Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Suriname
Suriname: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield was 700.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Suriname, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 700.4 kg/ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 8.6% on the previous year and down 37.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Suriname peaked at 1,694 kg/ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 327.8 kg/ha, in 1973.
Suriname ranks 73rd of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Suriname, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 411.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 379.6 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1963 | 412.6 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1964 | 371.8 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1965 | 396.3 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1966 | 425.2 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1967 | 462.2 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1968 | 474.4 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 502.4 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1970 | 499.4 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1971 | 448.8 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1972 | 355.5 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 1973 | 327.8 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1974 | 369.7 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1975 | 450.1 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 1976 | 686.6 kg/ha | +52.5% |
| 1977 | 870.5 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 1978 | 1,178 kg/ha | +35.3% |
| 1979 | 1,694 kg/ha | +43.9% |
| 1980 | 1,352 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1981 | 1,360 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 1,238 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1983 | 1,211 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 1,126 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1985 | 1,181 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1986 | 962.7 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1987 | 709.2 kg/ha | -26.3% |
| 1988 | 472.5 kg/ha | -33.4% |
| 1989 | 579.4 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 1990 | 446.4 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1991 | 490.1 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1992 | 561.9 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1993 | 578.4 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 562.3 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 607 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1996 | 655.9 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1997 | 695.5 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1998 | 869.1 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1999 | 846.6 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 763.7 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2001 | 722.2 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2002 | 880.5 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 2003 | 947.6 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2004 | 706.8 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 2005 | 700.1 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 649.8 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2007 | 839 kg/ha | +29.1% |
| 2008 | 989.4 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2009 | 985.7 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 955.9 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 690 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 2012 | 715.6 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 1,024 kg/ha | +43.1% |
| 2014 | 1,118 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2015 | 1,125 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 1,267 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2017 | 1,215 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 1,248 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 1,234 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 1,252 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 1,106 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2022 | 679.8 kg/ha | -38.5% |
| 2023 | 644.8 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 700.4 kg/ha | +8.6% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 700.4 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 603 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 700.4 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 749.45 kg/ha, 93% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 426.21 kg/ha | 371.8 kg/ha | 502.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 688.02 kg/ha | 327.8 kg/ha | 1,694 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,019 kg/ha | 472.5 kg/ha | 1,360 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 631.32 kg/ha | 446.4 kg/ha | 869.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 818.48 kg/ha | 649.8 kg/ha | 989.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,059 kg/ha | 690 kg/ha | 1,267 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 876.58 kg/ha | 644.8 kg/ha | 1,252 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -7.14 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0711 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -5.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.0961 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Suriname?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Suriname was 700.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 1,694 kg/ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 327.8 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Suriname rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield?
- Suriname ranks 73rd out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.3%. 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, Oil 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.