# Sugar cane production

Quantity of sugar cane stalks as harvested produced in the calendar year, in tonnes, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. Countries report to FAO through its annual production questionnaire; FAO fills gaps with official publications and its own estimates.

## Key facts

- Sugar cane production in the World was 1,939,782,021 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- Sugar cane production in the United States was 31,609,950 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- Brazil had the highest sugar cane production of 95 countries in 2023, at 782,058,236 tonnes, and Kuwait the lowest, at 3 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- Published for 113 places, with figures from 1961 to 2024.
- Figures last updated on 2026-10-12.

- Indicator id: `sugar_cane_production`
- Unit: tonnes
- Note: Weight of cane, not of the sugar extracted from it. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/sugar-cane-production
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/indicators/sugar_cane_production

## Latest figures

| Place | Period | tonnes | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|
| World | 2024 | 1,939,782,021 | FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Sugar cane, production, t (item 156, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data. |
| United States | 2024 | 31,609,950 | FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Sugar cane, production, t (item 156, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data. |

## Rankings

- [Countries](https://invokely.ai/rankings/sugar-cane-production/countries.md) (112 places)