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Sugar Consumption Per Capita

Source: Faostat

Last Updated: Apr 9, 2021

Based on a comparison of 155 countries in 2018, Cuba ranked the highest in sugar consumption per capita with 51.0 kg followed by Trinidad and Tobago and Guatemala. On the other end of the scale was Niger with 0.010 kg, Myanmar with 0.920 kg and Dem. People's Republic of Korea with 3.19 kg.

Average sugar consumption per capita reached 20.4 kg in 2018 in the World according to Faostat. This is 1.32% more than in the previous year and 7.93% more than 10 years ago.

Historically, average sugar consumption per capita reached an all time high of 20.4 kg in 2018 and an all time low of 14.5 kg in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 0.602% since 1961.

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Country	Unit	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Afghanistan	kg																																	7.70	7.70	10.9	11.2	9.90
Albania	kg																																	16.1	15.6	16.4	16.3	15.8
Algeria	kg																																	26.9	26.5	27.2	27.4	27.6
Angola	kg																																	12.2	12.2	11.8	11.6	11.8
Argentina	kg																																	37.8	37.9	40.5	40.3	40.5
Armenia	kg	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																					33.5	34.5	27.5	28.8	27.3
Australia	kg																																	34.4	34.3	36.3	35.7	35.1
Austria	kg																																	37.6	37.7	39.9	42.0	43.6
Azerbaijan	kg	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																					13.4	13.6	19.0	20.7	20.7
Bahamas	kg																																	26.8	26.8	30.8	30.6	31.4
Bangladesh	kg																																	5.00	5.00	5.63	5.63	5.61
Belarus	kg	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																					34.3	33.0	31.8	24.9	27.6
Belgium	kg	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...													44.5	44.0	47.7	47.7	47.4
Belize	kg																																	38.6	39.0	43.7	43.0	42.7
Benin	kg																																	4.50	4.50	7.60	7.34	6.67
Bolivia	kg																																	23.3	23.5	24.8	23.4	24.4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	kg	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																					12.3	12.7	16.2	16.2	16.3
Botswana	kg																																	23.9	23.8	26.8	26.1	26.5
Brazil	kg																																	36.4	36.5	39.5	39.4	39.3
Brunei	kg																																	27.9	27.9	...	...	...	...	...
Bulgaria	kg																																	24.4	23.5	26.1	26.0	25.9
Burkina Faso	kg																																	5.00	5.20	7.67	7.90	8.26
Cambodia	kg																																	16.8	16.8	19.5	20.1	20.8
Cameroon	kg																																	8.40	8.90	9.12	8.59	8.36
Canada	kg																																	28.4	28.4	33.1	33.1	33.1
Central African Republic	kg																																	4.90	4.80	3.66	3.78	3.87
Chad	kg																																	8.20	8.60	9.75	9.80	9.52
Chile	kg																																	42.1	42.0	44.8	44.9	44.8
China	kg																																	6.00	6.00	7.68	7.41	6.52
Colombia	kg																																	23.9	22.8	32.9	30.5	32.2
Congo	kg																																	12.5	12.4	15.6	15.8	15.3
Costa Rica	kg																																	47.2	47.4	49.4	49.1	48.6
Croatia	kg	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																					33.7	34.2	38.2	35.0	35.5
Cuba	kg																																	53.6	53.4	53.4	52.9	52.1
Cyprus	kg																																	22.3	21.9	21.7	22.7	18.9
Czech Republic	kg																																	31.5	31.6	33.1	32.3	32.6
Dem. People's Republic of Korea	kg																																	4.20	4.10	4.18	4.00	4.55
Denmark	kg																																	38.1	38.1	41.9	42.0	42.1
Djibouti	kg																																	27.4	27.7	32.9	33.3	33.8
Dominican Republic	kg																																	29.6	29.1	38.3	36.9	37.2
East Timor	kg																																	7.40	7.50	14.6	14.2	13.7
Ecuador	kg																																	16.2	16.3	20.3	20.3	20.2
Egypt	kg																																	24.7	25.6	25.0	25.3	25.4
El Salvador	kg																																	36.1	36.0	38.3	38.7	38.7
Estonia	kg	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																					34.5	33.0	20.3	17.0	17.1
Ethiopia	kg																																	4.90	5.10	7.03	6.75	7.68
European Union	kg																																	31.8	31.8	...	...	...	...	...
Fiji	kg																																	34.7	34.3	22.4	22.3	22.3
Finland	kg																																	25.7	25.1	28.6	28.8	28.7
France	kg																																	32.5	32.0	34.6	36.0	36.1
Gabon	kg																																	14.3	14.3	14.7	14.7	14.7
Gambia	kg																																	22.9	23.1	27.0	27.7	27.8
Georgia	kg	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																					25.4	25.2	34.5	35.7	35.0
Germany	kg																																	34.5	34.6	36.4	36.7	36.6
Ghana	kg																																	10.5	10.6	11.6	11.7	11.9
Greece	kg																																	22.6	22.6	27.4	27.3	27.3
Guatemala	kg																																	47.1	46.6	42.3	42.4	42.0
Guinea	kg																																	12.3	12.3	12.3	11.9	12.0
Guinea Bissau	kg																																	10.8	10.8	2.58	2.48	3.33
Guyana	kg																																	32.0	31.9	30.8	30.3	29.8
Haiti	kg																																	16.0	15.4	17.6	17.3	17.5
Honduras	kg																																	37.9	38.1	41.6	41.1	42.1
Hong Kong	kg																																	30.4	30.5	...	...	...	...	...
Hungary	kg																																	13.0	13.0	19.3	19.2	19.2
Iceland	kg																																	34.2	34.1	33.1	33.1	32.7
India	kg																																	17.8	17.8	18.8	20.2	20.5
Indonesia	kg																																	12.2	12.3	15.3	15.4	15.6
Iraq	kg																																	15.9	16.5	17.0	17.0	17.0
Iran	kg																																	26.0	26.2	27.5	27.5	27.9
Ireland	kg																																	26.9	26.3	35.3	32.7	38.5
Israel	kg																																	24.7	25.5	24.5	24.0	23.6
Italy	kg																																	25.2	25.1	31.0	30.8	31.0
Ivory Coast	kg																																	8.60	8.80	7.31	8.50	8.98
Jamaica	kg																																	41.4	41.6	49.4	49.7	49.8
Japan	kg																																	15.2	15.0	16.7	16.5	16.7
Jordan	kg																																	39.4	39.9	38.5	36.3	33.1
Kazakhstan	kg	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																					25.6	25.1	30.7	30.9	30.0
Kenya	kg																																	14.7	14.6	14.9	15.6	15.0
Kuwait	kg																																	30.3	29.3	35.6	38.0	37.0
Kyrgyzstan	kg	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																					20.0	20.1	14.6	14.9	13.7
Laos	kg																																	4.30	4.30	5.19	5.27	5.17
Latvia	kg	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																					34.8	38.2	28.6	23.9	19.3
Lebanon	kg																																	38.7	39.2	39.0	39.1	38.4
Lesotho	kg																																	14.7	14.7	14.2	8.35	9.79
Liberia	kg																																	6.20	6.30	5.44	6.17	6.33
Lithuania	kg	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																					32.1	32.1	33.2	31.2	31.6
Luxembourg	kg	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...													10.2	10.5	14.7	14.2	11.9
Macao	kg																																	14.6	14.7	...	...	...	...	...
Macedonia	kg	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																					31.5	32.1	35.2	35.8	36.1
Madagascar	kg																																	6.80	6.80	7.48	7.56	7.69
Malawi	kg																																	10.2	9.90	10.4	10.6	9.53
Malaysia	kg																																	38.9	38.8	41.6	41.7	42.0
Maldives	kg																																	31.4	31.4	25.0	29.3	23.7
Mali	kg																																	10.0	9.40	10.6	10.9	11.2
Malta	kg																																	45.9	45.5	50.7	50.9	50.9
Mauritania	kg																																	32.5	32.4	36.9	36.9	36.7
Mauritius	kg																																	29.2	28.3	32.4	31.7	32.6
Mexico	kg																																	36.5	35.1	38.9	39.0	39.6
Moldova	kg	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																					20.7	21.7	15.3	15.1	15.2
Mongolia	kg																																	10.8	10.8	14.2	14.2	14.1
Montenegro	kg	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...							17.0	17.1	21.3	21.4	21.5
Morocco	kg																																	36.1	35.6	36.5	35.4	37.4
Mozambique	kg																																	10.4	10.3	11.9	12.2	12.3
Myanmar	kg																																	0.300	0.300	2.44	3.62	4.78
Namibia	kg																																	15.2	15.3	23.4	23.7	23.8
Nepal	kg																																	3.70	3.70	5.64	6.47	6.62
Netherlands	kg																																	40.7	40.6	42.1	42.3	40.9
New Zealand	kg																																	46.6	45.6	48.6	48.1	44.3
Nicaragua	kg																																	33.8	33.8	38.7	39.4	39.8
Niger	kg																																	4.60	4.50	5.09	5.30	4.44
Nigeria	kg																																	8.70	8.70	10.5	10.5	10.3
Norway	kg																																	29.0	28.7	29.8	29.4	28.3
Oman	kg																																	28.5	28.5	24.9	23.5	24.3
Pakistan	kg																																	22.8	23.3	22.7	22.6	23.5
Panama	kg																																	23.9	24.3	30.5	31.5	29.7
Papua New Guinea	kg	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	6.64	7.75	9.36
Paraguay	kg																																	22.5	22.5	27.5	27.5	27.7
Peru	kg																																	19.2	19.2	20.0	19.9	20.9
Philippines	kg																																	19.3	19.3	20.8	21.1	21.4
Poland	kg																																	39.7	39.9	43.9	40.1	44.5
Portugal	kg																																	22.0	21.9	23.3	24.1	24.1
Romania	kg																																	20.6	19.6	24.4	24.8	25.3
Russia	kg	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																					40.7	41.4	36.3	37.9	36.5
Rwanda	kg																																	4.60	4.80	7.47	8.16	8.06
Saudi Arabia	kg																																	30.0	29.7	29.9	30.0	30.0
Senegal	kg																																	13.5	13.6	15.8	14.2	15.5
Serbia	kg	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...							24.3	23.9	29.2	26.4	29.4
Sierra Leone	kg																																	4.60	4.20	4.24	4.24	5.51
Slovakia	kg																																	34.0	33.9	22.7	21.3	28.4
Slovenia	kg	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																					17.0	17.1	18.9	21.8	17.8
South Africa	kg																																	29.0	30.0	31.5	31.8	30.6
South Korea	kg																																	18.5	18.5	21.6	21.4	21.5
Spain	kg																																	21.7	21.6	30.7	30.7	31.6
Sri Lanka	kg																																	24.7	25.3	27.6	27.6	27.7
Sudan	kg																																...	21.6	21.6	29.9	30.3	30.2
Suriname	kg																																	41.8	41.9	43.4	42.7	41.7
Swaziland	kg																																	21.0	20.4	24.0	24.0	24.0
Sweden	kg																																	33.4	33.2	36.8	34.2	33.9
Switzerland	kg																																	49.7	49.6	47.7	44.0	43.7
Taiwan	kg																																	23.7	23.8	...	...	...	...	...
Tajikistan	kg	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																					16.3	16.2	17.3	17.2	17.5
Tanzania	kg																																	8.80	8.90	9.12	10.3	10.8
Thailand	kg																																	34.8	34.9	36.5	36.9	37.8
Togo	kg																																	9.60	10.0	11.4	11.5	13.3
Trinidad and Tobago	kg																																	52.5	51.6	50.2	50.3	50.2
Tunisia	kg																																	31.7	31.6	34.3	34.3	34.3
Turkey	kg																																	28.3	28.3	30.2	30.3	30.4
Turkmenistan	kg	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																					6.90	7.00	12.0	12.8	12.7
Uganda	kg																																	9.40	9.40	10.2	10.2	10.1
Ukraine	kg	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																					38.1	38.2	42.1	41.8	36.4
United Arab Emirates	kg																																	32.9	33.4	36.5	36.4	33.5
United Kingdom	kg																																	34.3	34.1	35.0	33.5	33.0
USA	kg																																	27.3	27.4	32.8	32.9	32.9
Uruguay	kg																																	27.7	26.9	38.8	39.1	42.1
Uzbekistan	kg	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...																					9.40	9.40	9.56	9.72	9.79
Venezuela	kg																																	34.4	34.7	29.6	28.7	29.5
Vietnam	kg																																	8.80	8.80	9.91	10.0	10.1
Yemen	kg																																	24.5	24.9	26.8	26.4	26.7
Zambia	kg																																	9.20	9.20	9.85	9.83	9.92
Zimbabwe	kg																																	21.5	21.9	20.7	20.0	20.7
World	kg																																	18.5	18.6	20.1	20.3	20.2

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