Sugar Cane Consumption by Country

FAO Food Balances data record 47,799 thousand tonnes of listed sugar cane food supply in 2023 across 49 reporters. India accounts for 26,557 thousand tonnes of that total, ahead of Thailand at 4,248 thousand tonnes and Egypt at 4,059 thousand tonnes. Madagascar records the highest per-capita food supply at 65.7 kilograms per person per year. The series spans 2019 through 2023, although some reporters have missing values in individual years.

India's 26,557 thousand tonnes of listed sugar cane food supply in 2023 outweigh the next nine reporters combined, and the gap to second-placed Thailand is 6.25 to one. Madagascar, fifth by total, leads per capita at 65.7 kilograms per person per year, ahead of Thailand at 59.24 kilograms.

Sugar Cane Food Supply at a Glance

• India had the largest listed sugar cane food supply in 2023 at 26,557 thousand tonnes.
• Thailand ranked second at 4,248 thousand tonnes, followed by Egypt at 4,059 thousand tonnes.
• Madagascar had the highest per-capita food supply at 65.7 kilograms per person per year.
• The 2023 listed total was 47,799 thousand tonnes across 49 reporters with reported values.
• Among 49 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, listed sugar cane food supply increased by 6,217 thousand tonnes, or 15.0 percent.
• The FAO Food element measures food available for human consumption and is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten.

Key Takeaways

India's listed sugar cane food supply reached 26,557 thousand tonnes in 2023, up 7,396 thousand tonnes in a single year. Thailand held second place at 4,248 thousand tonnes and Egypt third at 4,059 thousand tonnes, despite Egypt's 693-thousand-tonne decline on the year. Madagascar's 65.7 kilograms per person per year is the highest per-capita figure, with Thailand next at 59.24 kilograms.

Between 2022 and 2023, listed supply across all 49 reporters rose from 41,582 thousand tonnes to 47,799 thousand tonnes, a gain of 6,217 thousand tonnes (15.0 percent). India's increase alone exceeded the net gain, offset by declines in Egypt, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria and Madagascar. Since 2019, the common-reporter total has grown 29.3 percent, with India contributing 82.0 percent of that growth. These figures represent food available for human consumption in the FAO Food Balances and should not be interpreted as the amount of sugar cane actually eaten.

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#	Country	2023 (thousand tonnes)2023	2023 (kg per person per year)2023
1	India IN	26.56K	18.47
2	Thailand TH	4.25K	59.24
3	Egypt EG	4.06K	35.44
4	Brazil BR	3.4K	16.08
5	Madagascar MG	2.05K	65.7
6	Kenya KE	1.28K	23.1
7	Nepal NP	1.09K	36.8
8	Nigeria NG	714	3.13
9	DR Congo CD	629	5.94
10	Iran IR	571	6.3
11	Pakistan PK	488	1.97
12	Tanzania TZ	365	5.48
13	Laos LA	280	36.51
14	Sri Lanka LK	241	10.5
15	Cameroon CM	232	8.18
16	Bangladesh BD	231	1.35
17	Philippines PH	217	1.88
18	Vietnam VN	200	1.99
19	Uganda UG	158	3.25
20	Ghana GH	142	4.21
21	Mozambique MZ	142	4.23
22	Taiwan TW	81	3.45
23	Liberia LR	72	13.12
24	Mauritius MU	72	56.47
25	Ivory Coast CI	63	2.03
26	Senegal SN	63	3.51
27	Mexico MX	61	0.47
28	Haiti HT	49	4.23
29	Saudi Arabia SA	29	0.88
30	Gabon GA	7	2.83
31	French Polynesia PF	3	9.79
32	Suriname SR	3	4.45
33	United Arab Emirates AE	2	0.19
34	Bahrain BH	1	0.41
35	Ecuador EC	1	0.08
36	Kuwait KW	1	0.3
37	Macau MO	1	0.93
38	Bhutan BT	0	0.25
39	Botswana BW	0	0.01
40	Namibia NA	0	0.06
41	Nauru NR	0	0
42	Qatar QA	0	0.09
43	Russia RU	0	0
44	Samoa WS	0	0.05
45	Serbia RS	0	0
46	Seychelles SC	0	0
47	South Korea KR	0	0
48	Syria SY	0	0
49	Uruguay UY	0	0

Sugar Cane Consumption by Country in 2023

India's 26,557 thousand tonnes make up 55.6 percent of the 47,799-thousand-tonne listed total. Thailand follows at 4,248 thousand tonnes (8.9 percent) and Egypt at 4,059 thousand tonnes (8.5 percent), with Brazil fourth at 3,395 thousand tonnes and Madagascar fifth at 2,050 thousand tonnes.

The top three reporters hold 72.9 percent of the listed total, the top five 84.3 percent and the top ten 93.3 percent.

India's 7,396-Thousand-Tonne Jump Drives a 15.0 Percent Rise Between 2022 and 2023

All 49 reporters have data in both 2022 and 2023, so the listed food supply moved from 41,582 thousand tonnes to 47,799 thousand tonnes with no composition effects, a gain of 6,217 thousand tonnes (15.0 percent). India added 7,396 thousand tonnes (up 38.6 percent), or 119.0 percent of the net increase, while Brazil added 245 thousand tonnes (up 7.8 percent) and Thailand 83 thousand tonnes (up 2.0 percent). The offset came from Egypt with a 693-thousand-tonne fall (down 14.6 percent), Kenya with 548 thousand tonnes (down 30.0 percent), Mozambique with 121 thousand tonnes (down 46.0 percent), Nigeria with 86 thousand tonnes (down 10.8 percent) and Madagascar with 77 thousand tonnes (down 3.6 percent).

India Contributes Four-Fifths of the 29.3 Percent Growth Since 2019

For the 45 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply rose from 36,974 thousand tonnes to 47,798 thousand tonnes, a gain of 10,824 thousand tonnes (29.3 percent). The 2019 total includes 45 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 total includes 49; Ecuador, Nauru, Syria and Uruguay entered, contributing a combined 1 thousand tonnes. India added 8,879 thousand tonnes (up 50.2 percent), or 82.0 percent of the increase, followed by Kenya with 625 thousand tonnes (up 95.7 percent), Thailand with 613 thousand tonnes (up 16.9 percent), Egypt with 461 thousand tonnes (up 12.8 percent), Madagascar with 265 thousand tonnes (up 14.8 percent) and the Philippines with 208 thousand tonnes (up 2,311.1 percent from 9 thousand tonnes), while Vietnam fell 646 thousand tonnes (down 76.4 percent) and Brazil fell 249 thousand tonnes (down 6.8 percent).

India's trajectory defines the series: up 50.2 percent since 2019 and up 38.6 percent in the last year alone, its 2023 food supply exceeds the other 48 reporters combined. The sharpest relative moves sit at the table's edges, with the Philippines multiplying more than twenty-fold from a 9-thousand-tonne base and Vietnam losing more than three-quarters of its 2019 quantity.

What Does Sugar Cane Consumption Measure?

For FAO Food Balances, the sugar cane figure used here is the amount of sugar cane recorded under the Food element. It represents food available for human consumption during the reference year, rather than a direct estimate of how much sugar cane people actually consumed. It is a different measure from sugar: refined and raw sugar are recorded under their own items, so this page says nothing about a country's sugar consumption.

The per-capita figure expresses the same food supply on a population basis, in kilograms per person per year. A country's total quantity and per-capita value therefore answer different questions: total quantity shows the size of the listed food supply, while the per-capita measure adjusts it for population.

Sugar Cane Consumption by Country

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#	Country	2019 (1000 t)	2019 (kg/cap/yr)	2020 (1000 t)	2020 (kg/cap/yr)	2021 (1000 t)	2021 (kg/cap/yr)	2022 (1000 t)	2022 (kg/cap/yr)	2023 (1000 t)	2023 (kg/cap/yr)
1	India	17.68K	12.73	20.06K	14.3	21.95K	15.52	19.16K	13.44	26.56K	18.47
2	Thailand	3.64K	50.82	3.39K	47.29	1.92K	26.73	4.17K	58.07	4.25K	59.24
3	Egypt	3.6K	33.45	3.46K	31.61	3.96K	35.71	4.75K	42.19	4.06K	35.44
4	Brazil	3.64K	17.57	3.28K	15.74	3.12K	14.9	3.15K	14.98	3.4K	16.08
5	Madagascar	1.79K	63.25	1.9K	65.62	1.94K	65.34	2.13K	69.87	2.05K	65.7
6	Kenya	653	12.75	1.97K	37.69	2.02K	37.98	1.83K	33.66	1.28K	23.1
7	Nepal	939	33.04	1.16K	40.03	1.07K	36.22	1.09K	36.8	1.09K	36.8
8	Nigeria	672	3.21	779	3.64	634	2.9	800	3.59	714	3.13
9	DR Congo	431	4.64	550	5.72	576	5.8	609	5.94	629	5.94
10	Iran	369	4.23	600	6.84	620	7.01	640	7.14	571	6.3
11	Pakistan	598	2.59	218	0.93	41	0.17	521	2.14	488	1.97
12	Tanzania	407	6.87	409	6.71	357	5.69	360	5.56	365	5.48
13	Laos	266	36.7	265	36.11	202	27.17	264	34.87	280	36.51
14	Sri Lanka	133	5.95	372	16.49	220	9.7	203	8.89	241	10.5
15	Cameroon	219	8.58	294	11.21	230	8.54	290	10.49	232	8.18
16	Bangladesh	213	1.29	239	1.44	247	1.47	227	1.34	231	1.35
17	Philippines	9	0.08	15	0.14	263	2.32	235	2.06	217	1.88
18	Vietnam	846	8.7	400	4.08	558	5.64	200	2.01	200	1.99
19	Uganda	209	4.86	87	1.97	97	2.11	102	2.16	158	3.25
20	Ghana	141	4.52	138	4.33	145	4.46	142	4.27	142	4.21
21	Mozambique	266	8.9	225	7.31	246	7.77	263	8.05	142	4.23
22	Taiwan	1	0.03	57	2.39	40	1.7	108	4.62	81	3.45
23	Liberia	80	15.88	80	15.47	72	13.59	72	13.36	72	13.12
24	Mauritius	37	28.53	33	25.74	48	37.27	69	54.21	72	56.47
25	Ivory Coast	0	0	8	0.28	63	2.14	63	2.06	63	2.03
26	Senegal	7	0.44	5	0.3	6	0.37	0	0	63	3.51
27	Mexico	65	0.52	60	0.47	44	0.35	45	0.35	61	0.47
28	Haiti	43	3.9	57	5.04	46	4.09	49	4.27	49	4.23
29	Saudi Arabia	14	0.47	11	0.36	14	0.44	20	0.61	29	0.88
30	Gabon	7	3.24	7	3.1	7	2.84	5	2.05	7	2.83
31	French Polynesia	3	9.29	3	9.78	3	9.69	3	9.95	3	9.79
32	Suriname	3	4.13	2	3.59	3	4.37	3	4.42	3	4.45
33	United Arab Emirates	1	0.07	1	0.06	1	0.09	1	0.08	2	0.19
34	Bahrain	0	0.03	0	0.02	0	0.03	0	0.03	1	0.41
35	Ecuador	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	0.24	1	0.08
36	Kuwait	0	0	1	0.14	1	0.26	1	0.2	1	0.3
37	Macau	1	1.91	0	0.53	1	0.76	0	0.65	1	0.93
38	Bhutan	0	0.47	0	0.44	0	0.34	0	0.27	0	0.25
39	Botswana	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.03	0	0.02	0	0.01
40	Namibia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.06
41	Nauru	-	-	-	-	0	0.06	0	0	0	0
42	Qatar	0	0.01	-	-	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.09
43	Russia	1	0.01	1	0.01	1	0.01	0	0	0	0
44	Samoa	0	0.04	0	0.05	0	0.03	0	0.05	0	0.05
45	Serbia	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0	0
46	Seychelles	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.05	0	0
47	South Korea	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0
48	Syria	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0.01	0	0
49	Uruguay	-	-	-	-	0	0	8	2.48	0	0

Quick Answer

In 2023, India had the largest listed food supply of sugar cane at 26,557 thousand tonnes, followed by Thailand at 4,248 thousand tonnes and Egypt at 4,059 thousand tonnes. Madagascar had the highest per-capita food supply at 65.7 kilograms per person per year. The dataset contains 49 reporters, all reporting a 2023 value. The figures represent food available for human consumption in FAO Food Balances and are not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten.

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals use FAO Food Balances food quantity (Element 5142, thousand tonnes), while the per-capita figures use food supply quantity (Element 645, kg/capita/year) for Sugar cane from 2019 through 2023. The Food element represents the quantity available for human consumption during the reference period. It is not a direct measure of the quantity actually eaten, as additional losses or waste may occur after food reaches the consumer.

The reporter universe contains 49 reporters. The tables list reporters only; aggregate rows such as World, regions and China (aggregate) are excluded, while China figures refer to the China reporter. For year-to-year comparisons, only reporters with values in both endpoint years are included in the arithmetic. A zero indicates a displayed value of zero, while an empty cell indicates that no value is available for that reporter and year.

Quantities of 1,000 thousand tonnes and above are shown as whole numbers; smaller quantities retain up to two decimals. FAO Food Balances primarily use official national statistics, with some data also estimated or imputed where applicable. The FAO dataset reports the Food element in thousand tonnes and food supply quantity in kilograms per capita per year. The 2023 listed total of 47,799 thousand tonnes is the sum of the 49 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value.