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Total sugar consumption worldwide from 2000/01 to 2025/26 (in million metric tons)

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Release date

May 2026

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2000/01 to 2025/26; Marketing year

Special properties

Human domestic consumption; raw value.

Supplementary notes

*Forecast
Numbers have been rounded to provide a better understanding of the statistic.
Date prior to 2018/2019 have been taken from previous reports.

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The global consumption of sugar amounted to about * million metric tons in 2024/25, and is projected to increase to about * million metric tons by 2025/26. With the increase in world trade, better agricultural technology, among other reasons, sugar is cheaper and more widely available than ever.

Sugar cane and sugar beets

There are two major crops used to produce table sugar, sugar cane and sugar beets. Though they are two separate and distinct plants, the end product is identical no matter which plant is used to manufacture the sugar. In 2021, * was the top producer of sugar cane worldwide, while the *** topped the list of sugar beets producers.

Global sugar market

In 2024/2025, about * million metric tons of sugar were produced worldwide, up from * million metric tons of sugar in 2015/2016. India consumes the most sugar of any country, followed by the European Union and China. Between 2026 and 2031, the global price of sugar is expected to increase from about *** U.S. dollars per ton to about *** U.S. dollars per ton. The increase would still mark a lower price than sugar costs in 2022. This means that sugar might be even more readily accessible and affordable in the future, this could lead to further global health problems associated with excess sugar consumption.