Molasses Production by Country

Brazil stayed the largest molasses producer while adding 2,213,833 tonnes and Denmark climbed from 67,000 tonnes to 2,255,545 tonnes. The figures below reproduce FAO Crops and Livestock Products records for item Molasses, 2019-2023, reporting production quantity in tonnes. The table lists 122 countries; 121 reported a 2023 quantity, and the 2023 annual listed total is 73,285,082 tonnes. The 2023 country list for molasses production runs from the largest listed quantity to the smallest.

Brazil produced 1.27 times as much as India: 18,301,393 tonnes against 14,399,167, while China ranks third with 5,231,262 tonnes, 9,167,905 tonnes behind India. The top two hold 44.6 percent of the listed total, with third and fourth at 5,231,262 and 4,378,715 tonnes respectively.

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#	Country	2023
1	Brazil BR	18,301,393
2	India IN	14,399,167
3	China CN	5,231,262
4	United States US	4,378,715
5	Thailand TH	4,090,583
6	Pakistan PK	3,124,557
7	Denmark DK	2,255,545
8	Mexico MX	1,962,616
9	Egypt EG	1,518,352
10	Russia RU	1,503,324
11	Indonesia ID	1,165,914
12	France FR	1,008,964
13	Australia AU	994,719
14	Türkiye TR	788,151
15	Germany DE	761,017
16	South Africa ZA	745,271
17	Ukraine UA	689,256
18	Iran IR	683,376
19	Guatemala GT	620,285
20	Philippines PH	595,238
21	Argentina AR	499,302
22	Poland PL	488,191
23	Peru PE	386,904
24	Vietnam VN	358,000
25	Spain ES	294,794
26	El Salvador SV	276,306
27	Nicaragua NI	264,287
28	Sudan SD	260,815
29	Morocco MA	249,366
30	Venezuela VE	247,768
31	United Kingdom GB	243,419
32	Netherlands NL	239,216
33	Cuba CU	239,200
34	Uganda UG	229,091
35	Eswatini SZ	226,464
36	Belarus BY	195,517
37	Dominican Republic DO	191,536
38	Colombia CO	173,680
39	Zambia ZM	150,233
40	Honduras HN	149,273
41	Costa Rica CR	145,934
42	Japan JP	138,528
43	Ethiopia ET	134,454
44	Belgium BE	130,789
45	Kenya KE	123,011
46	Zimbabwe ZW	117,946
47	Myanmar MM	110,715
48	Ecuador EC	108,756
49	Czech Republic CZ	101,437
50	Tanzania TZ	101,240
51	Serbia RS	99,526
52	Austria AT	89,401
53	Mauritius MU	87,575
54	Bolivia BO	86,124
55	Ivory Coast CI	85,909
56	Malawi MW	78,758
57	Mozambique MZ	73,389
58	Fiji FJ	68,000
59	Italy IT	55,319
60	Belize BZ	54,788
61	Laos LA	51,667
62	Paraguay PY	49,929
63	Panama PA	49,448
64	Senegal SN	46,496
65	Slovakia SK	45,908
66	Angola AO	44,800
67	Canada CA	40,000
68	Nepal NP	39,125
69	Cambodia KH	38,824
70	Sweden SE	37,869
71	Romania RO	37,403
72	Lithuania LT	36,923
73	DR Congo CD	35,028
74	Bangladesh BD	32,739
75	Hungary HU	31,842
76	Switzerland CH	30,455
77	Croatia HR	28,114
78	Jamaica JM	28,055
79	Guyana GY	27,375
80	Moldova MD	27,000
81	Kyrgyzstan KG	25,651
82	Sri Lanka LK	25,563
83	Mali ML	23,077
84	Cameroon CM	23,005
85	Congo CG	22,099
86	Chile CL	21,251
87	Kazakhstan KZ	19,099
88	Niger NE	17,903
89	Finland FI	17,086
90	Burkina Faso BF	15,000
91	Nigeria NG	13,949
92	Madagascar MG	13,032
93	Papua New Guinea PG	12,577
94	Guinea GN	11,735
95	Haiti HT	8,838
96	Chad TD	8,169
97	Taiwan TW	8,081
98	Gabon GA	7,590
99	Azerbaijan AZ	7,106
100	Sierra Leone SL	5,774
101	Somalia SO	5,460
102	Burundi BI	5,237
103	Uruguay UY	4,201
104	Tunisia TN	4,167
105	Barbados BB	4,039
106	Central African Republic CF	3,858
107	Rwanda RW	3,352
108	Benin BJ	2,857
109	Turkmenistan TM	2,849
110	Liberia LR	2,349
111	Syria SY	2,139
112	Armenia AM	2,117
113	Suriname SR	1566
114	Afghanistan AF	1110
115	Albania AL	772
116	Malaysia MY	402.99
117	North Macedonia MK	200.59
118	Iraq IQ	93.65
119	Greece GR	37.29
120	Uzbekistan UZ	25.62
121	Djibouti DJ	3.21
122	Ireland IE	-

Molasses Production by Country in 2023

Brazil was the largest molasses producer in the 2023 listed data with 18,301,393 tonnes, followed by India with 14,399,167 tonnes and China with 5,231,262 tonnes. The United States ranked fourth with 4,378,715 tonnes.

Brazil holds 25.0 percent of the listed 2023 total. The top three together hold 51.8 percent of the 73,285,082-tonne listed total.

Brazil Adds 2,213,833 Tonnes as Molasses Production Grows 3.9 Percent

Between 2022 and 2023, the common reporter universe (121 countries with data in both years) rose from 70,507,066 tonnes to 73,285,082 tonnes, a change of 2,778,016 tonnes (3.9 percent). The totals listed for each year were 70,507,066 tonnes (121 reporters) and 73,285,082 tonnes (121 reporters); no country exited and no new reporter joined. Brazil added 2,213,833 tonnes (up 13.8 percent) and China 496,706 tonnes (up 10.5 percent), while Pakistan fell 487,543 tonnes (down 13.5 percent) and Ukraine added 396,003 tonnes (up 135.0 percent).

Brazil Adds 6,006,393 Tonnes as Molasses Production Grows 14.8 Percent Since 2019

From 2019 to 2023 the common reporter universe (120 countries with data in both years) moved from 63,833,599 tonnes to 73,285,056 tonnes, a change of 9,451,457 tonnes (14.8 percent). The totals listed for each year were 63,833,603 tonnes (121 reporters) and 73,285,082 tonnes (121 reporters); 1 reporter present in 2019 (4.3 tonnes, Ireland) is absent in 2023, while 1 new reporter added 25.62 tonnes (Uzbekistan). Brazil added 6,006,393 tonnes (up 48.9 percent), while the United States added 2,075,715 tonnes (up 90.1 percent) and Thailand fell 1,785,417 tonnes (down 30.4 percent).

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
1	Brazil	12,295,000	17,000,000	14,383,322	16,087,560	18,301,393
2	India	14,100,000	11,125,000	12,325,734	14,352,467	14,399,167
3	China	3,800,000	3,895,000	2,960,607	4,734,556	5,231,262
4	United States	2,303,000	1,936,000	2,322,000	4,424,272	4,378,715
5	Thailand	5,876,000	3,389,000	3,035,157	4,045,872	4,090,583
6	Pakistan	2,235,000	2,236,628	2,686,567	3,612,100	3,124,557
7	Denmark	67,000	75,000	2,435,935	2,194,146	2,255,545
8	Mexico	2,190,000	1,900,000	2,050,000	2,038,682	1,962,616
9	Egypt	810,000	880,000	807,437	1,436,594	1,518,352
10	Russia	1,635,615	1,225,000	1,360,474	1,394,111	1,503,324
11	Indonesia	1,275,000	1,185,000	1,213,819	1,233,496	1,165,914
12	France	1,191,228	924,376	1,136,373	1,046,275	1,008,964
13	Australia	1,000,000	1,020,000	1,031,067	1,012,069	994,719
14	Türkiye	890,000	950,000	754,344	696,985	788,151
15	Germany	771,009	749,949	836,193	712,375	761,017
16	South Africa	905,000	910,000	684,572	733,418	745,271
17	Ukraine	555,120	609,603	349,413	293,253	689,256
18	Iran	410,000	620,000	319,433	616,937	683,376
19	Guatemala	717,000	671,800	628,441	646,579	620,285
20	Philippines	1,170,000	1,170,000	687,352	649,883	595,238
21	Argentina	575,000	600,000	552,089	517,655	499,302
22	Poland	404,946	436,024	435,000	450,000	488,191
23	Peru	525,000	540,000	363,696	368,249	386,904
24	Vietnam	460,000	425,000	306,800	335,000	358,000
25	Spain	142,000	124,000	263,137	205,258	294,794
26	El Salvador	294,000	317,000	315,000	284,630	276,306
27	Nicaragua	295,000	295,000	292,000	266,084	264,287
28	Sudan	375,000	375,000	243,736	260,815	260,815
29	Morocco	155,000	158,000	117,308	202,576	249,366
30	Venezuela	215,804	100,000	262,912	196,984	247,768
31	United Kingdom	282,000	215,000	234,387	184,710	243,419
32	Netherlands	225,000	229,238	227,786	248,557	239,216
33	Cuba	520,000	512,100	385,300	301,000	239,200
34	Uganda	220,000	222,000	247,713	289,211	229,091
35	Eswatini	279,000	280,000	285,000	223,637	226,464
36	Belarus	197,998	191,649	178,650	170,690	195,517
37	Dominican Republic	215,000	210,000	219,638	224,720	191,536
38	Colombia	173,934	175,875	170,991	180,409	173,680
39	Zambia	143,000	145,000	127,591	142,046	150,233
40	Honduras	200,000	195,000	124,547	150,043	149,273
41	Costa Rica	200,000	200,000	200,000	173,290	145,934
42	Japan	75,000	72,000	71,114	166,617	138,528
43	Ethiopia	240,000	255,000	250,000	110,008	134,454
44	Belgium	145,000	142,000	125,427	133,162	130,789
45	Kenya	340,000	355,000	174,336	207,257	123,011
46	Zimbabwe	120,863	129,131	126,239	126,247	117,946
47	Myanmar	12,182	78,393	112,363	106,749	110,715
48	Ecuador	143,000	145,000	153,878	127,555	108,756
49	Czech Republic	55,000	56,000	109,442	107,411	101,437
50	Tanzania	97,295	97,295	98,610	100,260	101,240
51	Serbia	68,030	93,180	92,890	78,981	99,526
52	Austria	80,000	84,000	100,646	90,854	89,401
53	Mauritius	119,545	86,911	90,376	74,955	87,575
54	Bolivia	110,000	112,000	84,240	84,701	86,124
55	Ivory Coast	65,000	81,516	85,909	85,909	85,909
56	Malawi	89,754	96,126	98,370	88,036	78,758
57	Mozambique	133,000	99,000	99,804	201,228	73,389
58	Fiji	82,000	83,000	72,000	74,000	68,000
59	Italy	82,000	74,681	63,617	44,255	55,319
60	Belize	62,862	63,567	68,398	65,172	54,788
61	Laos	81,675	48,333	50,667	50,000	51,667
62	Paraguay	50,000	52,000	55,858	60,022	49,929
63	Panama	62,853	56,048	44,882	64,253	49,448
64	Senegal	40,000	42,000	47,815	48,541	46,496
65	Slovakia	45,000	44,000	45,265	37,458	45,908
66	Angola	40,000	43,000	37,760	37,760	44,800
67	Canada	17,000	9,000	27,992	37,342	40,000
68	Nepal	45,000	45,000	39,125	35,865	39,125
69	Cambodia	85,000	88,000	33,000	38,824	38,824
70	Sweden	43,918	43,906	44,332	41,015	37,869
71	Romania	55,000	50,000	70,936	26,583	37,403
72	Lithuania	32,000	33,000	28,867	26,667	36,923
73	DR Congo	35,000	35,000	35,000	35,028	35,028
74	Bangladesh	52,000	50,000	36,264	34,008	32,739
75	Hungary	28,000	27,000	21,045	14,402	31,842
76	Switzerland	65,000	57,000	26,648	35,433	30,455
77	Croatia	55,000	48,000	39,922	33,300	28,114
78	Jamaica	30,000	25,000	24,825	27,825	28,055
79	Guyana	70,000	70,000	70,000	21,357	27,375
80	Moldova	34,900	21,500	34,900	26,500	27,000
81	Kyrgyzstan	32,300	16,624	21,014	34,805	25,651
82	Sri Lanka	25,176	21,303	27,500	30,599	25,563
83	Mali	26,000	26,000	25,641	25,641	23,077
84	Cameroon	40,000	41,000	31,915	26,254	23,005
85	Congo	28,000	28,000	22,099	22,099	22,099
86	Chile	45,000	45,000	34,254	23,635	21,251
87	Kazakhstan	21,395	20,549	14,495	13,472	19,099
88	Niger	9,141	12,580	18,640	18,531	17,903
89	Finland	20,117	17,150	16,366	15,389	17,086
90	Burkina Faso	14,000	12,500	15,000	15,000	15,000
91	Nigeria	21,000	8,900	17,075	10,000	13,949
92	Madagascar	35,000	35,000	12,813	12,110	13,032
93	Papua New Guinea	15,000	13,149	14,936	13,363	12,577
94	Guinea	11,735	10,204	11,735	10,204	11,735
95	Haiti	9,273	8,632	8,633	8,850	8,838
96	Chad	7,963	11,613	13,272	7,928	8,169
97	Taiwan	8,000	8,000	10,401	7,554	8,081
98	Gabon	8,000	8,000	7,888	6,150	7,590
99	Azerbaijan	7,438	8,010	6,141	7,301	7,106
100	Sierra Leone	3,636	3,464	3,464	4,619	5,774
101	Somalia	6,000	6,000	6,279	6,552	5,460
102	Burundi	6,400	6,465	5,701	3,873	5,237
103	Uruguay	5,000	5,000	3,361	4,201	4,201
104	Tunisia	7,000	5,000	4,167	4,167	4,167
105	Barbados	4,639	3,927	3,098	3,054	4,039
106	Central African Republic	3,681	3,766	3,811	3,807	3,858
107	Rwanda	3,648	3,230	3,221	3,488	3,352
108	Benin	2,857	2,857	2,857	2,857	2,857
109	Turkmenistan	2,835	2,848	2,849	2,849	2,849
110	Liberia	2,216	2,235	2,248	2,342	2,349
111	Syria	10,000	-	-	6,941	2,139
112	Armenia	2054	2069	2,358	2,130	2,117
113	Suriname	1169	997.56	2079	1590	1566
114	Afghanistan	533.53	341.86	1496	965.59	1110
115	Albania	1159	1025	920	804	772
116	Malaysia	419.5	642	713	742.4	402.99
117	North Macedonia	207.07	199.76	199.81	202.21	200.59
118	Iraq	74.58	73.92	75.32	75.09	93.65
119	Greece	4,000	4,000	918.69	154.95	37.29
120	Uzbekistan	-	44.86	35.49	28.75	25.62
121	Djibouti	3.09	3.09	3.14	3.2	3.21
122	Ireland	4.3	-	-	-	-

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals sum FAO Crops and Livestock Products production quantity (Element 5510) for item Molasses, 2019-2023. For molasses production, quantities below 1,000 tonnes retain two decimals and larger quantities are shown as whole tonnes. The 2023 molasses production ranking and shares use 2023 listed quantities. In the molasses production data, zero means a reported nil or negligible flow; an empty cell means no quantity was reported. For molasses production changes, only countries with quantities in both endpoint years enter the arithmetic. Production quantities are reported to FAO by national statistical sources.