Sugar Crops Consumption by Country

India held 26,557 thousand tonnes of listed sugar crops food supply in 2023, 55.5 percent of a 47,874-thousand-tonne total and 6.25 times the second-ranked reporter. The single-year change rested almost entirely on one country: India added 7,396 thousand tonnes, more than the net increase of 6,230, as increases in Brazil and Thailand were outweighed by declines in Egypt, Kenya and several other reporters. The per-capita ranking is led by smaller producers such as Madagascar and Thailand rather than by India, whose 18.47 kilograms per person sits just inside the top ten.

India leads at 26,557 thousand tonnes, far ahead of Thailand at 4,248 and Egypt at 4,059, with Brazil fourth at 3,395 and Madagascar fifth at 2,050. Per capita the order changes completely: Madagascar at 65.70 kilograms from 2,050 thousand tonnes, then Thailand at 59.24 and Mauritius at 56.47 kilograms, while India's 26,557 thousand tonnes translate to 18.47 kilograms per person.

Sugar Crops Food Supply at a Glance

• India had the largest listed sugar crops 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 65.70 kilograms per person per year.
• The listed total was 47,874 thousand tonnes across 59 reporters with reported values.
• Among 52 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed sugar crops food supply increased by 10,824 thousand tonnes, or 29.2 percent.
• The FAO Food element measures food available for human consumption and is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten.

Key Takeaways

This aggregate combines the sugar-crop items included in the FAO Food Balances classification, principally sugar cane and sugar beet. The reporter universe is small: only 61 reporters appear with any value over the window, and the top three account for 72.8 percent of the listed total.

India's grip on the aggregate tightened over the period. Its share rose as its food supply climbed 50.2 percent between 2019 and 2023, while Vietnam fell 76.4 percent and several mid-sized reporters moved only modestly. Because so much of the total sits with one reporter, the aggregate's movement tracks India's supply far more than any global shift.

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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	Colombia CO	29	0.56
30	Saudi Arabia SA	29	0.88
31	Venezuela VE	20	0.69
32	Australia AU	12	0.44
33	Dominican Republic DO	12	1.08
34	Gabon GA	7	2.83
35	French Polynesia PF	3	9.79
36	Suriname SR	3	4.45
37	United Arab Emirates AE	2	0.19
38	Bahrain BH	1	0.41
39	Ecuador EC	1	0.08
40	Kuwait KW	1	0.3
41	Macau MO	1	0.93
42	New Zealand NZ	1	0.14
43	Oman OM	1	0.11
44	Bhutan BT	0	0.25
45	Botswana BW	0	0.01
46	Ireland IE	0	0
47	Marshall Islands MH	0	0.02
48	Montenegro ME	0	0
49	Namibia NA	0	0.06
50	Nauru NR	0	0
51	Qatar QA	0	0.09
52	Russia RU	0	0
53	Samoa WS	0	0.05
54	Serbia RS	0	0
55	Seychelles SC	0	0
56	South Korea KR	0	0
57	Syria SY	0	0
58	Uruguay UY	0	0
59	Uzbekistan UZ	0	0.01

India Holds 55.5 Percent of the Listed Sugar Crops Total

The 2023 table is led by India at 26,557 thousand tonnes, with Thailand second at 4,248 and Egypt third at 4,059. Brazil and Madagascar complete the top five at 3,395 and 2,050 thousand tonnes, respectively, followed by Kenya at 1,278 and Nepal at 1,093.

India holds 55.5 percent of the 47,874-thousand-tonne listed total, and its supply is 6.25 times Thailand's. The top three reporters accounted for 72.8 percent of the listed total, the top five 84.2 percent and the top ten 93.1 percent. The per-capita table inverts the picture: Madagascar leads at 65.70 kilograms per person per year from a total of just 2,050 thousand tonnes, and Thailand at 59.24 kilograms is the only top-three reporter by volume that also ranks near the top per person.

India Adds 7,396 Thousand Tonnes as Several Major Reporters Decline

Among the 59 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply increased from 41,644 thousand tonnes to 47,874 thousand tonnes, a gain of 6,230 thousand tonnes (15.0 percent). The two years share the same 59 reporters, with no reporter entering or leaving the comparison. India added 7,396 thousand tonnes (up 38.6 percent) and Brazil added 245 thousand tonnes (up 7.8 percent) and Thailand added 83 thousand tonnes (up 2.0 percent), while Egypt fell 693 thousand tonnes (down 14.6 percent), Kenya fell 548 thousand tonnes (down 30.0 percent), Mozambique fell 121 thousand tonnes (down 46.0 percent), Nigeria fell 86 thousand tonnes (down 10.8 percent) and Madagascar fell 77 thousand tonnes (down 3.6 percent).

India's gain alone exceeds the net annual change, which means the increase took place against a broad decline elsewhere. The headline 15.0 percent rise is therefore better read as India's surge offsetting falls in Egypt, Kenya and other reporters rather than as a general expansion.

India Accounts for 82 Percent of a 29.2 Percent Five-Year Rise

For the 52 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply rose from 37,025 thousand tonnes to 47,849 thousand tonnes, a gain of 10,824 thousand tonnes (29.2 percent). The 2019 total includes 54 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 total includes 59. India added 8,879 thousand tonnes (up 50.2 percent), Kenya added 625 thousand tonnes (up 95.7 percent), Thailand added 613 thousand tonnes (up 16.9 percent), Egypt added 461 thousand tonnes (up 12.8 percent), Madagascar added 265 thousand tonnes (up 14.8 percent) and the Philippines added 208 thousand tonnes (up more than twenty-fold from a very small base), while Vietnam fell 646 thousand tonnes (down 76.4 percent) and Brazil fell 249 thousand tonnes (down 6.8 percent).

India contributes 82.0 percent of the five-year net increase, so its role is even larger over five years than in the single year. Vietnam, a top-ten reporter in 2019 at 846 thousand tonnes, is the main counterweight after falling to 200 thousand tonnes. Seven reporters entered the 2023 comparison, but their combined supply of about 25 thousand tonnes is negligible against the total.

What Does the Sugar Crops Food Supply Measure?

For FAO Food Balances, the figure used here is the FAO item Sugar Crops recorded under the Food element as available for human consumption. It represents food available for human consumption during the reference year rather than a direct estimate of the amount of sugar crops people actually ate. Because it is an aggregate, it sums the sugar-crop items, principally sugar cane and sugar beet; refined and raw sugar itself is treated under a separate item and article.

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.

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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	Colombia	29	0.58	28	0.56	30	0.58	29	0.57	29	0.56
30	Saudi Arabia	14	0.47	11	0.36	14	0.44	21	0.65	29	0.88
31	Venezuela	21	0.71	22	0.77	20	0.7	20	0.7	20	0.69
32	Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	12	0.44
33	Dominican Republic	-	-	0	0	0	0	10	0.89	12	1.08
34	Gabon	7	3.24	7	3.1	7	2.84	5	2.05	7	2.83
35	French Polynesia	3	9.29	3	9.78	3	9.69	3	9.95	3	9.79
36	Suriname	3	4.13	2	3.59	3	4.37	3	4.42	3	4.45
37	United Arab Emirates	1	0.07	1	0.06	1	0.09	1	0.08	2	0.19
38	Bahrain	0	0.03	0	0.02	0	0.03	0	0.03	1	0.41
39	Ecuador	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	0.24	1	0.08
40	Kuwait	0	0	1	0.14	1	0.26	1	0.2	1	0.3
41	Macau	1	1.91	0	0.53	1	0.76	0	0.65	1	0.93
42	New Zealand	1	0.19	1	0.18	1	0.16	1	0.23	1	0.14
43	Oman	0	0.09	1	0.14	1	0.21	0	0	1	0.11
44	Bhutan	0	0.47	0	0.44	0	0.34	0	0.27	0	0.25
45	Botswana	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.03	0	0.02	0	0.01
46	Ireland	0	0.02	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0
47	Marshall Islands	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.02
48	Montenegro	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0
49	Namibia	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.06
50	Nauru	-	-	-	-	0	0.06	0	0	0	0
51	Qatar	0	0.01	-	-	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.09
52	Russia	1	0.01	1	0.01	1	0.01	0	0	0	0
53	Samoa	0	0.04	0	0.05	0	0.03	0	0.05	0	0.05
54	Serbia	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0	0
55	Seychelles	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.05	0	0
56	South Korea	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0
57	Syria	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0.01	0	0
58	Uruguay	-	-	-	-	0	0	8	2.48	0	0
59	Uzbekistan	-	-	1	0.02	1	0.02	1	0.01	0	0.01
60	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0.02	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
61	Kiribati	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.13	-	-	-	-

Sugar Crops Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

In 2023, according to FAO Food Balances, India had the largest listed sugar crops food supply among the 59 reporters with reported values, at 26,557 thousand tonnes. Thailand ranked second at 4,248 thousand tonnes, while Egypt ranked third at 4,059 thousand tonnes. Madagascar had the highest per-capita sugar crops food supply at 65.70 kilograms per person per year. These FAO Food Balances figures represent food available for human consumption, not a direct measurement of sugar crops 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 Crops 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 amount actually eaten, because food available for human consumption is not the same as actual dietary intake. No percentage change is shown where the base-year value is zero.

The reporter universe for this item contains 61 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 are shown in thousand tonnes as reported, without additional rounding. The FAO dataset reports the Food element in thousand tonnes and food supply quantity in kilograms per capita per year. The listed total of 47,874 thousand tonnes is the sum of the 59 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value. This article covers the sugar crops aggregate; sugar cane and sugar beet are treated individually in separate articles.