Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production was 0 t in 2018. ◆ Volatile
Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production in Puerto Rico, 1961–2018
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2018, raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Puerto Rico stood at 0 t. That is the lowest value across all 58 years on record.
Over the whole period, raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Puerto Rico peaked at 994,843 t in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 2003.
That places Puerto Rico 127th out of 140 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 994,843 t | — |
| 1962 | 904,119 t | -9.1% |
| 1963 | 887,500 t | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 887,336 t | -0.0% |
| 1965 | 804,374 t | -9.3% |
| 1966 | 804,374 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 733,109 t | -8.9% |
| 1968 | 578,455 t | -21.1% |
| 1969 | 433,904 t | -25.0% |
| 1970 | 412,860 t | -4.8% |
| 1971 | 290,828 t | -29.6% |
| 1972 | 267,842 t | -7.9% |
| 1973 | 228,811 t | -14.6% |
| 1974 | 257,170 t | +12.4% |
| 1975 | 271,279 t | +5.5% |
| 1976 | 279,329 t | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 239,234 t | -14.4% |
| 1978 | 182,503 t | -23.7% |
| 1979 | 173,697 t | -4.8% |
| 1980 | 158,490 t | -8.8% |
| 1981 | 136,862 t | -13.6% |
| 1982 | 101,557 t | -25.8% |
| 1983 | 89,980 t | -11.4% |
| 1984 | 86,860 t | -3.5% |
| 1985 | 97,620 t | +12.4% |
| 1986 | 86,854 t | -11.0% |
| 1987 | 87,469 t | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 92,813 t | +6.1% |
| 1989 | 82,800 t | -10.8% |
| 1990 | 61,767 t | -25.4% |
| 1991 | 67,074 t | +8.6% |
| 1992 | 61,179 t | -8.8% |
| 1993 | 58,255 t | -4.8% |
| 1994 | 45,097 t | -22.6% |
| 1995 | 41,175 t | -8.7% |
| 1996 | 30,376 t | -26.2% |
| 1997 | 24,584 t | -19.1% |
| 1998 | 20,000 t | -18.6% |
| 1999 | 3,003 t | -85.0% |
| 2000 | 4,000 t | +33.2% |
| 2001 | 1,000 t | -75.0% |
| 2002 | 1,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0 t | -100.0% |
| 2004 | 0 t | — |
| 2005 | 0 t | — |
| 2006 | 0 t | — |
| 2007 | 0 t | — |
| 2008 | 0 t | — |
| 2009 | 0 t | — |
| 2010 | 0 t | — |
| 2011 | 0 t | — |
| 2012 | 0 t | — |
| 2013 | 0 t | — |
| 2014 | 0 t | — |
| 2015 | 0 t | — |
| 2016 | 0 t | — |
| 2017 | 0 t | — |
| 2018 | 0 t | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 780,890 t | 433,904 t | 994,843 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 260,355 t | 173,697 t | 412,860 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 102,130 t | 82,800 t | 158,490 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 41,251 t | 3,003 t | 67,074 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 600 t | 0 t | 4,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 9 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 124 Ireland 14.52 t compare
- 125 Djibouti 5.35 t compare
- 126 Grenada 2 t compare
- 127 Algeria 0 t compare
- 127 Antigua and Barbuda 0 t compare
- 127 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 t compare
- 127 Bulgaria 0 t compare
- 127 Georgia 0 t compare
- 127 Ghana 0 t compare
- 127 Iceland 0 t
- 127 Israel 0 t compare
- 127 Lebanon 0 t compare
- 127 Portugal 0 t compare
- 127 Saint Lucia 0 t compare
- 127 Slovenia 0 t compare
- 127 Trinidad and Tobago 0 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 887.20 million current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 180,246 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Puerto Rico?
- Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Puerto Rico was 0 t in 2018, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 994,843 t in 1961.
- What is the lowest raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 2003.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production?
- Puerto Rico ranks 127th out of 140 countries with data for 2018.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.