Molasses — Production in Caribbean
Caribbean: Molasses — Production was 471,668 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Molasses — Production in Caribbean, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for molasses — production in Caribbean is 471,668 t, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.6% on the previous year and down 44.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, molasses — production in Caribbean peaked at 4.09 million t in 1970 and was at its lowest, 471,668 t, in 2023.
That places Caribbean 25th out of 28 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Molasses — Production in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.94 million t | — |
| 1962 | 2.36 million t | -19.6% |
| 1963 | 2.30 million t | -2.7% |
| 1964 | 2.42 million t | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 3.17 million t | +31.3% |
| 1966 | 2.26 million t | -28.8% |
| 1967 | 2.91 million t | +28.6% |
| 1968 | 2.48 million t | -14.6% |
| 1969 | 2.53 million t | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 4.09 million t | +62.1% |
| 1971 | 3.15 million t | -23.2% |
| 1972 | 2.69 million t | -14.5% |
| 1973 | 2.64 million t | -1.7% |
| 1974 | 2.66 million t | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 2.71 million t | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 2.60 million t | -4.0% |
| 1977 | 3.03 million t | +16.3% |
| 1978 | 3.16 million t | +4.2% |
| 1979 | 3.27 million t | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 2.95 million t | -9.7% |
| 1981 | 2.80 million t | -5.1% |
| 1982 | 3.28 million t | +17.0% |
| 1983 | 2.84 million t | -13.3% |
| 1984 | 3.29 million t | +15.9% |
| 1985 | 2.86 million t | -13.2% |
| 1986 | 3.04 million t | +6.4% |
| 1987 | 2.88 million t | -5.2% |
| 1988 | 3.00 million t | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 3.17 million t | +5.7% |
| 1990 | 3.15 million t | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 3.01 million t | -4.4% |
| 1992 | 2.75 million t | -8.6% |
| 1993 | 2.01 million t | -26.8% |
| 1994 | 2.01 million t | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 1.54 million t | -23.4% |
| 1996 | 1.76 million t | +13.9% |
| 1997 | 1.73 million t | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 1.47 million t | -15.2% |
| 1999 | 1.50 million t | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 1.58 million t | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 1.51 million t | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 1.57 million t | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 1.06 million t | -32.2% |
| 2004 | 1.12 million t | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 703,577 t | -36.9% |
| 2006 | 687,576 t | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 644,055 t | -6.3% |
| 2008 | 647,804 t | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 608,150 t | -6.1% |
| 2010 | 676,896 t | +11.3% |
| 2011 | 661,798 t | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 850,141 t | +28.5% |
| 2013 | 849,085 t | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 920,774 t | +8.4% |
| 2015 | 742,927 t | -19.3% |
| 2016 | 636,140 t | -14.4% |
| 2017 | 752,405 t | +18.3% |
| 2018 | 677,702 t | -9.9% |
| 2019 | 778,911 t | +14.9% |
| 2020 | 759,659 t | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 641,494 t | -15.6% |
| 2022 | 565,450 t | -11.9% |
| 2023 | 471,668 t | -16.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.60 million t | 2.26 million t | 3.17 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.00 million t | 2.60 million t | 4.09 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.01 million t | 2.80 million t | 3.29 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.09 million t | 1.47 million t | 3.15 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.01 million t | 608,150 t | 1.58 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 754,678 t | 636,140 t | 920,774 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 609,568 t | 471,668 t | 759,659 t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is molasses — production in Caribbean?
- Molasses — production in Caribbean was 471,668 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest molasses — production recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 4.09 million t in 1970.
- What is the lowest molasses — production recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 471,668 t in 2023.
- How does Caribbean rank for molasses — production?
- Caribbean ranks 25th out of 28 countries with data for 2023.
- Is molasses — production rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Molasses — Production. 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.