Countries by sugar cane production
Brazil had the highest sugar cane production of 95 countries in 2021, at 715,679,276 tonnes. Iraq had the lowest, at 0 tonnes. The median was 1,506,817 tonnes and the figure for the World was 1,866,448,924 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Map of countries, 2021
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- 1M to 2M
- 2M to 5M
- 5M to 12M
- 12M and over
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Top 40 countries, 2021
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2021 | Change on 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 715,679,276 | -5.3% |
| 2 | India | 405,398,710 | +9.4% |
| 3 | China | 106,663,800 | -1.3% |
| 4 | Pakistan | 88,650,593 | +9.4% |
| 5 | Thailand | 66,725,460 | -11% |
| 6 | Mexico | 55,247,516 | +2.6% |
| 7 | Colombia | 34,583,307 | -4.9% |
| 8 | Indonesia | 32,200,000 | +9.9% |
| 9 | Australia | 31,133,488 | +2.8% |
| 10 | United States | 29,790,130 | -9% |
| 11 | Philippines | 26,277,402 | +7.7% |
| 12 | Guatemala | 25,525,851 | -7.7% |
| 13 | South Africa | 17,199,000 | -5.6% |
| 14 | Argentina Estimated | 16,530,000 | -5.5% |
| 15 | Egypt | 15,959,305 | +0.6% |
| 16 | Peru | 12,344,085 | -3.9% |
| 17 | Ecuador | 11,372,505 | +3.2% |
| 18 | Myanmar | 11,333,345 | -1.9% |
| 19 | Vietnam | 10,740,873 | -6.9% |
| 20 | Cuba | 10,230,634 | -26.2% |
| 21 | Bolivia | 10,057,104 | -0.4% |
| 22 | Iran | 7,840,012 | -5% |
| 23 | El Salvador | 7,681,286 | +2.3% |
| 24 | Kenya | 7,659,100 | +12.5% |
| 25 | Paraguay | 7,221,100 | -2.8% |
| 26 | Nicaragua | 6,829,944 | -2.3% |
| 27 | Uganda Estimated | 5,900,000 | +10.1% |
| 28 | Zimbabwe | 5,886,527 | +0.4% |
| 29 | Dominican Republic | 5,505,530 | +3.5% |
| 30 | Eswatini | 5,266,602 | -8.6% |
| 31 | Honduras | 4,815,043 | -4.3% |
| 32 | Sudan Estimated | 4,300,000 | -16.3% |
| 33 | Zambia Estimated | 4,250,000 | -5.1% |
| 34 | Costa Rica | 3,995,020 | -4.8% |
| 35 | Venezuela | 3,755,880 | +12.6% |
| 36 | Bangladesh | 3,332,546 | -9.5% |
| 37 | Tanzania Estimated | 3,321,077 | +2% |
| 38 | Nepal | 3,183,943 | -6.4% |
| 39 | Madagascar Estimated | 3,152,400 | -1.3% |
| 40 | Malawi Estimated | 2,970,231 | +0.4% |
| 41 | Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated | 2,934,058 | +8.7% |
| 42 | Mozambique | 2,781,587 | +1.6% |
| 43 | Mauritius | 2,669,667 | +1.9% |
| 44 | Panama | 2,190,705 | -13.1% |
| 45 | Côte d’Ivoire | 2,129,217 | +8.1% |
| 46 | Belize | 1,893,663 | +23.2% |
| 47 | Haiti Estimated | 1,552,171 | +1.6% |
| 48 | Nigeria Estimated | 1,506,817 | -0.7% |
| 49 | Fiji | 1,417,000 | -17.9% |
| 50 | Japan | 1,359,000 | +1.7% |
| 51 | Senegal Estimated | 1,260,000 | -3.1% |
| 52 | Cameroon Estimated | 1,195,113 | -9.5% |
| 53 | Laos | 1,141,200 | -14.7% |
| 54 | Ethiopia Estimated | 1,092,232 | -18.8% |
| 55 | Angola Estimated | 1,002,000 | +15.8% |
| 56 | Guyana | 830,526 | -31.8% |
| 57 | Sri Lanka | 825,541 | -3.5% |
| 58 | Republic of the Congo Estimated | 676,092 | -1.1% |
| 59 | Mali Estimated | 665,000 | +0.8% |
| 60 | Niger | 653,355 | +49.5% |
| 61 | Cambodia Estimated | 652,233 | +0.9% |
| 62 | Morocco | 613,254 | -22.6% |
| 63 | Taiwan | 594,724 | +12% |
| 64 | Burkina Faso Estimated | 510,967 | +1.1% |
| 65 | Jamaica | 499,044 | -4.5% |
| 66 | Uruguay | 462,000 | +10.8% |
| 67 | Papua New Guinea Estimated | 354,000 | +0.8% |
| 68 | Guinea Estimated | 320,665 | +1.5% |
| 69 | Chad Estimated | 308,320 | +1.9% |
| 70 | Liberia Estimated | 277,423 | +0.6% |
| 71 | Gabon Estimated | 264,100 | -3.2% |
| 72 | Somalia Estimated | 242,200 | +13.7% |
| 73 | Burundi | 157,913 | -17.3% |
| 74 | Ghana Estimated | 155,611 | +0.6% |
| 75 | Central African Republic Estimated | 122,878 | -4.1% |
| 76 | Rwanda Estimated | 112,051 | +1.9% |
| 77 | Barbados | 92,129 | +0.8% |
| 78 | Suriname Estimated | 90,651 | +20.9% |
| 79 | Sierra Leone Estimated | 83,254 | +1.3% |
| 80 | Benin Estimated | 75,500 | 0% |
| 81 | Bahamas Estimated | 63,490 | +0.8% |
| 82 | Afghanistan | 41,434 | +2.8% |
| 83 | Malaysia | 25,591 | +8.8% |
| 84 | Cape Verde | 22,900 | -0.2% |
| 85 | Guinea-Bissau Estimated | 6,987 | +1.5% |
| 86 | Grenada | 5,618 | +71.2% |
| 87 | Dominica Estimated | 4,890 | +0.4% |
| 88 | French Polynesia Estimated | 3,517 | +0.7% |
| 89 | Oman Estimated | 1,610 | +7.4% |
| 90 | Bhutan Estimated | 256 | -5.4% |
| 91 | Brunei | 76 | -25.1% |
| 92 | Djibouti Estimated | 56 | -0.1% |
| 93 | Samoa Estimated | 12 | +0.1% |
| 94 | Kuwait | 2 | |
| 95 | Iraq | 0 |
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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 2021 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.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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
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Which country has the highest sugar cane production?
Brazil, with 715,679,276 tonnes in 2021, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Which country has the lowest sugar cane production?
Iraq, with 0 tonnes in 2021.
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 2021 and are not ranked.