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Sugar cane production in Sri Lanka

Sugar cane production in Sri Lanka was 696,971 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 13.5% from 2023.

2024, tonnes696,971
Change on 2023-13.5%
Series high1,528,8401994
Series low112,0001962

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Sugar cane production in Sri Lanka, 1961 to 2024

0500K1M1.5M2M19611971198119912001201120241961: 117,000 tonnes1962: 112,000 tonnes1963: 129,000 tonnes1964: 155,000 tonnes1965: 150,000 tonnes1966: 132,000 tonnes1967: 160,000 tonnes1968: 135,000 tonnes1969: 145,000 tonnes1970: 160,000 tonnes1971: 200,000 tonnes1972: 200,000 tonnes1973: 160,000 tonnes1974: 190,000 tonnes1975: 265,000 tonnes1976: 210,000 tonnes1977: 310,000 tonnes1978: 310,000 tonnes1979: 335,000 tonnes1980: 356,000 tonnes1981: 350,000 tonnes1982: 350,000 tonnes1983: 375,000 tonnes1984: 578,240 tonnes1985: 754,100 tonnes1986: 737,393 tonnes1987: 659,696 tonnes1988: 839,000 tonnes1989: 793,400 tonnes1990: 820,000 tonnes1991: 850,824 tonnes1992: 731,108 tonnes1993: 809,733 tonnes1994: 1,528,840 tonnes1995: 1,272,974 tonnes1996: 1,448,303 tonnes1997: 1,382,219 tonnes1998: 946,247 tonnes1999: 1,021,350 tonnes2000: 1,065,520 tonnes2001: 1,005,850 tonnes2002: 963,050 tonnes2003: 1,015,480 tonnes2004: 990,430 tonnes2005: 991,550 tonnes2006: 1,136,600 tonnes2007: 782,510 tonnes2008: 799,450 tonnes2009: 919,530 tonnes2010: 914,850 tonnes2011: 729,010 tonnes2012: 673,470 tonnes2013: 960,270 tonnes2014: 960,392 tonnes2015: 718,685 tonnes2016: 815,312 tonnes2017: 654,522 tonnes2018: 644,785 tonnes2019: 653,053 tonnes2020: 855,045 tonnes2021: 825,541 tonnes2022: 876,660 tonnes2023: 805,616 tonnes2024: 696,971 tonnes0500K1M1.5M2M19611983200520241961: 117,000 tonnes1962: 112,000 tonnes1963: 129,000 tonnes1964: 155,000 tonnes1965: 150,000 tonnes1966: 132,000 tonnes1967: 160,000 tonnes1968: 135,000 tonnes1969: 145,000 tonnes1970: 160,000 tonnes1971: 200,000 tonnes1972: 200,000 tonnes1973: 160,000 tonnes1974: 190,000 tonnes1975: 265,000 tonnes1976: 210,000 tonnes1977: 310,000 tonnes1978: 310,000 tonnes1979: 335,000 tonnes1980: 356,000 tonnes1981: 350,000 tonnes1982: 350,000 tonnes1983: 375,000 tonnes1984: 578,240 tonnes1985: 754,100 tonnes1986: 737,393 tonnes1987: 659,696 tonnes1988: 839,000 tonnes1989: 793,400 tonnes1990: 820,000 tonnes1991: 850,824 tonnes1992: 731,108 tonnes1993: 809,733 tonnes1994: 1,528,840 tonnes1995: 1,272,974 tonnes1996: 1,448,303 tonnes1997: 1,382,219 tonnes1998: 946,247 tonnes1999: 1,021,350 tonnes2000: 1,065,520 tonnes2001: 1,005,850 tonnes2002: 963,050 tonnes2003: 1,015,480 tonnes2004: 990,430 tonnes2005: 991,550 tonnes2006: 1,136,600 tonnes2007: 782,510 tonnes2008: 799,450 tonnes2009: 919,530 tonnes2010: 914,850 tonnes2011: 729,010 tonnes2012: 673,470 tonnes2013: 960,270 tonnes2014: 960,392 tonnes2015: 718,685 tonnes2016: 815,312 tonnes2017: 654,522 tonnes2018: 644,785 tonnes2019: 653,053 tonnes2020: 855,045 tonnes2021: 825,541 tonnes2022: 876,660 tonnes2023: 805,616 tonnes2024: 696,971 tonnes
tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Sugar cane, production, t (item 156, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.
All 64 values
Periodtonnes
2024696,971
2023805,616
2022876,660
2021825,541
2020855,045
2019653,053
2018644,785
2017654,522
2016815,312
2015718,685
2014960,392
2013960,270
2012673,470
2011729,010
2010914,850
2009919,530
2008799,450
2007782,510
20061,136,600
2005991,550
2004990,430
20031,015,480
2002963,050
20011,005,850
20001,065,520
19991,021,350
1998946,247
19971,382,219
19961,448,303
19951,272,974
19941,528,840
1993809,733
1992731,108
1991850,824
1990820,000 Estimated
1989793,400
1988839,000
1987659,696
1986737,393
1985754,100
1984578,240
1983375,000 Estimated
1982350,000 Estimated
1981350,000 Estimated
1980356,000 Estimated
1979335,000 Estimated
1978310,000 Estimated
1977310,000 Estimated
1976210,000 Estimated
1975265,000 Estimated
1974190,000 Estimated
1973160,000 Estimated
1972200,000 Estimated
1971200,000 Estimated
1970160,000 Estimated
1969145,000 Estimated
1968135,000 Estimated
1967160,000 Estimated
1966132,000 Estimated
1965150,000 Estimated
1964155,000 Estimated
1963129,000 Estimated
1962112,000
1961117,000

Sri Lanka compared with nearby places

Afghanistan: 53,326 tonnesAngola: 1,291,857 tonnesArgentina: 12,255,902 tonnesAustralia: 29,855,156 tonnesBangladesh: 2,933,694 tonnesBurkina Faso: 516,138 tonnesBurundi: 139,352 tonnesBenin: 80,553 tonnesBrunei: 56 tonnesBolivia: 11,447,542 tonnesBrazil: 759,662,482 tonnesBahamas: 63,848 tonnesBhutan: 281 tonnesBelize: 1,669,432 tonnesDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 2,505,252 tonnesCentral African Republic: 124,628 tonnesRepublic of the Congo: 677,152 tonnesCôte d’Ivoire: 2,156,598 tonnesCameroon: 872,377 tonnesChina: 102,094,400 tonnesColombia: 31,856,922 tonnesCosta Rica: 4,139,275 tonnesCuba: 9,050,600 tonnesCape Verde: 22,040 tonnesDjibouti: 56 tonnesDominican Republic: 4,948,100 tonnesEcuador: 6,378,739 tonnesEgypt: 13,314,260 tonnesEthiopia: 997,296 tonnesFiji: 1,332,000 tonnesGabon: 273,073 tonnesGhana: 156,723 tonnesGuinea: 321,921 tonnesGuatemala: 22,907,870 tonnesGuinea-Bissau: 7,008 tonnesGuyana: 320,978 tonnesHonduras: 5,753,700 tonnesHaiti: 1,539,615 tonnesIndonesia: 32,000,000 tonnesIndia: 453,158,494 tonnesIran: 9,151,144 tonnesJamaica: 428,896 tonnesJapan: 1,157,310 tonnesKenya: 9,365,300 tonnesCambodia: 645,720 tonnesKuwait: 5 tonnesLaos: 1,643,600 tonnesSri Lanka: 696,971 tonnesLiberia: 279,690 tonnesMorocco: 366,460 tonnesMadagascar: 3,162,265 tonnesMali: 585,215 tonnesMyanmar: 11,997,881 tonnesMauritius: 2,195,802 tonnesMalawi: 2,965,639 tonnesMexico: 53,051,362 tonnesMalaysia: 16,925 tonnesMozambique: 1,787,640 tonnesNiger: 476,922 tonnesNigeria: 1,509,133 tonnesNepal: 2,760,495 tonnesOman: 1,746 tonnesPanama: 1,850,000 tonnesPeru: 12,038,562 tonnesFrench Polynesia: 3,572 tonnesPapua New Guinea: 306,330 tonnesPhilippines: 18,694,653 tonnesPakistan: 84,235,451 tonnesParaguay: 6,864,550 tonnesRwanda: 156,259 tonnesSudan: 4,220,463 tonnesSierra Leone: 83,182 tonnesSenegal: 1,307,696 tonnesSomalia: 215,200 tonnesSuriname: 91,128 tonnesEl Salvador: 7,310,908 tonnesEswatini: 5,534,000 tonnesChad: 307,701 tonnesThailand: 82,435,400 tonnesTaiwan: 474,537 tonnesTanzania: 3,343,955 tonnesUganda: 6,104,830 tonnesUnited States: 31,609,950 tonnesUruguay: 541,167 tonnesVenezuela: 3,657,766 tonnesVietnam: 11,843,773 tonnesVanuatu: 1,800 tonnesSamoa: 12 tonnesSouth Africa: 16,741,000 tonnesZambia: 4,893,717 tonnesZimbabwe: 6,617,424 tonnes
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Sugar cane production, 2024, tonnes. Sri Lanka is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

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.

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.

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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.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Sugar cane, production, t (item 156, element 5510) (Sugar cane production, Sri Lanka, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Sugar cane, production, t (item 156, element 5510), Sugar cane production, Sri Lanka, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/sugar-cane-production/sri-lanka. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Sugar cane, production, t (item 156, element 5510). Sugar cane production, Sri Lanka, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/sugar-cane-production/sri-lanka.

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What is the sugar cane production in Sri Lanka?

Sugar cane production in Sri Lanka was 696,971 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 13.5% from 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Sugar cane, production, t (item 156, element 5510). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest sugar cane production in Sri Lanka?

1,528,840 tonnes in 1994, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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