Agricultural production in Sudan
According to FAOSTAT, Sudan produced 6.7 million t of cereals, 3.4 million t of vegetables, 3.6 million t of fruit, 973,482 t of meat and 4.6 million t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were sorghum (5.4 million t), sugar cane (4.2 million t) and groundnuts (1.7 million t).
- Products recorded
- 82
- World #1
- 2
- products
- World top 10
- 25
- products
- Year
- 2024
Sudan is the world’s largest producer of camel meat and edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen, and ranks second or third for 5 other products.
Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in millet (−36%), followed by potatoes (+33%).
Livestock numbers: 31.3 million cattle, 40.7 million sheep and 31.9 million goats.
Totals by group
| Group | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All cereals | 6,726,871 | 44 | 0.21% | −17% |
| All milk | 4,572,008 | 31 | 0.46% | +4.1% |
| All sugar crops | 4,220,463 | 44 | 0.19% | −27% |
| All fruit | 3,576,670 | 44 | 0.37% | +9.4% |
| All vegetables | 3,364,643 | 34 | 0.28% | +9.4% |
| All roots and tubers | 994,549 | 77 | 0.11% | +24% |
| All meat | 973,482 | 53 | 0.26% | +4.5% |
| All citrus fruit | 911,786 | 23 | 0.55% | +54% |
| All pulses | 579,293 | 30 | 0.6% | +79% |
| All eggs | 60,051 | 76 | 0.06% | +16% |
All products by volume, 2024
| Product | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sorghum | 5,393,620 | 4 | 8.39% | −14% |
| Sugar cane | 4,220,463 | 32 | 0.22% | −27% |
| Cow milk | 2,956,068 | 42 | 0.37% | +5.1% |
| Groundnuts (peanuts) | 1,683,800 | 6 | 2.93% | −10% |
| Onions, dry | 1,630,177 | 17 | 1.51% | +14% |
| Goat milk | 1,143,484 | 2 | 5.6% | +2.5% |
| Bananas | 952,279 | 25 | 0.68% | +4.8% |
| Millet | 792,943 | 9 | 2.57% | −36% |
| Mangoes and guavas | 727,200 | 15 | 1.17% | +13% |
| Tomatoes | 643,024 | 38 | 0.34% | +5.1% |
| Sesame seed | 626,173 | 3 | 9.37% | −13% |
| Potatoes | 542,795 | 63 | 0.14% | +33% |
| Wheat | 490,320 | 62 | 0.06% | +3.7% |
| Raw sugar | 450,000 | 42 | 0.24% | −35% |
| Dates | 443,134 | 7 | 4.46% | +0.9% |
| Lemons and limes | 415,369 | 14 | 1.79% | +71% |
| Sheep milk | 410,963 | 9 | 4.19% | +2.2% |
| Beef (cattle meat) | 366,282 | 35 | 0.53% | +0.4% |
| Seed cotton | 358,800 | 16 | 0.49% | +219% |
| Other fruits, n.e.c. | 324,482 | 20 | 0.83% | +8.2% |
| Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. | 316,194 | 51 | 0.11% | +5.4% |
| Grapefruit and pomelos | 310,644 | 6 | 3.15% | +57% |
| Okra | 303,831 | 7 | 2.29% | +7.0% |
| Sweet potatoes | 278,269 | 31 | 0.31% | +21% |
| Sheep meat | 272,421 | 7 | 2.36% | +8.5% |
| Molasses | 260,815 | 28 | 0.36% | −30% |
| Cucumbers | 230,449 | 20 | 0.26% | +1.1% |
| Oranges | 185,772 | 33 | 0.28% | +24% |
| Broad beans and horse beans, dry | 185,263 | 8 | 2.96% | +60% |
| Cow peas, dry | 182,149 | 10 | 1.8% | +94% |
| Watermelons | 173,501 | 44 | 0.17% | −50% |
| Yams | 173,485 | 15 | 0.19% | +5.1% |
| Groundnut oil | 159,000 | 5 | 2.47% | −2.5% |
| Camel meat | 145,228 | 1 | 21.96% | +1.6% |
| Goat meat | 113,510 | 9 | 1.47% | −1.3% |
| Cotton seed | 110,000 | 24 | 0.27% | +118% |
| Chick peas, dry | 103,712 | 13 | 0.61% | +779% |
| Other pulses n.e.c. | 95,318 | 14 | 2.14% | +5.9% |
| Melonseed | 90,486 | 2 | 9.28% | +16% |
| Eggplants | 89,525 | 24 | 0.16% | +7.5% |
| Cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed | 88,663 | 2 | 19.41% | +2.3% |
| Chicken meat | 76,042 | 93 | 0.06% | +31% |
| Raw hides and skins of cattle | 71,059 | 20 | 0.81% | +0.4% |
| Camel milk | 61,493 | 9 | 1.47% | +2.5% |
| Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen | 60,803 | 25 | 0.63% | +0.4% |
| Hen eggs | 60,051 | 76 | 0.06% | +16% |
| Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen | 59,933 | 6 | 3.02% | +8.5% |
| Sunflower seed | 59,500 | 30 | 0.11% | +17% |
| Carrots and turnips | 45,922 | 65 | 0.1% | +164% |
| Cotton lint | 43,500 | 27 | 0.18% | −2.3% |
| Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs | 40,863 | 10 | 1.88% | +8.5% |
| Melons | 40,618 | 47 | 0.14% | +1.5% |
| Sunflower-seed oil, crude | 37,600 | 31 | 0.17% | +47% |
| Chillies and peppers, green | 36,865 | 58 | 0.08% | +36% |
| Pumpkins and squash | 33,917 | 61 | 0.1% | +6.0% |
| Green garlic | 30,712 | 29 | 0.1% | −51% |
| Rice (paddy) | 27,818 | 89 | 0% | +10% |
| Oil of sesame seed | 26,300 | 12 | 2.19% | +16% |
| Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen | 22,702 | 10 | 1.54% | −1.3% |
| Maize | 22,170 | 122 | 0% | −54% |
| Raw hides and skins of goats or kids | 21,794 | 10 | 1.43% | −1.3% |
| Cottonseed oil | 16,500 | 25 | 0.4% | +99% |
| Edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen | 16,459 | 1 | 17.36% | +1.6% |
| Other oil seeds, n.e.c. | 13,777 | 33 | 0.57% | +72% |
| Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed | 13,385 | 9 | 2.57% | +1.9% |
| Beans, dry | 12,852 | 65 | 0.04% | +7.1% |
| Chillies and peppers, dry | 10,665 | 29 | 0.2% | +6.7% |
| Sheep fat, unrendered | 8,717 | 13 | 1.36% | +8.5% |
| Cattle fat, unrendered | 6,593 | 42 | 0.19% | +0.4% |
| Skim milk of cows | 4,139 | 122 | 0% | +7.6% |
| Tea, packed | 3,955 | 38 | 0.05% | — |
| Fat of camels | 3,873 | 2 | 13.13% | +1.6% |
| Pineapples | 3,670 | 64 | 0.01% | −8.3% |
| Goat fat, unrendered | 3,405 | 13 | 1.09% | −1.3% |
| Cabbages | 2,905 | 118 | 0% | +15% |
| Castor oil seeds | 1,000 | 20 | 0.06% | 0.0% |
| Cauliflower and broccoli | 752 | 82 | 0% | −6.5% |
| Honey | 745 | 90 | 0.04% | +0.3% |
| Other beans, green | 370 | 93 | 0% | +5.7% |
| Cheese from whole cow milk | 352 | 93 | 0% | +7.6% |
| Butter of cow milk | 176 | 112 | 0% | +7.3% |
| Buttermilk, dry | 44 | 104 | 0.01% | — |
Live animals, 2024
Sudan among the world’s producers, 2024
Share of world production by country for the largest crops of Sudan, which is outlined on the map.
Small island states are not drawn at this scale.
Production per person, 2024
Sudan had 50.4 million inhabitants in 2024 (FAOSTAT estimate). Production of its largest products per inhabitant, compared with the world average:
| Product | kg per person | World, kg per person | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sorghum | 107 | 7.87 | 13.6× |
| Sugar cane | 83.7 | 238 | 0.4× |
| Cow milk | 58.6 | 97.7 | 0.6× |
| Groundnuts (peanuts) | 33.4 | 7.05 | 4.7× |
| Onions, dry | 32.3 | 13.3 | 2.4× |
| Goat milk | 22.7 | 2.50 | 9.1× |
| Bananas | 18.9 | 17.1 | 1.1× |
| Millet | 15.7 | 3.78 | 4.2× |
| Mangoes and guavas | 14.4 | 7.62 | 1.9× |
| Tomatoes | 12.7 | 23.1 | 0.6× |
| Sesame seed | 12.4 | 0.82 | 15.2× |
| Potatoes | 10.8 | 47.8 | 0.2× |
Production divided by population; it is not consumption, because crops are traded and used for feed, processing and industry.
Trade in agricultural products, 2024
Sudan reported exports of 36 and imports of 89 of the products covered here; it was the world’s largest exporter of melonseed.
Largest exports by value
| Product | Tonnes | Value | USD/kg | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sesame seed | 214,827 | USD 374 m | 1.74 | 4 of 124 |
| Pigeon peas, dry | 129,566 | USD 158 m | 1.22 | 3 of 43 |
| Melonseed | 84,320 | USD 153 m | 1.81 | 1 of 55 |
| Cotton lint, ginned | 71,066 | USD 83.8 m | 1.18 | 16 of 105 |
| Chick peas, dry | 34,236 | USD 26.6 m | 0.78 | 10 of 99 |
| Soya beans | 7,580 | USD 3.9 m | 0.51 | 40 of 99 |
| Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) | 8,712 | USD 1.9 m | 0.21 | 47 of 117 |
| Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled | 349 | USD 1.8 m | 5.11 | 39 of 82 |
| Oil of sesame seed | 658 | USD 794,000 | 1.21 | 15 of 84 |
| Watermelons | 1,166 | USD 735,000 | 0.63 | 68 of 113 |
Largest imports by value
| Product | Tonnes | Value | USD/kg | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lentils, dry | 96,562 | USD 99.0 m | 1.03 | 10 of 184 |
| Sunflower-seed oil, crude | 59,236 | USD 86.0 m | 1.45 | 44 of 186 |
| Coffee, green | 18,100 | USD 71.0 m | 3.92 | 49 of 177 |
| Palm oil | 16,678 | USD 29.3 m | 1.76 | 103 of 191 |
| Sorghum | 92,976 | USD 28.8 m | 0.31 | 7 of 130 |
| Wheat | 93,730 | USD 25.9 m | 0.28 | 119 of 176 |
| Whole milk powder | 2,981 | USD 18.2 m | 6.12 | 71 of 190 |
| Tea leaves | 7,991 | USD 12.4 m | 1.56 | 43 of 191 |
| Oil of palm kernel | 5,681 | USD 11.6 m | 2.03 | 35 of 132 |
| Ginger, raw | 1,131 | USD 6.2 m | 5.44 | 62 of 171 |
FAOSTAT detailed trade data, release of 23 July 2026: quantities in tonnes and values in current US dollars as reported; exports include re-exports. Only the FAO trade items that match Husfarm production pages are included: meat covers fresh or chilled meat only (frozen meat is a separate item), and processed goods such as milled rice or flour are not listed.
Questions and answers
What are the main crops produced in Sudan?
By volume, the largest products of Sudan in 2024 were sorghum (5.4 million t), sugar cane (4.2 million t), cow milk (3.0 million t), according to FAOSTAT.
Is Sudan the world’s largest producer of anything?
Yes. In 2024 Sudan was the world’s largest producer of 2 products: camel meat, edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen.
How much sorghum does Sudan produce per person?
About 107 kg per inhabitant in 2024, compared with a world average of 7.87 kg (production divided by population, FAOSTAT).
What does Sudan export most?
By value, its largest agricultural exports in 2024 among the products covered here were sesame seed (USD 374 m), pigeon peas, dry (USD 158 m), melonseed (USD 153 m), according to FAOSTAT.
What does Sudan import most?
By value, its largest agricultural imports in 2024 among the products covered here were lentils, dry (USD 99.0 m), sunflower-seed oil, crude (USD 86.0 m), coffee, green (USD 71.0 m).
Where does this data come from?
Production, trade and population figures are from FAOSTAT, the statistics database of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rankings, shares and per-person figures are calculated by Husfarm.
Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.