Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Suriname
Suriname: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield was 285.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Suriname, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Suriname stood at 285.9 kg/ha.
The figure is up 16.4% on the previous year and down 54.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Suriname peaked at 713 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 160.6 kg/ha, in 1988.
That places Suriname 151st out of 183 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Suriname, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 311.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 299.4 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1963 | 322.1 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1964 | 320.2 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 325 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 355.9 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1967 | 359.2 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 390.5 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1969 | 351 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1970 | 349.8 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 313.9 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1972 | 245.9 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 1973 | 240.4 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 209.7 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1975 | 200.6 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1976 | 223.3 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1977 | 252.3 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1978 | 287.1 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1979 | 369.9 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 1980 | 302.3 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1981 | 309 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 274.8 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1983 | 253.8 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1984 | 241.7 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 245.6 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 224.8 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1987 | 200.2 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1988 | 160.6 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1989 | 188.9 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1990 | 185.3 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 205.6 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1992 | 198.8 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 232.7 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1994 | 233.9 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 276.8 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1996 | 310.4 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1997 | 369.6 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1998 | 546.5 kg/ha | +47.9% |
| 1999 | 519.4 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 445.1 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2001 | 430.1 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 522.7 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 2003 | 570.6 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2004 | 411.8 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 2005 | 381.5 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2006 | 338.4 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2007 | 444.6 kg/ha | +31.4% |
| 2008 | 525.4 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2009 | 533.4 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 515.5 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 327.9 kg/ha | -36.4% |
| 2012 | 340.3 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 554.8 kg/ha | +63.0% |
| 2014 | 621.8 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2015 | 626.6 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 713 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2017 | 682.1 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 702 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 694.9 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 702.8 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 593.1 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2022 | 279.2 kg/ha | -52.9% |
| 2023 | 245.7 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2024 | 285.9 kg/ha | +16.4% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 285.9 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 601.5 kg/ha, 48% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 285.9 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 542 kg/ha, 53% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 337.24 kg/ha | 299.4 kg/ha | 390.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 269.29 kg/ha | 200.6 kg/ha | 369.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 240.17 kg/ha | 160.6 kg/ha | 309 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 307.9 kg/ha | 185.3 kg/ha | 546.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 460.36 kg/ha | 338.4 kg/ha | 570.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 577.89 kg/ha | 327.9 kg/ha | 713 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 421.34 kg/ha | 245.7 kg/ha | 702.8 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Suriname?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Suriname was 285.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 713 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 160.6 kg/ha in 1988.
- How does Suriname rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield?
- Suriname ranks 151st out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.0%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.