Countries by sugar cane production
Brazil had the highest sugar cane production of 95 countries in 2016, at 768,594,154 tonnes. Samoa had the lowest, at 12 tonnes. The median was 1,574,000 tonnes and the figure for the World was 1,881,739,322 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Map of countries, 2016
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- 2M to 4M
- 4M to 15M
- 15M and over
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Top 40 countries, 2016
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2016 | Change on 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 768,594,154 | +2.4% |
| 2 | India | 348,448,000 | -3.8% |
| 3 | China | 103,215,000 | -3.6% |
| 4 | Thailand | 94,138,465 | 0% |
| 5 | Pakistan | 75,482,253 | +15.3% |
| 6 | Mexico | 56,446,821 | +1.9% |
| 7 | Colombia | 34,759,606 | -3.8% |
| 8 | Australia | 34,403,004 | +6.3% |
| 9 | Guatemala | 33,533,403 | -1% |
| 10 | United States | 29,136,968 | -0% |
| 11 | Indonesia | 28,000,000 | +3.7% |
| 12 | Philippines | 22,370,546 | -2.4% |
| 13 | Argentina | 18,436,082 | +3.2% |
| 14 | Cuba | 18,000,000 | -6.7% |
| 15 | Vietnam | 16,313,145 | -11% |
| 16 | Egypt | 15,557,508 | -2.2% |
| 17 | South Africa | 15,074,610 | +1.4% |
| 18 | Peru | 11,884,725 | +16.4% |
| 19 | Myanmar | 10,437,058 | +2.9% |
| 20 | Ecuador | 8,661,609 | -14.3% |
| 21 | Iran | 7,479,606 | +1% |
| 22 | Bolivia | 7,374,751 | +2.5% |
| 23 | El Salvador | 7,202,141 | +9.5% |
| 24 | Kenya | 7,094,619 | -1% |
| 25 | Paraguay | 6,708,000 | +0.1% |
| 26 | Nicaragua | 6,149,615 | -3.5% |
| 27 | Sudan Estimated | 6,000,000 | +1.7% |
| 28 | Eswatini Estimated | 5,563,926 | +0.9% |
| 29 | Honduras | 5,356,026 | +3.6% |
| 30 | Uganda Estimated | 5,200,000 | -0.5% |
| 31 | Nepal | 4,346,754 | +41.9% |
| 32 | Costa Rica | 4,265,913 | -1.8% |
| 33 | Bangladesh | 4,207,592 | -5.1% |
| 34 | Zambia Estimated | 4,083,000 | -1.7% |
| 35 | Dominican Republic | 3,980,684 | -12.2% |
| 36 | Mauritius | 3,798,448 | -5.3% |
| 37 | Venezuela | 3,673,714 | -34% |
| 38 | Zimbabwe | 3,483,000 | +4% |
| 39 | Madagascar Estimated | 3,054,150 | +1.6% |
| 40 | Tanzania Estimated | 3,037,268 | +3.2% |
| 41 | Malawi Estimated | 3,000,000 | -6.7% |
| 42 | Mozambique | 2,761,505 | -10.5% |
| 43 | Panama | 2,419,680 | +1.6% |
| 44 | Guyana | 2,366,995 | -15.9% |
| 45 | Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated | 2,065,218 | -3.3% |
| 46 | Laos | 2,019,000 | 0% |
| 47 | Côte d’Ivoire | 1,832,000 | -8.5% |
| 48 | Japan | 1,574,000 | +24.9% |
| 49 | Haiti Estimated | 1,498,207 | -0.3% |
| 50 | Nigeria | 1,487,173 | +2.6% |
| 51 | Belize | 1,478,401 | +24.6% |
| 52 | Ethiopia | 1,407,680 | +2.2% |
| 53 | Fiji | 1,387,000 | -24.8% |
| 54 | Senegal Estimated | 1,205,000 | +4.7% |
| 55 | Jamaica | 1,127,100 | -28.3% |
| 56 | Cameroon | 1,116,984 | -3.3% |
| 57 | Sri Lanka | 815,312 | +13.4% |
| 58 | Republic of the Congo Estimated | 659,743 | +3.9% |
| 59 | Cambodia | 613,400 | -13.5% |
| 60 | Taiwan | 573,445 | -13.8% |
| 61 | Angola Estimated | 506,899 | +15.8% |
| 62 | Burkina Faso Estimated | 488,142 | +1.3% |
| 63 | Mali Estimated | 478,287 | +33.7% |
| 64 | Morocco | 426,503 | +7.9% |
| 65 | Uruguay | 367,700 | -17% |
| 66 | Papua New Guinea Estimated | 350,000 | 0% |
| 67 | Chad | 324,550 | -0.8% |
| 68 | Guinea Estimated | 306,135 | +0.3% |
| 69 | Gabon Estimated | 279,915 | +0.6% |
| 70 | Liberia Estimated | 271,855 | +0.9% |
| 71 | Somalia Estimated | 220,000 | -4.3% |
| 72 | Burundi | 218,115 | +2.3% |
| 73 | Niger | 216,037 | -34.7% |
| 74 | Ghana Estimated | 150,621 | +0.7% |
| 75 | Central African Republic Estimated | 131,600 | +3.8% |
| 76 | Suriname Estimated | 122,361 | +1.6% |
| 77 | Rwanda | 93,823 | -8.5% |
| 78 | Benin Estimated | 87,000 | -9.4% |
| 79 | Barbados | 83,369 | -28.2% |
| 80 | Sierra Leone Estimated | 79,719 | +1% |
| 81 | Bahamas Estimated | 60,947 | +1% |
| 82 | Cape Verde | 28,375 | 0% |
| 83 | Malaysia | 28,038 | -7.4% |
| 84 | Afghanistan | 17,364 | -62.6% |
| 85 | Iraq | 11,670 | -4.1% |
| 86 | Grenada Estimated | 7,339 | +0.3% |
| 87 | Guinea-Bissau Estimated | 6,678 | +1% |
| 88 | Portugal Estimated | 5,455 | +0.9% |
| 89 | Dominica Estimated | 4,853 | +0.3% |
| 90 | French Polynesia Estimated | 3,425 | -0.8% |
| 91 | Oman | 1,650 | 0% |
| 92 | Spain | 480 | +54.3% |
| 93 | Bhutan | 345 | -32.1% |
| 94 | Djibouti Estimated | 54 | +1.8% |
| 95 | Samoa Estimated | 12 | -0.2% |
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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 2016 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
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.Citation styles
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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) (Countries by sugar cane production, 2016) [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), Countries by sugar cane production, 2016. 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/rankings/sugar-cane-production/countries?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
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title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Sugar cane, production, t (item 156, element 5510): Countries by sugar cane production, 2016}},
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}
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Which country has the highest sugar cane production?
Brazil, with 768,594,154 tonnes in 2016, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Which country has the lowest sugar cane production?
Samoa, with 12 tonnes in 2016.
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 2016 and are not ranked.