Sugar Cane Production by Country — World Ranking

Brazil is the world's largest Sugar Cane producer, at 759,662.5 thousand tonnes in 2024, followed by India and China, mainland.

Rank	Country	Production (K tonnes)	Yield (hg/ha)	Area (K ha)	YoY
1	Brazil	759,662.5	755,787	10,051.3	-2.9%
2	India	453,158.5	789,530	5,739.6	-7.6%
3	China, mainland	102,094.4	808,713	1,262.4	-2.4%
4	Pakistan	84,235.5	706,026	1,193.1	-3.9%
5	Thailand	82,435.4	552,813	1,491.2	-12.3%
6	Mexico	53,051.4	676,376	784.3	-4.6%
7	Indonesia	32,000	609,656	524.9	+3.2%
8	Colombia	31,856.9	892,176	357.1	-1%
9	United States of America	31,610	842,056	375.4	+5.7%
10	Australia	29,855.2	876,572	340.6	-8.4%
11	Guatemala	22,907.9	1,047,503	218.7	-4.4%
12	Philippines	18,694.7	461,694	404.9	-13.7%
13	South Africa	16,741	691,013	242.3	-6.7%
14	Egypt	13,314.3	1,071,146	124.3	-6.6%
15	Argentina	12,255.9	283,168	432.8	-15.4%
16	Peru	12,038.6	1,016,290	118.5	+1%
17	Myanmar	11,997.9	671,600	178.6	+8.7%
18	Viet Nam	11,843.8	677,499	174.8	0%
19	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	11,447.5	547,180	209.2	+11.1%
20	Kenya	9,365.3	694,240	134.9	+68.6%
21	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	9,151.1	919,495	99.5	+6%
22	Cuba	9,050.6	334,760	270.4	+77.5%
23	El Salvador	7,310.9	958,087	76.3	+1.5%
24	Nicaragua	6,964.8	953,718	73	-5.3%
25	Paraguay	6,864.6	624,050	110	+0.1%
26	Zimbabwe	6,617.4	830,000	79.7	+1.2%
27	Ecuador	6,378.7	835,394	76.4	+2%
28	Uganda	6,104.8	699,702	87.2	-1.5%
29	Honduras	5,753.7	788,076	73	+7%
30	Eswatini	5,534	922,333	60	+6%

Sugar Cane in Africa

6 African countries rank in the global top 30: South Africa (#13), Egypt (#14), Kenya (#20), Zimbabwe (#26), Uganda (#28), Eswatini (#30).

Rank	Country	Production (K tonnes)
13	South Africa	16,741
14	Egypt	13,314.3
20	Kenya	9,365.3
26	Zimbabwe	6,617.4
28	Uganda	6,104.8
30	Eswatini	5,534