FAOSTAT · 1961–2023
Raw sugar production in Japan
In 2023 Japan produced 577,000 t of raw sugar, the 35th largest in the world (0.31% of the world total). Over ten years it fell by 15%. The record was 1.0 million t in 1989.
- Production, 2023
- 577,000 t
- World rank
- 35 of 121
- 10-year change
- −15%
- Record
- 1.0 million t
- 1989
Raw sugar in Japan, 1961–2023 (tonnes)
By year
| Year | Tonnes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 577,000 | −17% |
| 2022 | 694,000 | −12% |
| 2021 | 786,000 | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 772,000 | −0.6% |
| 2019 | 777,000 | +5.9% |
| 2018 | 734,000 | −6.4% |
| 2017 | 784,000 | +16% |
| 2016 | 678,000 | −16% |
| 2015 | 805,000 | +10% |
| 2014 | 729,000 | +7.2% |
| 2013 | 680,000 | −0.4% |
| 2012 | 683,000 | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 668,000 | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 646,000 | −30% |
| 2009 | 925,000 | −2.0% |
| 2008 | 944,000 | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 926,000 | +7.7% |
| 2006 | 860,000 | −4.9% |
| 2005 | 904,000 | −8.1% |
| 2004 | 984,000 | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 974,000 | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 945,000 | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 906,000 | +16% |
| 2000 | 784,000 | −8.8% |
| 1999 | 860,000 | −7.0% |
| 1998 | 925,000 | +6.4% |
| 1997 | 869,000 | +13% |
| 1996 | 771,000 | −15% |
| 1995 | 906,000 | +10.0% |
| 1994 | 824,000 | −3.1% |
| 1993 | 850,000 | −5.8% |
| 1992 | 902,000 | −9.3% |
| 1991 | 995,000 | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 929,000 | −7.2% |
| 1989 | 1,001,000 | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 994,000 | +5.9% |
| 1987 | 939,000 | −1.4% |
| 1986 | 952,000 | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 934,000 | −1.2% |
| 1984 | 945,000 | +16% |
| 1983 | 818,000 | −12% |
| 1982 | 932,000 | +19% |
| 1981 | 782,000 | −5.1% |
| 1980 | 824,000 | +8.3% |
| 1979 | 761,000 | +7.0% |
| 1978 | 711,000 | +10% |
| 1977 | 645,000 | +14% |
| 1976 | 568,000 | +20% |
| 1975 | 475,000 | −1.5% |
| 1974 | 482,000 | −26% |
| 1973 | 655,111 | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 651,704 | +12% |
| 1971 | 583,207 | −14% |
| 1970 | 681,391 | +9.9% |
| 1969 | 620,040 | −1.2% |
| 1968 | 627,600 | +3.5% |
| 1967 | 606,200 | +13% |
| 1966 | 538,000 | −7.7% |
| 1965 | 583,000 | +5.8% |
| 1964 | 551,000 | +53% |
| 1963 | 360,000 | +2.3% |
| 1962 | 352,000 | +39% |
| 1961 | 253,000 | — |
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.