How Much Sugar Is in Fresh Figs?
One fresh fig has about 8 g of natural sugar — dense by weight, but a single fig is small enough to keep the total moderate.
in 1 medium fig (50 g) · about 1.9 teaspoons
- Per serving
- 8 g
- Per 100 g
- 16 g
- Type
- Natural sugar
- In teaspoons
- ≈ 1.9 tsp
Fine in a portion — worth keeping an eye on.
Fresh figs are sugar-dense at 16 g per 100 g, similar territory to grapes, but one fig only weighs about 50 g, so a single fruit comes in at a moderate 8 g of sugar. Two figs is roughly the sugar of a small apple.
Fresh is the operative word: dried figs remove the water and concentrate that same sugar dramatically, turning a moderate fruit into one of the densest dried-fruit sugar sources, right up there with dates and honey. One or two fresh figs make a genuinely satisfying, naturally sweet snack on their own.
Lower-sugar swaps
- Pair a fig with a few nuts to slow the sugar down
- Choose fresh figs over dried ones for a lower-sugar version of the same fruit
Frequently asked questions
- Are fresh figs high in sugar?
- Per 100 g they're fairly dense at 16 g, but one fresh fig only weighs about 50 g, so a single fig comes in at a moderate 8 g.
- Are dried figs much worse than fresh?
- Considerably — drying removes the water and concentrates the sugar, so dried figs pack far more sugar per piece than fresh ones.
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Sugar values from USDA FoodData Central; actual amounts vary by brand, ripeness, and recipe. Last updated 2026-08-09.