Molasses — Production in Fiji
Fiji: Molasses — Production was 68,000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Molasses — Production in Fiji, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for molasses — production in Fiji is 68,000 t, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.1% on the previous year and down 38.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, molasses — production in Fiji peaked at 188,000 t in 1984 and was at its lowest, 41,000 t, in 1961.
That places Fiji 58th out of 139 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Molasses — Production in Fiji, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 41,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 61,000 t | +48.8% |
| 1963 | 73,000 t | +19.7% |
| 1964 | 82,000 t | +12.3% |
| 1965 | 85,000 t | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 85,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 85,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 95,000 t | +11.8% |
| 1969 | 108,000 t | +13.7% |
| 1970 | 107,000 t | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 85,000 t | -20.6% |
| 1972 | 77,000 t | -9.4% |
| 1973 | 95,000 t | +23.4% |
| 1974 | 71,000 t | -25.3% |
| 1975 | 73,000 t | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 79,000 t | +8.2% |
| 1977 | 105,000 t | +32.9% |
| 1978 | 106,000 t | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 163,000 t | +53.8% |
| 1980 | 129,000 t | -20.9% |
| 1981 | 152,000 t | +17.8% |
| 1982 | 150,000 t | -1.3% |
| 1983 | 84,000 t | -44.0% |
| 1984 | 188,000 t | +123.8% |
| 1985 | 108,000 t | -42.6% |
| 1986 | 159,000 t | +47.2% |
| 1987 | 130,185 t | -18.1% |
| 1988 | 129,865 t | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 151,000 t | +16.3% |
| 1990 | 164,124 t | +8.7% |
| 1991 | 138,578 t | -15.6% |
| 1992 | 128,981 t | -6.9% |
| 1993 | 136,000 t | +5.4% |
| 1994 | 155,000 t | +14.0% |
| 1995 | 181,000 t | +16.8% |
| 1996 | 186,000 t | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 139,000 t | -25.3% |
| 1998 | 96,000 t | -30.9% |
| 1999 | 159,000 t | +65.6% |
| 2000 | 164,000 t | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 106,000 t | -35.4% |
| 2002 | 149,000 t | +40.6% |
| 2003 | 107,000 t | -28.2% |
| 2004 | 113,287 t | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 118,801 t | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 157,000 t | +32.2% |
| 2007 | 115,000 t | -26.8% |
| 2008 | 120,000 t | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 131,000 t | +9.2% |
| 2010 | 113,000 t | -13.7% |
| 2011 | 107,000 t | -5.3% |
| 2012 | 67,000 t | -37.4% |
| 2013 | 110,000 t | +64.2% |
| 2014 | 130,000 t | +18.2% |
| 2015 | 108,304 t | -16.7% |
| 2016 | 99,035 t | -8.6% |
| 2017 | 87,326 t | -11.8% |
| 2018 | 95,000 t | +8.8% |
| 2019 | 82,000 t | -13.7% |
| 2020 | 83,000 t | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 72,000 t | -13.3% |
| 2022 | 74,000 t | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 68,000 t | -8.1% |
Fiji compared with similar countries
- Fiji's 68,000 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 61,394 t, 1.1× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Fiji's 68,000 t is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 138,528 t, 49% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 79,444 t | 41,000 t | 108,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 96,100 t | 71,000 t | 163,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 138,105 t | 84,000 t | 188,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 148,368 t | 96,000 t | 186,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 128,109 t | 106,000 t | 164,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 99,867 t | 67,000 t | 130,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 74,250 t | 68,000 t | 83,000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Fiji
More agriculture & rural data for Fiji
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1405 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 932.92 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6777 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4046 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is molasses — production in Fiji?
- Molasses — production in Fiji was 68,000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest molasses — production recorded in Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 188,000 t in 1984.
- What is the lowest molasses — production recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was 41,000 t in 1961.
- How does Fiji rank for molasses — production?
- Fiji ranks 58th out of 139 countries with data for 2023.
- Is molasses — production rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Fiji 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.