Sugar non-centrifugal — Production by country
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What the numbers show
Sugar non-centrifugal — Production is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 7,737 1000 t in India; the lowest is 2 1000 t in Panama.
The median across all reporting countries is 23 1000 t, and the mean is 444.54 1000 t.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,868.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Sri Lanka (up 200.0%), and the largest decrease in Kenya (down 81.8%).
Sugar non-centrifugal — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 7,737 1000 t | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 2 | Colombia | 1,068 1000 t | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 3 | Myanmar | 664 1000 t | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 4 | Brazil | 570 1000 t | 2023 | up 18.0% | flat |
| 5 | Pakistan | 485 1000 t | 2023 | up 79.6% | flat |
| 6 | China | 239 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 6 | China, mainland | 239 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 181 1000 t | 2023 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 9 | Philippines | 110 1000 t | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 10 | Honduras | 41 1000 t | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 11 | Mexico | 32 1000 t | 2023 | down 17.9% | flat |
| 12 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 28 1000 t | 2020 | down 59.4% | falling |
| 13 | Uganda | 26 1000 t | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 14 | Laos | 20 1000 t | 2023 | up 185.7% | rising |
| 14 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 20 1000 t | 2023 | up 185.7% | rising |
| 16 | Caribbean | 15 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 16 | Haiti | 15 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 18 | United Republic of Tanzania | 14 1000 t | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 19 | Peru | 11 1000 t | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 20 | Nicaragua | 9 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 21 | Kenya | 8 1000 t | 2023 | down 81.8% | falling |
| 21 | Nigeria | 8 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 7 1000 t | 2023 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 24 | Sri Lanka | 6 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 25 | Nepal | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 26 | Panama | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 11,263 1000 t
- Asia 9,453 1000 t
- Southern Asia 8,412 1000 t
- Americas 1,755 1000 t
- South America 1,649 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1,474 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 923 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 794 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 247 1000 t
- Central America 91 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 75 1000 t
- Africa 55 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 49 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 47 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 15 1000 t
- Western Africa 8 1000 t
About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.