FAOSTAT · 1961–2023
Raw sugar production in China
In 2023 China produced 10.0 million t of raw sugar, the 4th largest in the world (5.31% of the world total). Over ten years it fell by 33%. The record was 16.1 million t in 2007.
The 2023 figure is from an external organisation.
- Production, 2023
- 10.0 million t
- World rank
- 4 of 121
- 10-year change
- −33%
- Record
- 16.1 million t
- 2007
Raw sugar in China, 1961–2023 (tonnes)
By year
| Year | Tonnes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9,960,000 | +11% |
| 2022 | 8,960,000 | −6.7% |
| 2021 | 9,600,000 | −9.4% |
| 2020 | 10,600,000 | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 10,400,000 | −3.3% |
| 2018 | 10,760,000 | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 10,208,000 | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 9,623,000 | −18% |
| 2015 | 11,700,096 | −20% |
| 2014 | 14,689,051 | −1.1% |
| 2013 | 14,850,257 | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 14,193,000 | +13% |
| 2011 | 12,519,000 | +10% |
| 2010 | 11,363,000 | −2.6% |
| 2009 | 11,672,000 | −14% |
| 2008 | 13,513,000 | −16% |
| 2007 | 16,131,000 | +24% |
| 2006 | 13,038,000 | +36% |
| 2005 | 9,584,400 | −2.8% |
| 2004 | 9,864,000 | −9.5% |
| 2003 | 10,894,000 | −6.2% |
| 2002 | 11,611,000 | +25% |
| 2001 | 9,266,000 | +37% |
| 2000 | 6,739,000 | −9.2% |
| 1999 | 7,420,000 | −24% |
| 1998 | 9,709,000 | +11% |
| 1997 | 8,745,000 | +19% |
| 1996 | 7,339,000 | +8.4% |
| 1995 | 6,770,000 | +15% |
| 1994 | 5,901,000 | −9.9% |
| 1993 | 6,547,000 | −22% |
| 1992 | 8,402,000 | −2.1% |
| 1991 | 8,578,000 | +25% |
| 1990 | 6,880,000 | +21% |
| 1989 | 5,668,000 | +5.8% |
| 1988 | 5,356,000 | +14% |
| 1987 | 4,706,000 | −18% |
| 1986 | 5,730,000 | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 5,549,000 | +18% |
| 1984 | 4,691,000 | +21% |
| 1983 | 3,868,000 | −7.6% |
| 1982 | 4,186,000 | +22% |
| 1981 | 3,441,000 | +23% |
| 1980 | 2,795,000 | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 2,717,500 | +10% |
| 1978 | 2,467,000 | +25% |
| 1977 | 1,978,000 | +10% |
| 1976 | 1,793,600 | −5.2% |
| 1975 | 1,891,000 | −5.5% |
| 1974 | 2,000,000 | −3.7% |
| 1973 | 2,076,000 | +23% |
| 1972 | 1,685,000 | +9.9% |
| 1971 | 1,533,000 | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 1,467,000 | +12% |
| 1969 | 1,315,000 | −20% |
| 1968 | 1,641,000 | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 1,609,000 | −6.9% |
| 1966 | 1,728,000 | +8.9% |
| 1965 | 1,587,000 | +36% |
| 1964 | 1,163,000 | +143% |
| 1963 | 478,000 | +29% |
| 1962 | 370,000 | −13% |
| 1961 | 424,000 | — |
Other large producers
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.