Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production in Guyana
Guyana: Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production was 60,204 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production in Guyana, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Guyana is 60,204 t, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 28.0% on the previous year and down 68.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Guyana peaked at 394,540 t in 1971 and was at its lowest, 47,049 t, in 2022.
That places Guyana 87th out of 140 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production in Guyana, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 329,956 t | — |
| 1962 | 331,255 t | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 322,226 t | -2.7% |
| 1964 | 262,524 t | -18.5% |
| 1965 | 314,411 t | +19.8% |
| 1966 | 293,504 t | -6.6% |
| 1967 | 349,441 t | +19.1% |
| 1968 | 321,933 t | -7.9% |
| 1969 | 370,315 t | +15.0% |
| 1970 | 332,830 t | -10.1% |
| 1971 | 394,540 t | +18.5% |
| 1972 | 335,340 t | -15.0% |
| 1973 | 280,280 t | -16.4% |
| 1974 | 352,740 t | +25.9% |
| 1975 | 310,860 t | -11.9% |
| 1976 | 342,770 t | +10.3% |
| 1977 | 253,130 t | -26.2% |
| 1978 | 330,200 t | +30.4% |
| 1979 | 302,200 t | -8.5% |
| 1980 | 301,300 t | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 305,600 t | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 292,300 t | -4.4% |
| 1983 | 255,900 t | -12.5% |
| 1984 | 245,800 t | -3.9% |
| 1985 | 246,900 t | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 249,400 t | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 224,500 t | -10.0% |
| 1988 | 170,200 t | -24.2% |
| 1989 | 167,400 t | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 132,005 t | -21.1% |
| 1991 | 162,484 t | +23.1% |
| 1992 | 247,010 t | +52.0% |
| 1993 | 246,528 t | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 256,670 t | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 253,800 t | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 280,066 t | +10.3% |
| 1997 | 276,400 t | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 255,500 t | -7.6% |
| 1999 | 321,400 t | +25.8% |
| 2000 | 273,300 t | -15.0% |
| 2001 | 284,500 t | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 331,100 t | +16.4% |
| 2003 | 302,400 t | -8.7% |
| 2004 | 325,300 t | +7.6% |
| 2005 | 246,100 t | -24.3% |
| 2006 | 259,500 t | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 266,500 t | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 226,300 t | -15.1% |
| 2009 | 233,700 t | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 220,818 t | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 236,505 t | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 218,068 t | -7.8% |
| 2013 | 188,755 t | -13.4% |
| 2014 | 216,358 t | +14.6% |
| 2015 | 231,145 t | +6.8% |
| 2016 | 183,615 t | -20.6% |
| 2017 | 137,307 t | -25.2% |
| 2018 | 104,642 t | -23.8% |
| 2019 | 92,154 t | -11.9% |
| 2020 | 88,868 t | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 58,148 t | -34.6% |
| 2022 | 47,049 t | -19.1% |
| 2023 | 60,204 t | +28.0% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 60,204 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 100,546 t, 60% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Guyana's 60,204 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 138,751 t, 43% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 321,729 t | 262,524 t | 370,315 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 323,489 t | 253,130 t | 394,540 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 245,930 t | 167,400 t | 305,600 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 243,186 t | 132,005 t | 321,400 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 274,870 t | 226,300 t | 331,100 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 182,937 t | 92,154 t | 236,505 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 63,567 t | 47,049 t | 88,868 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
More agriculture & rural data for Guyana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0773 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 2,507 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5708 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7351 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Guyana?
- Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Guyana was 60,204 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 Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 394,540 t in 1971.
- What is the lowest raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 47,049 t in 2022.
- How does Guyana rank for raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production?
- Guyana ranks 87th out of 140 countries with data for 2023.
- Is raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 68.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guyana 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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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.