Molasses — Production in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Molasses — Production was 5.38 million t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Molasses — Production in Eastern Asia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for molasses — production in Eastern Asia is 5.38 million t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.6% on the previous year and up 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, molasses — production in Eastern Asia peaked at 5.38 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 416,000 t, in 1961.
Eastern Asia ranks 9th of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Molasses — Production in Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 416,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 426,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 481,000 t | +12.9% |
| 1964 | 821,000 t | +70.7% |
| 1965 | 989,000 t | +20.5% |
| 1966 | 923,000 t | -6.7% |
| 1967 | 942,000 t | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 834,000 t | -11.5% |
| 1969 | 846,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 899,000 t | +6.3% |
| 1971 | 904,000 t | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 1.05 million t | +15.8% |
| 1973 | 1.05 million t | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 1.07 million t | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 1.10 million t | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 1.15 million t | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 1.21 million t | +5.2% |
| 1978 | 1.27 million t | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 1.35 million t | +6.6% |
| 1980 | 1.40 million t | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 1.65 million t | +18.1% |
| 1982 | 1.62 million t | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 1.79 million t | +10.8% |
| 1984 | 1.80 million t | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 1.93 million t | +7.4% |
| 1986 | 1.85 million t | -4.0% |
| 1987 | 1.67 million t | -10.1% |
| 1988 | 1.92 million t | +14.9% |
| 1989 | 2.11 million t | +10.2% |
| 1990 | 2.45 million t | +16.0% |
| 1991 | 3.08 million t | +25.9% |
| 1992 | 2.74 million t | -11.2% |
| 1993 | 2.22 million t | -19.0% |
| 1994 | 2.13 million t | -3.8% |
| 1995 | 2.48 million t | +16.6% |
| 1996 | 2.43 million t | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 2.87 million t | +18.2% |
| 1998 | 3.08 million t | +7.1% |
| 1999 | 2.40 million t | -22.0% |
| 2000 | 2.16 million t | -10.0% |
| 2001 | 2.81 million t | +30.3% |
| 2002 | 3.47 million t | +23.2% |
| 2003 | 2.86 million t | -17.5% |
| 2004 | 2.62 million t | -8.4% |
| 2005 | 2.53 million t | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 4.27 million t | +68.7% |
| 2007 | 5.32 million t | +24.6% |
| 2008 | 4.48 million t | -15.9% |
| 2009 | 3.88 million t | -13.4% |
| 2010 | 3.77 million t | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 4.11 million t | +8.8% |
| 2012 | 4.59 million t | +11.8% |
| 2013 | 4.70 million t | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 3.69 million t | -21.3% |
| 2015 | 3.20 million t | -13.4% |
| 2016 | 3.58 million t | +12.0% |
| 2017 | 3.94 million t | +9.9% |
| 2018 | 3.99 million t | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 3.88 million t | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 3.98 million t | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 3.04 million t | -23.5% |
| 2022 | 4.91 million t | +61.4% |
| 2023 | 5.38 million t | +9.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 742,000 t | 416,000 t | 989,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.11 million t | 899,000 t | 1.35 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.77 million t | 1.40 million t | 2.11 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.59 million t | 2.13 million t | 3.08 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.44 million t | 2.16 million t | 5.32 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.95 million t | 3.20 million t | 4.70 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.33 million t | 3.04 million t | 5.38 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 6 USSR 3.13 million t compare
- 6 Viet Nam 358,000 t compare
- 7 Pakistan 3.12 million t compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 247,768 t compare
- 8 Denmark 2.26 million t compare
- 9 Mexico 1.96 million t compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 101,240 t compare
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 86,124 t compare
- 10 Egypt 1.52 million t compare
- 11 Russian Federation 1.50 million t compare
- 11 Melanesia 80,577 t compare
- 12 Indonesia 1.17 million t compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 51,667 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Asia
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.4424 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.2029 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -1.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.9519 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.538 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.8101 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -1.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.8516 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 0.844 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.7992 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is molasses — production in Eastern Asia?
- Molasses — production in Eastern Asia was 5.38 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest molasses — production recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 5.38 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest molasses — production recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 416,000 t in 1961.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for molasses — production?
- Eastern Asia ranks 9th out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is molasses — production rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.