Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production in Africa
Africa: Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production was 10.91 million t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production in Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Africa stood at 10.91 million t.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Africa peaked at 11.42 million t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2.87 million t, in 1961.
Africa ranks 11th of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production in Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.87 million t | — |
| 1962 | 2.96 million t | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 3.39 million t | +14.4% |
| 1964 | 3.41 million t | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 3.34 million t | -1.8% |
| 1966 | 4.27 million t | +27.7% |
| 1967 | 4.50 million t | +5.5% |
| 1968 | 4.35 million t | -3.4% |
| 1969 | 4.82 million t | +10.8% |
| 1970 | 4.65 million t | -3.6% |
| 1971 | 5.40 million t | +16.2% |
| 1972 | 5.48 million t | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 5.44 million t | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 5.56 million t | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 5.32 million t | -4.4% |
| 1976 | 5.90 million t | +11.0% |
| 1977 | 5.96 million t | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 6.24 million t | +4.8% |
| 1979 | 6.40 million t | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 6.06 million t | -5.3% |
| 1981 | 6.89 million t | +13.6% |
| 1982 | 7.22 million t | +4.8% |
| 1983 | 6.66 million t | -7.7% |
| 1984 | 7.73 million t | +15.9% |
| 1985 | 7.56 million t | -2.1% |
| 1986 | 7.90 million t | +4.4% |
| 1987 | 7.85 million t | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 8.14 million t | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 7.67 million t | -5.7% |
| 1990 | 7.74 million t | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 7.97 million t | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 6.80 million t | -14.6% |
| 1993 | 6.27 million t | -7.8% |
| 1994 | 7.16 million t | +14.1% |
| 1995 | 7.37 million t | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 7.99 million t | +8.4% |
| 1997 | 8.98 million t | +12.4% |
| 1998 | 8.77 million t | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 8.88 million t | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 9.44 million t | +6.2% |
| 2001 | 9.45 million t | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 9.90 million t | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 10.03 million t | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 9.69 million t | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 10.15 million t | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 9.75 million t | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 9.65 million t | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 9.68 million t | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 9.79 million t | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 9.62 million t | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 9.50 million t | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 10.02 million t | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 11.12 million t | +10.9% |
| 2014 | 10.97 million t | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 10.78 million t | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 10.68 million t | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 11.33 million t | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 11.42 million t | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 11.30 million t | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 10.84 million t | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 11.13 million t | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 11.03 million t | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 10.91 million t | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.77 million t | 2.87 million t | 4.82 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.63 million t | 4.65 million t | 6.40 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.37 million t | 6.06 million t | 8.14 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.79 million t | 6.27 million t | 8.98 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.75 million t | 9.44 million t | 10.15 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.67 million t | 9.50 million t | 11.42 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.98 million t | 10.84 million t | 11.13 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 6.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 3.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 3.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.0042 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -1.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 4.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 5.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.29 million ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 55.77 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 613,627 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Africa?
- Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Africa was 10.91 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 11.42 million t in 2018.
- What is the lowest raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.87 million t in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production?
- Africa ranks 11th out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.