These figures relate to the 2006-2007 sugar crop. They are expressed in millions of tonnes of raw sugar.
- 123 countries produce sugar : 9 grow beet sugar and cane sugar, 43 only grow beet sugar and 71 only grow cane sugar.
-The 5 largest producers are Brazil (32.5 million), India (30.7 million), the EU (18.1 million), China (13 million) and the USA (7.7 million).
- The 5 heaviest consuming countries are India (21.2 million), the European Union (18 million), China (13.7 million), le Brazil (11.4 million) and the USA (9.3 million).