Countries by sugar cane production, 2023

Brazil had the highest sugar cane production of 95 countries in 2023, at 782,058,236 tonnes. Kuwait had the lowest, at 3 tonnes. The median was 1,536,757 tonnes and the figure for the World was 2,017,376,427 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Highest782,058,236Brazil

Lowest3Kuwait

Median1,536,75795 countries

World2,017,376,427History

Top 40 countries, 2023

tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Sugar cane, production, t (item 156, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2023 tonnes	Change on 2022
1	Brazil	782,058,236	+7.8%
2	India	490,533,351	+11.6%
3	China	104,565,500	+1.1%
4	Thailand	93,981,770	+2%
5	Pakistan	87,637,669	-0.4%
6	Mexico	55,589,515	+0.1%
7	Australia	32,589,391	+13.7%
8	Colombia	32,189,251	-9.9%
9	Indonesia	31,000,000	-4.3%
10	United States	29,897,180	-4.9%
11	Guatemala	23,971,750	-7.2%
12	Philippines	21,650,938	-7.7%
13	South Africa	17,944,000	+0.2%
14	Argentina Estimated	14,486,707	-6.5%
15	Egypt	14,252,296	-8.4%
16	Peru	11,919,221	-0.4%
17	Vietnam	11,843,773	+6.8%
18	Myanmar Estimated	11,035,062	+1.4%
19	Bolivia	10,307,309	+6.7%
20	Iran Estimated	8,633,207	+4.5%
21	El Salvador Estimated	7,200,000	-2%
22	Nicaragua	6,964,837	-5.3%
23	Paraguay	6,858,400	+35.8%
24	Zimbabwe	6,537,204	+8.1%
25	Ecuador	6,253,732	-19.2%
26	Uganda Estimated	6,197,640	+0.6%
27	Dominican Republic	5,669,711	-2.2%
28	Kenya	5,556,100	-36.9%
29	Honduras	5,376,500	-2.4%
30	Eswatini	5,220,000	-5.8%
31	Cuba	5,100,000	-27.1%
32	Zambia Estimated	4,750,000	+4.4%
33	Sudan Estimated	4,450,000	-2.8%
34	Venezuela	3,539,546	+25.8%
35	Costa Rica	3,422,767	-12.2%
36	Tanzania Estimated	3,321,957	-2%
37	Madagascar Estimated	3,170,056	+0.2%
38	Nepal	3,130,109	-0.9%
39	Bangladesh	2,982,546	-3.4%
40	Malawi Estimated	2,648,500	-8.6%
41	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	2,471,668	+2.3%
42	Mauritius	2,452,653	+8.7%
43	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	2,130,500	0%
44	Panama	1,750,000	-2.8%
45	Laos	1,653,980	+10.1%
46	Mozambique	1,621,251	-45.4%
47	Fiji	1,565,564	-4.5%
48	Haiti Estimated	1,536,757	+0.4%
49	Nigeria Estimated	1,511,250	+0.1%
50	Belize	1,488,960	-17.4%
51	Senegal Estimated	1,280,176	+0.7%
52	Japan	1,182,000	-7.1%
53	Angola Estimated	1,181,000	+16.6%
54	Ethiopia Estimated	1,084,330	+33%
55	Cameroon Estimated	980,000	-10.9%
56	Sri Lanka	805,616	-8.1%
57	Republic of the Congo Estimated	678,780	+0.3%
58	Guyana Estimated	678,480	-3.1%
59	Cambodia Estimated	645,915	+1.1%
60	Mali Estimated	605,000	-9%
61	Niger	543,188	-16.4%
62	Uruguay	542,000	+3.5%
63	Burkina Faso Estimated	513,768	+0.5%
64	Taiwan	509,526	-1.2%
65	Jamaica	414,769	-13.6%
66	Morocco	385,310	-32.6%
67	Guinea Estimated	323,596	+0.7%
68	Chad	301,540	+0.2%
69	Papua New Guinea Estimated	300,000	-6%
70	Liberia Estimated	278,831	+0.3%
71	Gabon Estimated	251,867	+12.7%
72	Somalia Estimated	213,000	-16.1%
73	Ghana Estimated	156,166	+0.4%
74	Burundi	140,417	-27.6%
75	Central African Republic Estimated	125,504	0%
76	Rwanda	101,979	-10.5%
77	Barbados Estimated	94,000	-2%
78	Suriname Estimated	92,412	-5.1%
79	Sierra Leone Estimated	82,687	+0.6%
80	Benin Estimated	75,500	0%
81	Bahamas Estimated	63,432	+0.7%
82	Afghanistan	56,000	-4.1%
83	Cape Verde	22,940	0%
84	Malaysia	20,364	-18.6%
85	Grenada	8,664	+38%
86	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	6,976	-1.2%
87	Dominica Estimated	4,901	+0.1%
88	French Polynesia Estimated	3,553	+0.5%
89	Vanuatu Estimated	1,800	0%
90	Oman Estimated	1,714	+0.6%
91	Bhutan Estimated	278	-9.6%
92	Brunei	64	-21.3%
93	Djibouti Estimated	56	+0.1%
94	Samoa Estimated	12	-0.1%
95	Kuwait	3	+50%

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About this ranking

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 17 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2023 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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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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}

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Which country has the highest sugar cane production?

Brazil, with 782,058,236 tonnes in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Which country has the lowest sugar cane production?

Kuwait, with 3 tonnes in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Sugar cane, production, t (item 156, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 17 countries have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.