Sugar Crops Primary — 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
167
Highest
759.66 million t
Brazil
Lowest
0 t
Yemen
Median
1.14 million t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
10,962

What the numbers show

Sugar Crops Primary — Production is currently reported for 167 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 1.14 million t, and the mean is 14.45 million t.

Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 84 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 5,212.8%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).

Sugar Crops Primary — Production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 759.66 million t 2024 up 3.2% volatile
2 India 453.16 million t 2024 up 28.7% rising
3 China 114.98 million t 2024 down 14.3% volatile
4 China, mainland 114.51 million t 2024 down 14.3% volatile
5 Pakistan 84.27 million t 2024 up 34.1% rising
6 Thailand 82.44 million t 2024 down 20.5% volatile
7 USSR 65.93 million t 1991 up 8.4% rising
8 Mexico 53.05 million t 2024 down 6.4% rising
9 Russian Federation 46.68 million t 2024 up 39.3% rising
10 Germany 36.68 million t 2024 up 23.3% rising
11 France 32.59 million t 2024 down 13.9% rising
12 Indonesia 32.20 million t 2024 up 17.9% rising
13 Colombia 31.89 million t 2024 down 16.5% rising
14 Australia 29.87 million t 2024 down 2.1% rising
14 Australia and New Zealand 29.87 million t 2024 down 2.1% rising
16 Egypt 27.20 million t 2024 up 0.3% volatile
17 Türkiye 23.00 million t 2024 up 37.4% rising
18 Guatemala 22.91 million t 2024 down 31.1% volatile
19 Philippines 18.69 million t 2024 down 25.3% falling
20 Poland 18.43 million t 2024 up 36.6% flat
21 Caribbean 16.11 million t 2024 down 38.9% volatile
22 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 14.24 million t 2024 up 25.8% volatile
23 Ukraine 12.80 million t 2024 down 18.7% falling
24 Myanmar 12.47 million t 2024 up 7.8% volatile
25 Argentina 12.26 million t 2024 down 41.7% rising
26 Peru 12.04 million t 2024 down 12.6% rising
27 Viet Nam 11.84 million t 2024 down 40.3% volatile
28 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 11.45 million t 2024 up 50.7% volatile
29 Kenya 9.37 million t 2024 up 46.1% rising
30 Cuba 9.05 million t 2024 down 49.2% volatile
31 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7.82 million t 2024 down 16.0% rising
32 El Salvador 7.31 million t 2024 up 7.8% rising
33 Belgium-Luxembourg 7.11 million t 1999 up 6.7% rising
34 Nicaragua 6.96 million t 2023 up 3.5% volatile
35 Paraguay 6.86 million t 2024 up 7.7% volatile
36 Zimbabwe 6.62 million t 2024 up 71.6% rising
37 Ecuador 6.38 million t 2024 down 22.7% rising
38 Yugoslav SFR 6.37 million t 1991 up 2.4% rising
39 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 6.35 million t 2024 down 6.9% rising
40 Uganda 6.10 million t 2024 up 31.3% volatile
41 Sudan (former) 6.06 million t 2011 up 10.0% volatile
42 Honduras 5.75 million t 2024 up 6.7% volatile
43 Eswatini 5.53 million t 2024 up 1.7% rising
44 Czechoslovakia 5.41 million t 1992 down 34.1% falling
45 Belarus 4.95 million t 2024 up 3.1% rising
46 Dominican Republic 4.95 million t 2024 down 1.7% falling
47 Zambia 4.89 million t 2024 up 6.4% volatile
48 Japan 4.64 million t 2024 down 1.8% rising
49 Czechia 4.58 million t 2024 up 3.6% rising
50 Belgium 4.41 million t 2024 down 7.9% falling
51 Sudan 4.22 million t 2024 down 27.3% falling
52 Costa Rica 4.14 million t 2024 down 7.9% rising
53 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.68 million t 2024 down 43.4% rising
54 Spain 3.52 million t 2024 down 5.4% falling
55 Austria 3.43 million t 2024 down 19.1% rising
56 United Republic of Tanzania 3.34 million t 2024 up 19.4% rising
57 Madagascar 3.16 million t 2024 up 7.3% rising
58 Bangladesh 3.15 million t 2024 down 34.6% falling
59 Serbia and Montenegro 3.10 million t 2005 up 83.1% rising
60 Malawi 2.97 million t 2024 down 9.1% volatile
61 Nepal 2.76 million t 2024 down 7.9% volatile
62 Denmark 2.59 million t 2024 down 3.2% flat
63 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.51 million t 2024 up 22.6% rising
64 Mauritius 2.20 million t 2024 down 45.7% falling
65 Côte d'Ivoire 2.16 million t 2024 up 9.8% volatile
66 Sweden 2.12 million t 2024 up 3.1% rising
67 Serbia 1.92 million t 2024 down 45.2% falling
68 Panama 1.85 million t 2024 down 25.5% rising
69 Mozambique 1.79 million t 2024 down 50.6% volatile
70 Belize 1.67 million t 2024 up 37.5% rising
71 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.64 million t 2024 down 10.7% volatile
72 Melanesia 1.64 million t 2024 down 24.8% falling
73 Ethiopia PDR 1.60 million t 1992 up 16.6% rising
74 Haiti 1.54 million t 2024 up 1.1% falling
75 Italy 1.53 million t 2024 down 59.5% volatile
76 Morocco 1.51 million t 2024 down 56.6% rising
77 Nigeria 1.51 million t 2024 up 6.8% rising
78 Canada 1.44 million t 2024 up 148.9% falling
79 Slovakia 1.39 million t 2024 down 10.4% flat
80 Fiji 1.33 million t 2024 down 27.3% falling
81 Senegal 1.31 million t 2024 up 31.8% volatile
82 Angola 1.29 million t 2024 up 163.2% rising
83 Kazakhstan 1.27 million t 2024 up 5,212.8% volatile
84 Switzerland 1.14 million t 2024 down 40.9% rising
85 Lithuania 1.12 million t 2024 up 10.4% rising
86 Ethiopia 997,296 t 2024 down 35.9% falling
87 Kyrgyzstan 957,418 t 2024 up 451.5% volatile
88 Romania 875,120 t 2024 down 37.4% volatile
89 Cameroon 872,377 t 2024 down 26.8% volatile
90 Hungary 856,310 t 2024 down 19.7% volatile
91 Chile 849,797 t 2024 down 50.9% volatile
92 Trinidad and Tobago 810,000 t 2007 down 42.9% falling
93 Guadeloupe 787,286 t 2006 up 30.6% falling
94 Sri Lanka 696,971 t 2024 down 27.4% volatile
95 Congo 677,152 t 2024 up 7.9% rising
96 Finland 666,600 t 2024 up 6.4% rising
97 Cambodia 645,720 t 2024 down 58.1% volatile
98 Mali 593,773 t 2024 up 65.1% volatile
99 Uruguay 541,167 t 2024 up 12.3% volatile
100 Burkina Faso 516,138 t 2024 up 8.0% volatile
101 Niger 476,922 t 2024 up 110.2% volatile
102 China, Taiwan Province of 474,537 t 2024 down 12.5% volatile
103 Croatia 471,450 t 2024 down 66.1% flat
104 Jamaica 428,896 t 2024 down 75.9% falling
105 Guinea 321,921 t 2024 up 7.3% volatile
106 Guyana 320,978 t 2024 down 88.7% falling
107 Chad 307,701 t 2024 up 6.7% volatile
108 Papua New Guinea 306,330 t 2024 down 12.5% volatile
109 Republic of Moldova 292,673 t 2024 down 78.4% volatile
110 Liberia 279,690 t 2024 up 5.2% rising
111 Turkmenistan 273,979 t 2024 up 45.3% rising
112 Gabon 273,073 t 2024 down 3.0% volatile
113 Azerbaijan 224,671 t 2024 up 29.7% volatile
114 Somalia 215,200 t 2024 down 6.4% falling
115 Martinique 165,101 t 2006 down 23.5% volatile
116 Ghana 156,723 t 2024 up 5.2% rising
117 Rwanda 156,259 t 2024 up 54.6% volatile
118 Burundi 139,352 t 2024 down 32.6% volatile
119 Suriname 91,128 t 2024 down 24.1% falling
120 Tunisia 86,572 t 2024 up 11.0% volatile
121 Sierra Leone 83,182 t 2024 up 6.9% volatile
122 Benin 80,553 t 2024 up 7.4% volatile
123 Barbados 64,871 t 2024 down 59.4% volatile
124 Bahamas 63,848 t 2024 up 7.3% rising
125 Afghanistan 59,767 t 2024 down 30.8% falling
126 Armenia 56,457 t 2024 up 4.5% volatile
127 Puerto Rico 40,000 t 2002 down 94.5% volatile
128 Iraq 35,354 t 2024 down 11.1% volatile
129 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 24,000 t 1990 up 113.3% volatile
130 Cabo Verde 22,040 t 2024 down 22.3% rising
131 Albania 17,763 t 2024 down 52.7% volatile
132 Malaysia 16,925 t 2024 up 85.0% volatile
133 Lebanon 10,185 t 2024 up 78.7% volatile
134 Slovenia 8,940 t 2024 volatile
135 Guinea-Bissau 7,008 t 2024 up 8.7% rising
136 French Guiana 6,967 t 2006 up 41.8% falling
137 Syrian Arab Republic 6,090 t 2024 down 90.7% volatile
138 Grenada 5,236 t 2024 down 27.8% falling
139 Dominica 4,908 t 2024 up 2.2% falling
140 North Macedonia 4,246 t 2024 down 8.9% volatile
141 Polynesia 3,584 t 2024 up 2.0% rising
142 French Polynesia 3,572 t 2024 up 2.1% rising
143 Uzbekistan 1,858 t 2024 up 829.1% volatile
144 Oman 1,746 t 2024 up 5.8% rising
145 Luxembourg 1,700 t 2024 volatile
146 Greece 1,530 t 2024 down 99.7% volatile
147 Bosnia and Herzegovina 462.48 t 2024 down 53.8% volatile
148 Bhutan 280.62 t 2024 down 13.4% volatile
149 Palestine 100 t 2000 down 8.3% flat
150 Brunei Darussalam 56 t 2024 falling
151 Djibouti 55.8 t 2024 up 7.3% volatile
152 Samoa 11.93 t 2024 down 0.1% falling
153 Antigua and Barbuda 0 t 1992 down 100.0% volatile
153 Bulgaria 0 t 2021 volatile
153 Cyprus 0 t 2024 flat
153 Algeria 0 t 1992 down 100.0% volatile
153 Estonia 0 t 2024 volatile
153 Georgia 0 t 2007 down 100.0% volatile
153 Ireland 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
153 Israel 0 t 2009 volatile
153 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 t 2006 down 100.0% falling
153 Saint Lucia 0 t 1966 down 100.0% volatile
153 Latvia 0 t 2024 volatile
153 Malta 0 t 2024 flat
153 Portugal 0 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
153 Singapore 0 t 1992 down 100.0% volatile
153 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.

About this data

Indicator
Sugar Crops Primary — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
200 places, 10,962 data points, 1961–2024
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.