Australia vs United States: Sugar cane production

Australia

29.86 million tonnes

in 2024

United States

31.61 million tonnes

in 2024

Australia rank

10th

United States rank

9th

Sugar cane production over time

United States currently reports 31.61 million tonnes against 29.86 million tonnes in Australia, a difference of 1.75 million tonnes.

That makes United States's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was United States ahead.

Australia ranks 10th and United States ranks 9th of 110 countries.

Indicator: Sugar cane production
Unit: tonnes
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 110 places, 6,454 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Sugar cane production is measured in tonnes.