Sugar cane — 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
Sugar cane — Production is currently reported for 116 countries. The highest value is 759.66 million t in Brazil; the lowest is 0 t in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.22 million t, and the mean is 17.84 million t.
Over the past decade 55 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 163.2%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 100.0%).
Sugar cane — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 759.66 million t | 2024 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 2 | India | 453.16 million t | 2024 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 3 | China | 102.57 million t | 2024 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 4 | China, mainland | 102.09 million t | 2024 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 11.84 million t | 2024 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Pakistan | 84.24 million t | 2024 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 5 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 11.45 million t | 2024 | up 50.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Thailand | 82.44 million t | 2024 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 9.15 million t | 2024 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Mexico | 53.05 million t | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 8 | Indonesia | 32.00 million t | 2024 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 8 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 3.66 million t | 2024 | down 43.6% | rising |
| 9 | Colombia | 31.86 million t | 2024 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 9 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3.34 million t | 2024 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 10 | Australia | 29.86 million t | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 10 | Australia and New Zealand | 29.86 million t | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2.51 million t | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.64 million t | 2024 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Guatemala | 22.91 million t | 2024 | down 31.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Melanesia | 1.64 million t | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 13 | Philippines | 18.69 million t | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 13 | Polynesia | 3,584 t | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 14 | South Africa | 16.74 million t | 2024 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 14 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 t | 2001 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Egypt | 13.31 million t | 2024 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 16 | Argentina | 12.26 million t | 2024 | down 41.7% | rising |
| 17 | Peru | 12.04 million t | 2024 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 18 | Caribbean | 16.11 million t | 2024 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Myanmar | 12.00 million t | 2024 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Kenya | 9.37 million t | 2024 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 20 | Cuba | 9.05 million t | 2024 | down 49.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.16 million t | 2024 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 21 | El Salvador | 7.31 million t | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 21 | Cabo Verde | 22,040 t | 2024 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 22 | Nicaragua | 6.96 million t | 2023 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Paraguay | 6.86 million t | 2024 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Zimbabwe | 6.62 million t | 2024 | up 71.6% | rising |
| 25 | Ecuador | 6.38 million t | 2024 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 26 | Uganda | 6.10 million t | 2024 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Sudan (former) | 6.06 million t | 2011 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Honduras | 5.75 million t | 2024 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Eswatini | 5.53 million t | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 30 | Dominican Republic | 4.95 million t | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 31 | Zambia | 4.89 million t | 2024 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Sudan | 4.22 million t | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 33 | Costa Rica | 4.14 million t | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 34 | Madagascar | 3.16 million t | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 35 | Malawi | 2.97 million t | 2024 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Bangladesh | 2.93 million t | 2024 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 37 | Nepal | 2.76 million t | 2024 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Mauritius | 2.20 million t | 2024 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 39 | Réunion | 1.88 million t | 2006 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 40 | Panama | 1.85 million t | 2024 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 41 | Mozambique | 1.79 million t | 2024 | down 50.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Belize | 1.67 million t | 2024 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 43 | Ethiopia PDR | 1.60 million t | 1992 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 44 | Haiti | 1.54 million t | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 45 | Nigeria | 1.51 million t | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 46 | Fiji | 1.33 million t | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 47 | Senegal | 1.31 million t | 2024 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Angola | 1.29 million t | 2024 | up 163.2% | rising |
| 49 | Japan | 1.16 million t | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 50 | Ethiopia | 997,296 t | 2024 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 51 | Cameroon | 872,377 t | 2024 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Trinidad and Tobago | 810,000 t | 2007 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 53 | Guadeloupe | 787,286 t | 2006 | up 30.6% | falling |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 696,971 t | 2024 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Congo | 677,152 t | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 56 | Cambodia | 645,720 t | 2024 | down 58.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Mali | 585,215 t | 2024 | up 64.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Uruguay | 541,167 t | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 59 | Burkina Faso | 516,138 t | 2024 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Niger | 476,922 t | 2024 | up 110.2% | volatile |
| 61 | China, Taiwan Province of | 474,537 t | 2024 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Jamaica | 428,896 t | 2024 | down 75.9% | falling |
| 63 | Morocco | 366,460 t | 2024 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Guinea | 321,921 t | 2024 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Guyana | 320,978 t | 2024 | down 88.7% | falling |
| 66 | Chad | 307,701 t | 2024 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Papua New Guinea | 306,330 t | 2024 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Liberia | 279,690 t | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 69 | Gabon | 273,073 t | 2024 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Somalia | 215,200 t | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 71 | Martinique | 165,101 t | 2006 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Ghana | 156,723 t | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 73 | Rwanda | 156,259 t | 2024 | up 54.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Burundi | 139,352 t | 2024 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Central African Republic | 124,628 t | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 76 | Suriname | 91,128 t | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 77 | Sierra Leone | 83,182 t | 2024 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Benin | 80,553 t | 2024 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Barbados | 64,871 t | 2024 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Bahamas | 63,848 t | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 81 | Afghanistan | 53,326 t | 2024 | down 29.0% | flat |
| 82 | Puerto Rico | 40,000 t | 2002 | down 94.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 24,000 t | 1990 | up 113.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Malaysia | 16,925 t | 2024 | up 85.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Guinea-Bissau | 7,008 t | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 86 | French Guiana | 6,967 t | 2006 | up 41.8% | falling |
| 87 | Portugal | 5,500 t | 2017 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Grenada | 5,236 t | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 89 | Dominica | 4,908 t | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 90 | French Polynesia | 3,572 t | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 91 | Oman | 1,746 t | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 92 | Spain | 1,100 t | 2017 | up 110.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Bhutan | 280.62 t | 2024 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Brunei Darussalam | 56 t | 2024 | — | falling |
| 95 | Djibouti | 55.8 t | 2024 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Samoa | 11.93 t | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 97 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 t | 1992 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Iraq | 0 t | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 t | 2006 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 97 | Lebanon | 0 t | 2007 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Saint Lucia | 0 t | 1966 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Singapore | 0 t | 1992 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Yemen | 0 t | 1997 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.94 billion t
- Asia 816.00 million t
- Americas 996.61 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 57.45 million t
- South America 845.12 million t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 22.06 million t
- Southern Asia 552.99 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 218.85 million t
- South-Eastern Asia 159.28 million t
- Central America 103.78 million t
- Middle Africa 6.05 million t
- Eastern Asia 103.73 million t
- Africa 95.68 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 58.67 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 52.19 million t
- Eastern Africa 41.94 million t
- Northern America 31.61 million t
- United States of America 31.61 million t
- Oceania 31.50 million t
- Southern Africa 22.27 million t
- Northern Africa 17.90 million t
- Western Africa 7.50 million t
- European Union (27) 6,600 t
- Europe 6,600 t
- Southern Europe 6,600 t
- Western Asia 1,750 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.