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Which Country Produces the Most Sugar Canes?

Sugar Cane Production (kt), 2014 or latest
Agriculture | March 17, 2020
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Based on a comparison of 89 countries in 2014, Brazil ranked the highest in sugar cane production with 727,542 kt followed by India and China. On the other end of the scale was Djibouti with 0.052 kt, Spain with 0.100 kt and Oman with 1.18 kt.

Total sugar cane production reached 1,825,112 kt in 2014 in the World according to Faostat. This is 3 % less than in the previous year and 26.8 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total sugar cane production reached an all time high of 1,879,814 kt in 2013 and an all time low of 422,581 kt in 1962. The average annual growth amounted to 2.76 % since 1961.

The top ranked country, Brazil, accounted for 39.9 % of sugar cane production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 65.7 % share while the ten largest countries some 83.4 % in 2014.

Data for more countries are available at Sugar Cane Production indicator page.

Sugar Cane Production Unit 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Argentina kt 26,960 26,960 18,890 19,807 19,766
Australia kt 32,621 30,284 31,457 25,182 25,957
Brazil kt 645,300 691,606 717,464 734,006 721,077
China kt 124,152 115,587 110,789 114,435 123,460
Colombia kt 32,300 36,700 33,300 34,890 33,364
Guatemala kt 20,312 21,526 22,314 20,586 23,653
India kt 348,188 285,029 292,302 342,382 361,037
Indonesia kt 25,600 26,400 26,600 24,000 28,700
Mexico kt 51,091 49,493 50,422 49,735 50,946
Pakistan kt 63,920 50,045 49,373 55,309 58,397
Philippines kt 34,000 32,500 28,000 30,000 32,000
South Africa kt 19,255 18,655 16,016 16,800 17,278
Thailand kt 73,502 66,816 68,808 95,950 98,400
USA kt 25,041 27,607 24,821 26,512 29,236
Vietnam kt 16,146 15,608 16,162 17,540 19,041

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