Top Sugar Producing Countries

Sugar production has a rich global history, originating from the domestication of sugarcane in Southeast Asia and its spread to India, where methods for crystallizing sugar were developed around 500 CE. Arab traders brought sugar to the Mediterranean, and it later reached Europe during the Crusades. The colonial era saw sugarcane plantations flourish in the Caribbean, South America, and parts of Asia, fueled by the transatlantic slave trade. Today, the top sugar-producing countries are Brazil, India, China, Thailand, and the United States. Brazil leads the world, primarily producing sugar from sugarcane, while India is a close second, with both sugarcane and sugar beet as sources. These countries benefit from favorable climates, large agricultural sectors, and substantial investments in processing infrastructure, making them central to the global sugar supply.

Rank	Country	Metric Tonnes
1	Brazil	38,440,412
2	India	28,900,000
3	China	10,449,014
4	Thailand	8,294,000
5	United States of America	7,683,408
6	Mexico	6,189,347
7	Russia	5,794,401
8	Pakistan	5,631,424
9	Germany	4,489,133
10	Australia	4,335,000
11	France	3,800,000
12	Egypt	2,900,000
13	Turkey	2,796,936
14	Guatemala	2,654,699
15	Poland	2,342,122
16	Colombia	2,217,105
17	Philippines	2,125,700
18	Indonesia	2,123,405
19	South Africa	2,106,000
20	Argentina	1,804,651
21	Vietnam	1,711,030
22	Iran	1,567,052
23	Netherlands	1,264,600
24	Peru	1,197,383
25	Ukraine	1,170,000
26	Cuba	1,109,600
27	United Kingdom	905,536
28	Belgium	869,500
29	El Salvador	780,000
30	Nicaragua	775,651
31	Japan	772,000
32	Eswatini	673,000
33	Dominican Republic	604,467
34	Kenya	603,788
35	Czechia	581,200
36	Belarus	572,492
37	Ecuador	555,800
38	Bolivia	543,750
39	Morocco	525,734
40	Sudan	501,304
41	Uganda	500,000
42	Honduras	490,193
43	Zambia	457,857
44	Costa Rica	440,393
45	Zimbabwe	427,099
46	Denmark	402,756
47	Venezuela	396,647
48	Spain	386,240
49	Serbia	383,461
50	Tanzania	370,000
51	Ethiopia	363,000
52	Sweden	361,409
53	Austria	326,589
54	Mozambique	305,000
55	Mauritius	270,875
56	Italy	270,000
57	Malawi	269,862
58	Cote d Ivoire	225,000
59	Switzerland	188,220
60	Slovakia	169,859
61	Chile	163,000
62	Senegal	160,000
63	Lithuania	155,000
64	Panama	154,585
65	Fiji	152,000
66	Croatia	150,570
67	Paraguay	149,000
68	Belize	144,020
69	Hungary	140,000
70	Laos	130,486
71	Cameroon	115,504
72	Angola	115,000
73	Canada	113,427
74	Romania	104,068
76.5	Cambodia	100,000
76.5	Bangladesh	100,000
76.5	Nepal	100,000
76.5	Mali	100,000
79	Guyana	88,868
80	Madagascar	83,000
81	Congo	81,285
82	Congo	70,000
83	Finland	68,651
84	Sri Lanka	55,000
85	Azerbaijan	53,510
86	Kyrgyzstan	51,313
87	Kazakhstan	50,796
88	Moldova	50,465
89	China Taiwan	49,014
90	Jamaica	43,947
91	Niger	41,932
92	Papua New Guinea	32,000
93	Chad	30,625
94	Gabon	26,400
95	Myanmar	26,377
96.5	Uruguay	25,000
96.5	Burkina Faso	25,000
98	Burundi	22,000
99.5	Somalia	20,000
99.5	Guinea	20,000
101	Nigeria	17,800
102.5	Tunisia	15,000
102.5	Turkmenistan	15,000
104	Haiti	13,039
105	Central African Republic	11,794
106	Rwanda	10,185
107	Benin	10,000
108	Greece	8,800
109	Barbados	7,200
110	Armenia	7,196
111	Sierra Leone	6,000
112	Liberia	4,653
113	Albania	2,630
114	Malaysia	1,777
115	Suriname	1,100

Data from United Nations FAO Stat