Cereals, primary — Yield in Suriname
Suriname: Cereals, primary — Yield was 4,447 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Suriname, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 4,447 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Suriname peaked at 4,879 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2,705 kg/ha, in 1963.
Suriname ranks 58th of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Suriname, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,763 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,897 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1963 | 2,705 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1964 | 2,890 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1965 | 2,994 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 3,331 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1967 | 3,528 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1968 | 3,268 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1969 | 3,480 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1970 | 3,708 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1971 | 3,392 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1972 | 3,284 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1973 | 3,641 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1974 | 3,656 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 3,675 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 3,560 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1977 | 4,077 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1978 | 4,052 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 4,000 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 3,960 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 3,958 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1982 | 4,145 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1983 | 3,650 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1984 | 4,032 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1985 | 3,990 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 3,986 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 3,813 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1988 | 3,811 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,732 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1990 | 3,765 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 3,813 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 3,795 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 3,694 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 3,627 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 3,516 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 3,701 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1997 | 3,981 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1998 | 3,756 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1999 | 3,719 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 3,896 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 3,766 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 3,921 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 3,694 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2004 | 3,559 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 3,598 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 4,129 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2007 | 4,253 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 4,189 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 4,209 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 4,232 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 4,133 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 4,362 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 4,496 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 4,433 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 4,530 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 4,433 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 4,879 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2018 | 4,868 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 4,555 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2020 | 4,319 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 4,638 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2022 | 3,763 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 2023 | 4,411 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2024 | 4,447 kg/ha | +0.8% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 4,447 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,427 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 4,447 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,747 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,095 kg/ha | 2,705 kg/ha | 3,528 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,705 kg/ha | 3,284 kg/ha | 4,077 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,907 kg/ha | 3,650 kg/ha | 4,145 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,737 kg/ha | 3,516 kg/ha | 3,981 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,921 kg/ha | 3,559 kg/ha | 4,253 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,492 kg/ha | 4,133 kg/ha | 4,879 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,316 kg/ha | 3,763 kg/ha | 4,638 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
- 55 Switzerland 4,584 kg/ha compare
- 56 South Africa 4,562 kg/ha compare
- 57 Dominican Republic 4,455 kg/ha compare
- 59 Colombia 4,422 kg/ha compare
- 60 Lithuania 4,387 kg/ha compare
- 61 Czechoslovakia 4,245 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 20.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0677 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 471.32 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7818 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3421 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Suriname?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Suriname was 4,447 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 4,879 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,705 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Suriname rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Suriname ranks 58th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.