Sugar cane Production by Country 2026

Official 2018-2024 FAO sugar cane production by country data, paired with 2026 estimates for 94 territories, captures the world sugar cane production scale. Brazil and India are by far the largest sugar cane producers, together accounting for over 60% of listed output.

Sugar Cane Production: 2024 FAO Scale and Concentration

Sugar cane is a very large crop by tonnage, and the 2024 country table is led by two producers rather than a wide top tier. Listed output reached about 1.93 billion tonnes in 2024 after excluding blank latest-year rows and the duplicate aggregate China line. Brazil produced 759,662,482 tonnes in 2024, equal to about 39.3% of the listed total. India followed with 453,158,494 tonnes, giving the two countries a combined share of about 62.8%.

The geographic spread reflects cane's tropical growing belt, with the full country-level ranking below.

Sugar Cane Production by Country (2024 FAO Data)

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#	Country	2024 (Tonne)
1	Brazil BR	759,662,482
2	India IN	453,158,494
3	China CN	102,094,400
4	Pakistan PK	84,235,451
5	Thailand TH	82,435,400
6	Mexico MX	53,051,362
7	Indonesia ID	32,000,000
8	Colombia CO	31,856,922
9	United States US	31,609,950
10	Australia AU	29,855,156
11	Guatemala GT	22,907,870
12	Philippines PH	18,694,653
13	South Africa ZA	16,741,000
14	Egypt EG	13,314,260
15	Argentina AR	12,255,902
16	Peru PE	12,038,562
17	Myanmar MM	11,997,881
18	Vietnam VN	11,843,773
19	Bolivia BO	11,447,542
20	Kenya KE	9,365,300
21	Iran IR	9,151,144
22	Cuba CU	9,050,600
23	El Salvador SV	7,310,908
24	Nicaragua NI	7,042,715
25	Paraguay PY	6,864,550
26	Zimbabwe ZW	6,617,424
27	Ecuador EC	6,378,739
28	Uganda UG	6,104,830
29	Honduras HN	5,753,700
30	Eswatini SZ	5,534,000
31	Dominican Republic DO	4,948,100
32	Zambia ZM	4,893,717
33	Sudan SD	4,220,463
34	Costa Rica CR	4,139,275
35	Venezuela VE	3,657,766
36	Tanzania TZ	3,343,955
37	Madagascar MG	3,162,265
38	Malawi MW	2,965,639
39	Bangladesh BD	2,933,694
40	Nepal NP	2,760,495
41	DR Congo CD	2,505,252
42	Mauritius MU	2,195,802
43	Ivory Coast CI	2,156,598
44	Panama PA	1,850,000
45	Mozambique MZ	1,787,640
46	Belize BZ	1,669,432
47	Laos LA	1,643,600
48	Haiti HT	1,539,615
49	Nigeria NG	1,509,133
50	Fiji FJ	1,332,000
51	Senegal SN	1,307,696
52	Angola AO	1,291,857
53	Japan JP	1,157,310
54	Ethiopia ET	997,296
55	Cameroon CM	872,377
56	Sri Lanka LK	696,971
57	Congo CG	677,152
58	Cambodia KH	645,720
59	Mali ML	585,215
60	Uruguay UY	541,167
61	Burkina Faso BF	516,138
62	Niger NE	476,922
63	Taiwan TW	474,537
64	Jamaica JM	428,896
65	Morocco MA	366,460
66	Guinea GN	321,921
67	Guyana GY	320,978
68	Chad TD	307,701
69	Papua New Guinea PG	306,330
70	Liberia LR	279,690
71	Gabon GA	273,073
72	Somalia SO	215,200
73	Ghana GH	156,723
74	Rwanda RW	156,259
75	Burundi BI	139,352
76	Central African Republic CF	124,628
77	Suriname SR	91,128
78	Sierra Leone SL	83,182
79	Benin BJ	80,553
80	Barbados BB	64,871
81	Bahamas BS	63,848
82	Afghanistan AF	53,326
83	Cape Verde CV	22,040
84	Malaysia MY	16,925
85	Guinea-Bissau GW	7,008
86	Grenada GD	5,236
87	Dominica DM	4,908
88	French Polynesia PF	3,572
89	Vanuatu VU	1800
90	Oman OM	1746
91	Bhutan BT	281
92	Brunei BN	56
93	Djibouti DJ	56
94	Samoa WS	12
95	Kuwait KW	5

Brazil and India Carry Most of the Cane Weight

Brazil stayed far ahead of every other country even after easing from 782,058,236 tonnes in 2023 to 759,662,482 tonnes in 2024. India also remained far above the rest of the field, although its 2024 output fell from 490,533,351 tonnes a year earlier. The gap after the first two countries is large. China ranked third at 102,094,400 tonnes in 2024, while Pakistan and Thailand were close together at 84,235,451 and 82,435,400 tonnes.

Thailand Recovered From Its 2021 Low

Thailand is the clearest large-country swing in the upper table. Its production fell to 66,725,460 tonnes in 2021, then moved back to 92,162,730 tonnes in 2022 and 93,981,770 tonnes in 2023 before settling at 82,435,400 tonnes in 2024. Several other producers moved the other way over the same period. The Philippines dropped from 26,277,402 tonnes in 2021 to 18,694,653 tonnes in 2024, while Argentina moved from 16,530,000 tonnes to 12,255,902 tonnes.

Weather and Mill Timing Matter More Than Small-Country Gains

Cane is heavy, perishable, and tied closely to rainfall, harvest timing, and nearby milling capacity. That means a poor season in a large producer can change the global picture more than steady gains in smaller rows. The 2024 table shows this scale effect clearly. Brazil alone produced more than 8 times China's mainland total, and India produced more than the combined 2024 output of China, Pakistan, Thailand, Mexico, Indonesia, and Colombia.

2026 Estimates Keep the Same Big-Country Order

The recalculated 2026 estimates keep Brazil first at about 790,405,552 tonnes and India second at about 497,203,036 tonnes. China remains third in the forecast table at 100,127,388 tonnes, while Thailand rises above Pakistan because its recent weighted base still reflects the recovery from the weak 2021 crop. The model is cautious with countries that show sharp reversals. Cuba, Ecuador, Mozambique, and Guyana all have forecasts below earlier highs because their recent rows do not support a clean return to peak production.

Sugar Cane Production by Country: 2018-2024 Data and 2026 Estimates

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#	Country	2026 (est.)	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018
1	Brazil	790,405,552	759,662,482	782,058,236	725,729,052	715,679,276	756,070,576	753,470,465	747,556,774
2	India	497,203,036	453,158,494	490,533,351	439,424,890	405,398,710	370,500,300	405,416,180	379,904,850
3	China	100,127,388	102,094,400	104,565,500	103,381,300	106,663,800	108,121,000	109,388,100	108,097,100
4	Pakistan	83,125,414	84,235,451	87,637,669	87,981,135	88,650,593	81,009,261	66,379,581	67,173,975
5	Thailand	98,702,391	82,435,400	93,981,770	92,162,730	66,725,460	74,968,070	131,002,173	135,073,799
6	Mexico	52,864,686	53,051,362	55,589,515	55,556,083	55,247,516	53,841,557	59,334,059	56,841,523
7	Indonesia	31,648,269	32,000,000	31,000,000	32,400,000	32,200,000	29,300,000	29,100,000	29,500,000
8	Colombia	30,986,249	31,856,922	32,189,251	35,723,117	34,583,307	36,364,744	33,835,406	33,454,409
9	United States	32,317,308	31,609,950	29,897,180	31,453,000	29,790,130	32,749,370	28,972,760	31,335,980
10	Australia	29,599,252	29,855,156	32,589,391	28,669,280	31,133,488	30,283,457	32,415,352	33,506,830
11	Guatemala	22,157,004	22,907,870	23,971,750	25,845,178	25,525,851	27,669,110	29,865,166	27,665,415
12	Philippines	16,632,288	18,694,653	21,650,938	23,455,404	26,277,402	24,398,941	20,719,291	24,730,820
13	South Africa	17,026,754	16,741,000	17,944,000	17,911,000	17,199,000	18,220,000	19,242,000	19,301,688
14	Egypt	12,447,426	13,314,260	14,252,296	15,564,534	15,959,305	15,860,450	15,335,972	15,823,103
15	Argentina	11,119,577	12,255,902	14,486,707	15,500,000	16,530,000	17,500,000	18,251,074	18,579,894
16	Peru	11,790,050	12,038,562	11,919,221	11,968,231	12,344,085	12,846,610	13,468,207	11,715,260
17	Myanmar	11,930,277	11,997,881	11,035,062	10,880,602	11,333,345	11,551,111	11,846,176	11,397,183
18	Vietnam	12,480,133	11,843,773	11,843,773	11,088,957	10,740,873	11,534,589	15,685,618	17,945,204
19	Bolivia	11,716,877	11,447,542	10,307,309	9,659,111	10,057,104	10,094,423	9,558,472	9,616,440
20	Kenya	8,603,305	9,365,300	5,556,100	8,799,800	7,659,100	6,810,898	4,606,100	5,262,157
21	Iran	9,774,663	9,151,144	8,633,207	8,258,193	7,840,012	8,256,209	8,572,287	9,100,206
22	Cuba	7,014,692	9,050,600	5,100,000	7,000,000	10,230,634	13,871,764	17,000,000	12,600,000
23	El Salvador	7,049,393	7,310,908	7,200,000	7,350,297	7,681,286	7,508,773	7,681,286	7,295,505
24	Nicaragua	7,314,735	7,042,715	6,992,541	6,829,944	7,351,421	6,964,837	7,053,833	-
25	Paraguay	6,283,823	6,864,550	6,858,400	5,048,888	7,221,100	7,430,975	5,819,500	6,160,000
26	Zimbabwe	7,005,596	6,617,424	6,537,204	6,049,404	5,886,527	5,860,931	5,562,674	5,440,560
27	Ecuador	5,843,766	6,378,739	6,253,732	7,740,492	11,372,505	11,016,167	9,257,700	7,502,251
28	Uganda	6,285,434	6,104,830	6,197,640	6,161,677	5,900,000	5,360,000	5,500,000	5,503,000
29	Honduras	6,296,230	5,753,700	5,376,500	5,507,700	4,815,043	5,030,354	5,409,014	5,526,000
30	Eswatini	5,623,519	5,534,000	5,220,000	5,539,396	5,266,602	5,759,016	5,690,255	5,691,561
31	Dominican Republic	4,968,467	4,948,100	5,669,711	5,799,880	5,505,530	5,317,273	4,895,891	5,809,353
32	Zambia	5,253,273	4,893,717	4,750,000	4,550,000	4,250,000	4,479,027	4,682,000	4,630,000
33	Sudan	4,306,889	4,220,463	4,450,000	4,577,998	4,300,000	5,136,899	5,449,000	6,084,000
34	Costa Rica	3,968,798	4,139,275	3,422,767	3,897,888	3,995,020	4,194,597	4,009,954	4,007,955
35	Venezuela	3,393,149	3,657,766	3,539,546	2,814,056	3,755,880	3,335,090	3,104,097	3,206,225
36	Tanzania	3,361,681	3,343,955	3,321,957	3,388,832	3,321,077	3,255,960	3,589,459	3,117,812
37	Madagascar	3,171,617	3,162,265	3,170,056	3,164,340	3,152,400	3,193,430	3,147,189	3,116,580
38	Malawi	2,853,684	2,965,639	2,648,500	2,896,300	2,970,231	2,958,780	2,881,000	2,903,000
39	Bangladesh	2,736,384	2,933,694	2,982,546	3,087,428	3,332,546	3,682,951	3,141,923	3,638,731
40	Nepal	2,683,371	2,760,495	3,130,109	3,159,634	3,183,943	3,400,176	3,557,934	3,558,182
41	DR Congo	2,229,736	2,505,252	2,471,668	2,416,432	2,934,058	2,700,000	2,351,848	2,223,155
42	Mauritius	2,005,956	2,195,802	2,452,653	2,256,806	2,669,667	2,620,874	3,405,250	3,154,515
43	Ivory Coast	2,161,786	2,156,598	2,130,500	2,130,000	2,129,217	1,970,000	2,100,000	2,026,300
44	Panama	1,617,101	1,850,000	1,750,000	1,800,000	2,190,705	2,521,268	2,423,049	2,659,360
45	Mozambique	1,744,289	1,787,640	1,621,251	2,969,375	2,781,587	2,737,556	3,913,000	3,139,000
46	Belize	1,509,797	1,669,432	1,488,960	1,803,634	1,893,663	1,536,864	1,794,029	1,707,537
47	Laos	1,818,472	1,643,600	1,653,980	1,502,200	1,141,200	1,337,329	1,490,470	1,834,525
48	Haiti	1,528,519	1,539,615	1,536,757	1,529,917	1,552,171	1,528,184	1,509,395	1,490,408
49	Nigeria	1,511,354	1,509,133	1,511,250	1,509,331	1,506,817	1,517,600	1,503,576	1,499,276
50	Fiji	1,404,343	1,332,000	1,565,564	1,639,000	1,417,000	1,726,000	1,806,000	1,697,000
51	Senegal	1,324,506	1,307,696	1,280,176	1,271,000	1,260,000	1,300,000	1,390,000	1,378,000
52	Angola	1,424,847	1,291,857	1,181,000	1,013,000	1,002,000	865,000	755,000	639,421
53	Japan	1,067,031	1,157,310	1,182,000	1,272,000	1,359,000	1,336,000	1,174,000	1,196,000
54	Ethiopia	928,957	997,296	1,084,330	815,327	1,092,232	1,345,431	1,499,134	1,294,081
55	Cameroon	770,324	872,377	980,000	1,100,000	1,195,113	1,321,072	1,489,622	1,332,900
56	Sri Lanka	683,802	696,971	805,616	876,660	825,541	855,045	653,053	644,785
57	Congo	678,235	677,152	678,780	676,585	676,092	683,663	670,000	674,612
58	Cambodia	640,139	645,720	645,915	639,011	652,233	646,500	618,300	691,900
59	Mali	557,521	585,215	605,000	665,000	665,000	660,000	650,000	584,159
60	Uruguay	597,741	541,167	542,000	523,700	462,000	417,000	416,900	356,500
61	Burkina Faso	517,944	516,138	513,768	511,397	510,967	505,251	501,987	498,869
62	Niger	469,560	476,922	543,188	650,000	653,355	436,995	320,661	258,091
63	Taiwan	424,357	474,537	509,526	515,779	594,724	530,796	575,347	621,871
64	Jamaica	393,099	428,896	414,769	479,957	499,044	522,503	744,165	1,028,400
65	Morocco	365,105	366,460	385,310	571,894	613,254	792,492	518,956	616,114
66	Guinea	323,181	321,921	323,596	321,503	320,665	316,024	314,436	311,691
67	Guyana	445,390	320,978	678,480	700,149	830,526	1,217,154	1,119,149	1,214,495
68	Chad	304,079	307,701	301,540	300,872	308,320	302,670	297,553	341,323
69	Papua New Guinea	278,749	306,330	300,000	319,000	354,000	351,133	350,000	350,000
70	Liberia	280,607	279,690	278,831	277,971	277,423	275,802	275,111	274,326
71	Gabon	262,581	273,073	251,867	223,500	264,100	272,736	282,442	290,504
72	Somalia	205,456	215,200	213,000	254,000	242,200	213,000	233,000	230,000
73	Ghana	157,077	156,723	156,166	155,609	155,611	154,675	153,813	152,724
74	Rwanda	147,770	156,259	101,979	113,956	112,051	109,992	101,576	98,521
75	Burundi	138,536	139,352	140,417	193,892	157,913	190,950	182,919	178,439
76	Central African Republic	126,250	124,628	125,504	125,503	122,878	128,133	125,500	115,000
77	Suriname	93,097	91,128	92,412	97,420	90,651	75,000	80,000	100,600
78	Sierra Leone	82,790	83,182	82,687	82,204	83,254	82,220	81,662	80,933
79	Benin	81,470	80,553	75,500	75,500	75,500	75,500	75,500	75,500
80	Barbados	70,535	64,871	94,000	95,955	92,129	91,389	84,589	146,831
81	Bahamas	63,795	63,848	63,432	63,016	63,490	62,966	62,251	61,739
82	Afghanistan	61,957	53,326	56,000	58,394	41,434	40,292	36,538	25,421
83	Cape Verde	21,921	22,040	22,940	22,930	22,900	22,940	22,940	22,940
84	Malaysia	15,858	16,925	20,364	25,032	25,591	23,519	20,761	23,475
85	Guinea-Bissau	7,023	7,008	6,976	7,060	6,987	6,882	6,843	6,790
86	Grenada	6,176	5,236	8,664	6,276	5,618	3,282	4,858	5,828
87	Dominica	4,915	4,908	4,901	4,894	4,890	4,873	4,869	4,869
88	French Polynesia	3,596	3,572	3,553	3,535	3,517	3,493	3,460	3,438
89	Vanuatu	1800	1800	1800	1800	1800	1800	1800	1800
90	Oman	1824	1746	1714	1704	1610	1500	1650	1650
91	Bhutan	281	281	278	308	256	271	396	101
92	Brunei	56	56	64	81	76	102	64	56
93	Djibouti	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56
94	Samoa	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
95	Kuwait	4	5	3	2	2	2	3	5