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Top 10 Sugar-Consuming Countries in the World


Do you know how much sugar you eat per day? For Some nations, eating treats begins first thing in the morning with a pastry and coffee. For others, sugar barely makes it into their diet. Either way, across the world, sugar consumption is on the rise.

Just in 2025, an estimated 180.742 million metric tons of sugar was consumed by humans. This amounts to an approximately 15% rise since 2011, with numbers set to increase even further.

1. United States
The biggest consumer of sugar in the world is the United States. America takes the number one spot by quite a stretch, consuming 24g of sugar more per day than Germans. Research shows that 36% of sugar ingestion comes from confectionary products, with nearly 38% coming from drinks like juices, nectars, and sodas.

2. Germany
Nearly half of the population eats dessert on a daily basis and average a sugar intake of 102.9g. The German government has attempted a series of measures to try to control the high consumption of sugar in the nation, given the population’s excessive ingestion.

3. The Netherlands
The Dutch are the 3rd largest consumers of sugar in the world. The average daily consumption is about 102.5g per person. Studies show that the Dutch believe that they consume about half the amount of sugar on a daily basis that they actually do. It’s no wonder that type 2 diabetes diagnoses continue to rise.

4. Ireland
The Irish is particularly fond of sugary drinks. The nation’s residents purchase over 411 million liters of sugar on an annual basis. The average person consumes 96.7g of sugar per day. The socio-economic division of sugar consumption is stark, with lower-income individuals consuming approximately three times the amount of sugar as those from higher-income brackets.

5. Australia
Australians take the fifth spot on the list of countries that consume the most sugar. The average Australian ingests 95.6g per day. Sugar is a hidden ingredient in a number of processed foods, and those numbers quickly add up. Research shows that 81% of added sugars consumed in the nation are rooted in the ingestion of sugary drinks and processed foods.

6. Belgium
It's no secret that Belgian chocolate is iconic. Therefore, it makes sense that the majority of the nation’s consumption comes from confectionery treats. But it’s not just the chocolate that’s making the average Belgian consume 95g of sugar a day. Studies show that one-fifth of all Belgians ingest at least one sugary drink per day.

7. United Kingdom
The United Kingdom comes in as the seventh-largest consumer of sugar in the world. Each person in the UK consumes about 93.2 g of sugar per day. The government has issued a number of recommendations to cap daily sugar indicate, but the rates of consumption are much higher. Young people in particular are guilty of overconsuming sugar in their daily diet.

8. Mexico
Mexico, which has earned the moniker "Coca-Cola Nation," is the eighth-biggest sugar consumer in the world, mostly from sugary drinks. In fact, the nation has the highest soda consumption rates per person in the world. The average Mexican consumes 92.5g of sugar per day.

9. Finland
Approximately one-fifth of all sugar consumption in Finland comes from sugary drinks. Can you guess how much sugar the average Finn consumes on a daily basis? Each Finn consumes approximately 91.5g of sugar per day. Despite its high consumption, nearly 60% of the population support measures to further tax sugary products.

10. Canada
Canadians are the 10th highest sugar consumers in the world. Statistics show that nearly two-thirds of Canadians consume more than the daily recommended amount of sugar. Public health experts attribute the rise of 16 chronic health conditions, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, to the mass overconsumption of sugar.

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