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Sugar cane production, 1961 to 2022

Sugar cane production is measured in tonnes.

Sugar cane production FAO – tonnes
Country/area
1961
2022
Absolute Change
Relative Change
Afghanistan45,000.00 t58,000.00 t+13,000.00 t+29%
Angola642,437.00 t1,125,388.60 t+482,951.60 t+75%
Antigua and Barbuda183,820.00 t0.00 t-183,820.00 t-100%
Argentina9,650,000.00 t16,583,045.00 t+6,933,045.00 t+72%
Australia9,730,296.00 t28,669,280.00 t+18,938,984.00 t+195%
Bahamas0.00 t62,197.83 t+62,197.83 t
Bangladesh4,018,280.00 t3,087,428.00 t-930,852.00 t-23%
Barbados1,400,117.00 t95,955.00 t-1,304,162.00 t-93%
Belize247,367.00 t1,803,634.00 t+1,556,267.00 t+629%
Benin0.00 t80,906.99 t+80,906.99 t
Bhutan0.00 t242.48 t+242.48 t
Bolivia552,000.00 t9,659,111.00 t+9,107,111.00 t+1,650%
Brazil59,377,390.00 t724,428,160.00 t+665,050,770.00 t+1,120%
Brunei81.18 t
Burkina Faso0.00 t501,825.47 t+501,825.47 t
Burundi0.00 t188,416.89 t+188,416.89 t
Cambodia230,000.00 t777,551.10 t+547,551.10 t+238%
Cameroon50,000.00 t1,195,169.00 t+1,145,169.00 t+2,290%
Cape Verde10,000.00 t22,930.00 t+12,930.00 t+129%
Central African Republic0.00 t129,935.13 t+129,935.13 t
Chad10,000.00 t481,391.97 t+471,391.97 t+4,714%
China4,268,100.00 t103,381,300.00 t+99,113,200.00 t+2,322%
Colombia13,399,200.00 t35,040,530.00 t+21,641,330.00 t+162%
Congo190,000.00 t721,403.06 t+531,403.06 t+280%
Costa Rica1,069,722.00 t3,897,888.00 t+2,828,166.00 t+264%
Cote d'Ivoire0.00 t2,114,005.20 t+2,114,005.20 t
Cuba55,885,920.00 t10,634,510.00 t-45,251,410.00 t-81%
Democratic Republic of Congo480,000.00 t2,347,638.80 t+1,867,638.80 t+389%
Djibouti0.00 t54.54 t+54.54 t
Dominica6,400.00 t4,876.14 t-1,523.86 t-24%
Dominican Republic7,811,195.00 t5,618,097.00 t-2,193,098.00 t-28%
Ecuador5,614,095.00 t7,740,492.00 t+2,126,397.00 t+38%
Egypt4,186,000.00 t15,976,836.00 t+11,790,836.00 t+282%
El Salvador895,900.00 t7,747,521.00 t+6,851,621.00 t+765%
Eswatini617,327.00 t5,812,739.50 t+5,195,412.50 t+842%
Ethiopia392,967.78 t
Ethiopia (former)650,000.00 t
Fiji1,166,000.00 t1,639,000.00 t+473,000.00 t+41%
French Guiana11,700.00 t
French Polynesia1,150.00 t3,570.33 t+2,420.33 t+210%
Gabon8,500.00 t291,417.34 t+282,917.34 t+3,328%
Ghana30,000.00 t155,630.52 t+125,630.52 t+419%
Grenada10,400.00 t6,276.00 t-4,124.00 t-40%
Guadeloupe1,914,000.00 t
Guatemala1,533,000.00 t26,079,734.00 t+24,546,734.00 t+1,601%
Guinea0.00 t321,675.84 t+321,675.84 t
Guinea-Bissau3,500.00 t7,008.56 t+3,508.56 t+100%
Guyana3,618,829.00 t1,092,462.00 t-2,526,367.00 t-70%
Haiti2,850,000.00 t1,458,364.00 t-1,391,636.00 t-49%
Honduras804,300.00 t5,474,553.50 t+4,670,253.50 t+581%
India110,001,010.00 t439,424,900.00 t+329,423,890.00 t+299%
Indonesia10,931,200.00 t32,400,000.00 t+21,468,800.00 t+196%
Iran179,000.00 t8,000,000.00 t+7,821,000.00 t+4,369%
Iraq0.00 t0.00 t+0.00 t
Jamaica4,438,093.00 t480,555.00 t-3,957,538.00 t-89%
Japan1,447,300.00 t1,308,437.00 t-138,863.00 t-10%
Kenya525,000.00 t8,707,800.00 t+8,182,800.00 t+1,559%
Laos4,500.00 t1,502,200.00 t+1,497,700.00 t+33,282%
Lebanon2,800.00 t0.00 t-2,800.00 t-100%
Liberia20,000.00 t277,598.56 t+257,598.56 t+1,288%
Madagascar838,000.00 t3,190,973.80 t+2,352,973.80 t+281%
Malawi0.00 t3,111,617.00 t+3,111,617.00 t
Malaysia32,000.00 t25,032.38 t-6,967.62 t-22%
Mali15,000.00 t677,946.70 t+662,946.70 t+4,420%
Martinique1,140,218.00 t
Mauritius4,942,981.00 t2,256,806.00 t-2,686,175.00 t-54%
Mexico19,167,984.00 t55,279,460.00 t+36,111,476.00 t+188%
Morocco0.00 t571,894.40 t+571,894.40 t
Mozambique1,528,175.00 t2,969,375.00 t+1,441,200.00 t+94%
Myanmar812,219.00 t11,506,924.00 t+10,694,705.00 t+1,317%
Nepal140,000.00 t3,159,634.00 t+3,019,634.00 t+2,157%
Nicaragua1,307,534.00 t7,351,421.00 t+6,043,887.00 t+462%
Niger32,280.00 t650,000.00 t+617,720.00 t+1,914%
Nigeria172,000.00 t1,525,591.60 t+1,353,591.60 t+787%
Oman0.00 t1,679.48 t+1,679.48 t
Pakistan11,640,000.00 t87,981,140.00 t+76,341,140.00 t+656%
Panama679,463.00 t2,314,265.50 t+1,634,802.50 t+241%
Papua New Guinea7,800.00 t348,884.03 t+341,084.03 t+4,373%
Paraguay646,700.00 t6,538,400.00 t+5,891,700.00 t+911%
Peru8,100,000.00 t9,583,744.00 t+1,483,744.00 t+18%
Philippines17,460,000.00 t23,455,404.00 t+5,995,404.00 t+34%
Portugal25,000.00 t
Puerto Rico9,755,814.00 t0.00 t-9,755,814.00 t-100%
Reunion2,410,371.00 t
Russia0.00 t
Rwanda0.00 t97,814.12 t+97,814.12 t
Saint Kitts and Nevis419,595.00 t0.00 t-419,595.00 t-100%
Saint Lucia66,700.00 t0.00 t-66,700.00 t-100%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines34,395.00 t
Samoa10.00 t11.95 t+1.95 t+19%
Senegal0.00 t1,221,912.80 t+1,221,912.80 t
Sierra Leone0.00 t82,100.36 t+82,100.36 t
Singapore0.00 t0.00 t+0.00 t
Somalia116,792.00 t222,082.52 t+105,290.52 t+90%
South Africa8,513,000.00 t17,991,000.00 t+9,478,000.00 t+111%
South Sudan0.00 t
Spain318,000.00 t
Sri Lanka117,000.00 t876,660.00 t+759,660.00 t+649%
Sudan4,451,333.50 t
Sudan (former)140,000.00 t
Suriname138,782.00 t99,649.69 t-39,132.31 t-28%
Syria3,100.00 t0.00 t-3,100.00 t-100%
Taiwan8,147,894.00 t523,895.94 t-7,623,998.06 t-94%
Tanzania387,370.00 t3,535,300.80 t+3,147,930.80 t+813%
Thailand2,000,000.00 t92,095,784.00 t+90,095,784.00 t+4,505%
Trinidad and Tobago2,517,954.00 t0.00 t-2,517,954.00 t-100%
Uganda1,211,000.00 t5,892,322.00 t+4,681,322.00 t+387%
Ukraine0.00 t
United States17,787,104.00 t31,456,630.00 t+13,669,526.00 t+77%
Uruguay105,102.00 t515,000.00 t+409,898.00 t+390%
Venezuela2,519,028.00 t2,072,188.80 t-446,839.20 t-18%
Vietnam1,415,900.00 t11,083,015.00 t+9,667,115.00 t+683%
Yemen5,000.00 t0.00 t-5,000.00 t-100%
Zambia0.00 t4,877,437.00 t+4,877,437.00 t
Zimbabwe335,384.00 t3,452,873.00 t+3,117,489.00 t+930%
Other
Africa27,925,116.00 t97,631,120.00 t+69,706,004.00 t+250%
Africa (FAO)28,065,116.00 t97,631,120.00 t+69,566,004.00 t+248%
Americas (FAO)235,659,820.00 t973,118,700.00 t+737,458,880.00 t+313%
Asia172,900,300.00 t820,649,300.00 t+647,749,000.00 t+375%
Asia (FAO)172,900,300.00 t820,649,300.00 t+647,749,000.00 t+375%
Belgium-Luxembourg (FAO)0.00 t
Caribbean (FAO)88,434,620.00 t18,360,830.00 t-70,073,790.00 t-79%
Central America (FAO)25,705,270.00 t109,948,480.00 t+84,243,210.00 t+328%
China (FAO)12,415,994.00 t103,905,190.00 t+91,489,196.00 t+737%
Eastern Africa (FAO)12,945,073.00 t38,895,840.00 t+25,950,767.00 t+200%
Eastern Asia (FAO)13,863,294.00 t105,213,630.00 t+91,350,336.00 t+659%
Europe343,000.00 t0.00 t-343,000.00 t-100%
Europe (FAO)343,000.00 t
European Union (27)343,000.00 t
European Union (27) (FAO)343,000.00 t
High-income countries56,137,440.00 t66,043,456.00 t+9,906,016.00 t+18%
Land Locked Developing Countries (FAO)3,609,191.00 t47,184,870.00 t+43,575,679.00 t+1,207%
Least Developed Countries (FAO)14,179,553.00 t58,385,370.00 t+44,205,817.00 t+312%
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (FAO)10,883,135.00 t56,936,810.00 t+46,053,675.00 t+423%
Low-income countries4,307,847.00 t25,730,348.00 t+21,422,501.00 t+497%
Lower-middle-income countries158,687,870.00 t666,567,000.00 t+507,879,130.00 t+320%
Melanesia1,173,800.00 t1,987,884.00 t+814,084.00 t+69%
Middle Africa (FAO)1,380,937.00 t6,292,344.00 t+4,911,407.00 t+356%
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (FAO)121,310,190.00 t224,692,940.00 t+103,382,750.00 t+85%
North America131,926,990.00 t159,765,940.00 t+27,838,950.00 t+21%
Northern Africa (FAO)4,326,000.00 t21,000,064.00 t+16,674,064.00 t+385%
Northern America (FAO)17,787,104.00 t31,456,630.00 t+13,669,526.00 t+77%
Oceania10,905,256.00 t30,660,746.00 t+19,755,490.00 t+181%
Oceania (FAO)10,905,256.00 t30,660,746.00 t+19,755,490.00 t+181%
Polynesia1,160.00 t3,582.28 t+2,422.28 t+209%
Small Island Developing States (FAO)98,571,040.00 t25,634,786.00 t-72,936,254.00 t-74%
South America103,732,830.00 t813,352,770.00 t+709,619,940.00 t+684%
South America (FAO)103,732,830.00 t813,352,770.00 t+709,619,940.00 t+684%
South-eastern Asia (FAO)32,885,820.00 t172,845,980.00 t+139,960,160.00 t+426%
Southern Africa (FAO)9,130,327.00 t23,803,740.00 t+14,673,413.00 t+161%
Southern Asia (FAO)126,140,290.00 t542,587,970.00 t+416,447,680.00 t+330%
Southern Europe (FAO)343,000.00 t
Upper-middle-income countries222,474,050.00 t1,163,719,000.00 t+941,244,950.00 t+423%
Western Africa (FAO)282,780.00 t7,639,132.50 t+7,356,352.50 t+2,601%
Western Asia (FAO)10,900.00 t1,679.48 t-9,220.52 t-85%
World447,873,500.00 t1,922,059,900.00 t+1,474,186,400.00 t+329%
Data

Sugar cane production

FAO
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Agricultural Production

What you should know about this indicator

Item: Sugar cane Description: Sugar cane This subclass includes: - sugar cane, Saccharum officinarum

Metric: Production Description: Amount produced in the year

Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Last updated
March 14, 2024
Next expected update
April 2025
Date range
1961–2022
Unit
tonnes

Sources and processing

This data is based on the following sources

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. 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.

Retrieved on
March 14, 2024
Retrieved from
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