Molasses — Production in South America
South America: Molasses — Production was 19.91 million t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Molasses — Production in South America, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for molasses — production in South America is 19.91 million t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.6% on the previous year and up 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, molasses — production in South America peaked at 19.91 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2.39 million t, in 1962.
That places South America 2nd out of 33 regions with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.80 million t | 2.39 million t | 3.31 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.58 million t | 3.56 million t | 5.48 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.84 million t | 5.53 million t | 7.56 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.92 million t | 6.19 million t | 11.66 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.26 million t | 10.10 million t | 16.44 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.89 million t | 14.05 million t | 18.35 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.14 million t | 16.14 million t | 19.91 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 1 Brazil 18.30 million t compare
- 2 India 14.40 million t compare
- 3 China (People’s Republic of) 5.24 million t compare
- 4 China, mainland 5.23 million t compare
- 5 Thailand 4.09 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.00 million ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 20.74 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 132,585 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 62,811 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 8.33 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 747,608 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 401,333 ha (2024)
- Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight 2,346 kg/An (2024)
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 68.28 million An (2024)
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production 16.58 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is molasses — production in South America?
- Molasses — production in South America was 19.91 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest molasses — production recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 19.91 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest molasses — production recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.39 million t in 1962.
- How does South America rank for molasses — production?
- South America ranks 2nd out of 33 regions with data for 2023.
- Is molasses — production rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South America 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.