Sugar beet production by country

Sugar beet production is measured in tonnes.

Countries reporting
67
Highest
65.93 million tonnes
USSR
Lowest
0 tonnes
Portugal
Median
666,600 tonnes
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
3,195

What the numbers show

Sugar beet production is currently reported for 67 countries. The highest value is 65.93 million tonnes in USSR; the lowest is 0 tonnes in Portugal.

The median across all reporting countries is 666,600 tonnes, and the mean is 5.37 million tonnes.

Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 5,212.8%), and the largest decrease in Georgia (down 100.0%).

Sugar beet production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 USSR 65.93 million tonnes 1991 up 8.4% rising
2 Russia 46.68 million tonnes 2024 up 39.3% rising
3 Germany 36.68 million tonnes 2024 up 23.3% rising
4 France 32.59 million tonnes 2024 down 13.9% rising
5 United States 32.00 million tonnes 2024 up 12.8% rising
6 Turkey 23.00 million tonnes 2024 up 37.4% rising
7 Poland 18.43 million tonnes 2024 up 36.6% flat
8 Egypt 13.88 million tonnes 2024 up 25.7% volatile
9 Ukraine 12.80 million tonnes 2024 down 18.7% falling
10 China 12.41 million tonnes 2024 up 55.1% volatile
11 United Kingdom 7.82 million tonnes 2024 down 16.0% rising
12 Netherlands 6.35 million tonnes 2024 down 6.9% rising
13 Iran 5.09 million tonnes 2024 up 7.5% rising
14 Belarus 4.95 million tonnes 2024 up 3.1% rising
15 Czechia 4.58 million tonnes 2024 up 3.6% rising
16 Belgium 4.41 million tonnes 2024 down 7.9% falling
17 Spain 3.52 million tonnes 2024 down 5.4% falling
18 Japan 3.48 million tonnes 2024 down 2.3% rising
19 Austria 3.43 million tonnes 2024 down 19.1% rising
20 Denmark 2.59 million tonnes 2024 down 3.2% flat
21 Sweden 2.12 million tonnes 2024 up 3.1% rising
22 Serbia 1.92 million tonnes 2024 down 45.2% falling
23 Italy 1.53 million tonnes 2024 down 59.5% volatile
24 Canada 1.44 million tonnes 2024 up 148.9% falling
25 Slovakia 1.39 million tonnes 2024 down 10.4% flat
26 Kazakhstan 1.27 million tonnes 2024 up 5,212.8% volatile
27 Morocco 1.15 million tonnes 2024 down 64.2% rising
28 Switzerland 1.14 million tonnes 2024 down 40.9% rising
29 Lithuania 1.12 million tonnes 2024 up 10.4% rising
30 Kyrgyzstan 957,418 tonnes 2024 up 451.5% volatile
31 Romania 875,120 tonnes 2024 down 37.4% volatile
32 Hungary 856,310 tonnes 2024 down 19.7% volatile
33 Chile 849,797 tonnes 2024 down 50.9% volatile
34 Finland 666,600 tonnes 2024 up 6.4% rising
35 Croatia 471,450 tonnes 2024 down 66.1% flat
36 Moldova 292,673 tonnes 2024 down 78.4% volatile
37 Turkmenistan 273,979 tonnes 2024 up 45.3% rising
38 Azerbaijan 224,671 tonnes 2024 up 29.7% volatile
39 Tunisia 86,572 tonnes 2024 up 11.0% volatile
40 Armenia 56,457 tonnes 2024 up 4.5% volatile
41 Iraq 35,354 tonnes 2024 up 13.9% volatile
42 Pakistan 33,214 tonnes 2024 up 2,454.9% volatile
43 Colombia 30,779 tonnes 2024 up 2.0% rising
44 Venezuela 23,856 tonnes 2024 up 13.9% rising
45 Albania 17,763 tonnes 2024 down 52.7% volatile
46 Lebanon 10,185 tonnes 2024 up 78.7% volatile
47 Slovenia 8,940 tonnes 2024 volatile
48 Mali 8,558 tonnes 2024 up 111.7% rising
49 Afghanistan 6,441 tonnes 2024 down 43.2% volatile
50 Syria 6,090 tonnes 2024 down 90.7% volatile
51 Ecuador 4,642 tonnes 2024 up 5.6% rising
52 North Macedonia 4,246 tonnes 2024 down 8.9% volatile
53 Uzbekistan 1,858 tonnes 2024 up 829.1% volatile
54 Luxembourg 1,700 tonnes 2024 volatile
55 Greece 1,530 tonnes 2024 down 99.7% volatile
56 Mexico 898.43 tonnes 2024 up 8.9% volatile
57 Bosnia and Herzegovina 462.48 tonnes 2024 down 53.8% volatile
58 Palestine 100 tonnes 2000 down 8.3% flat
59 Estonia 0 tonnes 2024 volatile
59 Georgia 0 tonnes 2007 down 100.0% volatile
59 Uruguay 0 tonnes 2007 volatile
59 Ireland 0 tonnes 2024 down 100.0% volatile
59 Bulgaria 0 tonnes 2021 volatile
59 Israel 0 tonnes 2009 volatile
59 Algeria 0 tonnes 1992 down 100.0% volatile
59 Latvia 0 tonnes 2024 volatile
59 Portugal 0 tonnes 2023 down 100.0% volatile

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About this data

Indicator
Sugar beet 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
69 places, 3,195 data points, 1961–2024
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Sugar beet production is measured in tonnes.