2006 | up 97.3% | rising |
| 96 | Guyana | 60,204 t | 2023 | down 68.1% | falling |
| 97 | Republic of Moldova | 60,167 t | 2023 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 98 | Niger | 59,676 t | 2023 | up 198.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Romania | 52,551 t | 2023 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Kazakhstan | 51,899 t | 2023 | up 290.1% | volatile |
| 101 | China, Taiwan Province of | 44,670 t | 2023 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Jamaica | 35,422 t | 2023 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Papua New Guinea | 32,000 t | 2023 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Nigeria | 30,053 t | 2023 | up 176.5% | rising |
| 105 | Burkina Faso | 30,000 t | 2023 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Gabon | 26,000 t | 2023 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Uruguay | 25,000 t | 2023 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Guinea | 23,000 t | 2023 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Azerbaijan | 22,107 t | 2023 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Chad | 21,542 t | 2023 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Somalia | 20,000 t | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 112 | Tunisia | 15,000 t | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Burundi | 13,634 t | 2023 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Haiti | 12,625 t | 2023 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Turkmenistan | 11,508 t | 2023 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 116 | Rwanda | 11,493 t | 2023 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11,000 t | 2005 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 118 | Benin | 10,000 t | 2023 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Sierra Leone | 10,000 t | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Armenia | 7,413 t | 2023 | down 89.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Barbados | 6,848 t | 2023 | down 60.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Syrian Arab Republic | 6,098 t | 2023 | down 89.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Liberia | 4,919 t | 2023 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Martinique | 4,073 t | 2006 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Suriname | 3,131 t | 2023 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Afghanistan | 2,249 t | 2023 | up 45.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Albania | 1,980 t | 2023 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,894 t | 2015 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Malaysia | 1,132 t | 2023 | down 96.0% | volatile |
| 130 | North Macedonia | 430.87 t | 2023 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Iraq | 308.81 t | 2023 | down 65.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Greece | 126.36 t | 2023 | down 99.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Uzbekistan | 89.96 t | 2023 | β | volatile |
| 134 | Ireland | 14.52 t | 2019 | β | volatile |
| 135 | Djibouti | 5.35 t | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 136 | Grenada | 2 t | 1989 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 t | 1992 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Bulgaria | 0 t | 2018 | β | volatile |
| 137 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 t | 2013 | β | volatile |
| 137 | Algeria | 0 t | 1992 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Georgia | 0 t | 2009 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Ghana | 0 t | 1992 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Iceland | 0 t | 2023 | β | flat |
| 137 | Israel | 0 t | 2018 | β | volatile |
| 137 | Lebanon | 0 t | 2020 | β | volatile |
| 137 | Saint Lucia | 0 t | 1985 | β | volatile |
| 137 | Puerto Rico | 0 t | 2018 | β | volatile |
| 137 | Portugal | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Slovenia | 0 t | 2018 | β | volatile |
| 137 | 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
- 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
- South-Eastern Asia 16.84 million t
- European Union (27) 16.76 million t
- Eastern Europe 12.88 million t
- Western Europe 11.51 million t
- Africa 10.91 million 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.