Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production in Colombia
Colombia: Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production was 1.96 million t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production in Colombia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 1.96 million t for raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in 2023.
The figure is down 6.6% on the previous year and down 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Colombia peaked at 2.74 million t in 2004 and was at its lowest, 362,643 t, in 1961.
Colombia ranks 20th of 140 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production in Colombia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 362,643 t | — |
| 1962 | 401,872 t | +10.8% |
| 1963 | 368,139 t | -8.4% |
| 1964 | 427,601 t | +16.2% |
| 1965 | 485,191 t | +13.5% |
| 1966 | 537,365 t | +10.8% |
| 1967 | 596,575 t | +11.0% |
| 1968 | 663,327 t | +11.2% |
| 1969 | 708,878 t | +6.9% |
| 1970 | 676,174 t | -4.6% |
| 1971 | 743,974 t | +10.0% |
| 1972 | 823,681 t | +10.7% |
| 1973 | 819,880 t | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 894,787 t | +9.1% |
| 1975 | 969,700 t | +8.4% |
| 1976 | 934,630 t | -3.6% |
| 1977 | 872,088 t | -6.7% |
| 1978 | 1.03 million t | +17.7% |
| 1979 | 1.10 million t | +7.6% |
| 1980 | 1.25 million t | +12.9% |
| 1981 | 1.23 million t | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 1.33 million t | +8.6% |
| 1983 | 1.35 million t | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 1.18 million t | -12.7% |
| 1985 | 1.37 million t | +16.0% |
| 1986 | 1.30 million t | -5.1% |
| 1987 | 1.39 million t | +7.2% |
| 1988 | 1.36 million t | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 1.49 million t | +9.4% |
| 1990 | 1.59 million t | +6.5% |
| 1991 | 1.70 million t | +7.2% |
| 1992 | 1.95 million t | +14.8% |
| 1993 | 2.00 million t | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 1.96 million t | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 2.06 million t | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 2.15 million t | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 2.14 million t | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 2.13 million t | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 2.33 million t | +9.4% |
| 2000 | 2.39 million t | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 2.24 million t | -6.1% |
| 2002 | 2.53 million t | +12.7% |
| 2003 | 2.65 million t | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 2.74 million t | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 2.68 million t | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 2.42 million t | -10.0% |
| 2007 | 2.28 million t | -5.7% |
| 2008 | 2.04 million t | -10.6% |
| 2009 | 2.60 million t | +27.6% |
| 2010 | 2.08 million t | -20.0% |
| 2011 | 2.21 million t | +6.3% |
| 2012 | 2.08 million t | -5.9% |
| 2013 | 2.13 million t | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 2.38 million t | +11.9% |
| 2015 | 2.35 million t | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 2.09 million t | -11.2% |
| 2017 | 2.23 million t | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 2.34 million t | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 2.20 million t | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 2.22 million t | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 2.10 million t | -5.3% |
| 2022 | 2.09 million t | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 1.96 million t | -6.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 505,732 t | 362,643 t | 708,878 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 886,633 t | 676,174 t | 1.10 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.32 million t | 1.18 million t | 1.49 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.00 million t | 1.59 million t | 2.33 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.46 million t | 2.04 million t | 2.74 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.21 million t | 2.08 million t | 2.38 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.09 million t | 1.96 million t | 2.22 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 17 Indonesia 2.27 million t compare
- 18 South Africa 2.08 million t compare
- 19 Philippines 2.00 million t compare
- 21 Ukraine 1.85 million t compare
- 22 Argentina 1.71 million t compare
- 23 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.32 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Colombia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0995 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 851.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.2113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2122 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 9.95 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.95 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Colombia?
- Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Colombia was 1.96 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 Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.74 million t in 2004.
- What is the lowest raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 362,643 t in 1961.
- How does Colombia rank for raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production?
- Colombia ranks 20th out of 140 countries with data for 2023.
- Is raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia 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.
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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.