Sugar beet — Production in Europe
Europe: Sugar beet — Production was 197.27 million t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar beet — Production in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Europe recorded 197.27 million t for sugar beet — production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.2% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — production in Europe peaked at 255.63 million t in 1989 and was at its lowest, 124.97 million t, in 1962.
That places Europe 2nd out of 22 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar beet — Production in Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 136.68 million t | — |
| 1962 | 124.97 million t | -8.6% |
| 1963 | 134.70 million t | +7.8% |
| 1964 | 183.62 million t | +36.3% |
| 1965 | 167.18 million t | -9.0% |
| 1966 | 178.96 million t | +7.0% |
| 1967 | 199.44 million t | +11.4% |
| 1968 | 209.24 million t | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 176.16 million t | -15.8% |
| 1970 | 184.24 million t | +4.6% |
| 1971 | 183.52 million t | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 194.60 million t | +6.0% |
| 1973 | 208.97 million t | +7.4% |
| 1974 | 196.08 million t | -6.2% |
| 1975 | 202.57 million t | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 242.05 million t | +19.5% |
| 1977 | 241.18 million t | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 235.73 million t | -2.3% |
| 1979 | 218.48 million t | -7.3% |
| 1980 | 221.01 million t | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 232.11 million t | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 238.65 million t | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 218.71 million t | -8.4% |
| 1984 | 241.04 million t | +10.2% |
| 1985 | 230.60 million t | -4.3% |
| 1986 | 227.50 million t | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 236.48 million t | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 230.85 million t | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 255.63 million t | +10.7% |
| 1990 | 239.76 million t | -6.2% |
| 1991 | 209.93 million t | -12.4% |
| 1992 | 203.93 million t | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 210.80 million t | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 179.56 million t | -14.8% |
| 1995 | 193.48 million t | +7.8% |
| 1996 | 193.25 million t | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 189.54 million t | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 176.33 million t | -7.0% |
| 1999 | 182.38 million t | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 170.19 million t | -6.7% |
| 2001 | 160.88 million t | -5.5% |
| 2002 | 179.42 million t | +11.5% |
| 2003 | 161.07 million t | -10.2% |
| 2004 | 180.62 million t | +12.1% |
| 2005 | 181.98 million t | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 175.23 million t | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 171.22 million t | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 153.74 million t | -10.2% |
| 2009 | 159.49 million t | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 150.59 million t | -5.6% |
| 2011 | 201.51 million t | +33.8% |
| 2012 | 188.10 million t | -6.7% |
| 2013 | 169.41 million t | -9.9% |
| 2014 | 191.39 million t | +13.0% |
| 2015 | 158.16 million t | -17.4% |
| 2016 | 188.28 million t | +19.0% |
| 2017 | 219.87 million t | +16.8% |
| 2018 | 184.70 million t | -16.0% |
| 2019 | 194.79 million t | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 157.67 million t | -19.1% |
| 2021 | 180.55 million t | +14.5% |
| 2022 | 175.63 million t | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 189.25 million t | +7.8% |
| 2024 | 197.27 million t | +4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 167.88 million t | 124.97 million t | 209.24 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 210.74 million t | 183.52 million t | 242.05 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 233.26 million t | 218.71 million t | 255.63 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 197.90 million t | 176.33 million t | 239.76 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 169.38 million t | 153.74 million t | 181.98 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 184.68 million t | 150.59 million t | 219.87 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 180.07 million t | 157.67 million t | 197.27 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 1 USSR 65.93 million t compare
- 2 Russian Federation 46.68 million t compare
- 2 Türkiye 23.00 million t compare
- 3 Germany 36.68 million t compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 5.09 million t compare
- 4 France 32.59 million t compare
- 4 Republic of Moldova 292,673 t compare
- 5 Poland 18.43 million t compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 23,856 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar beet — production in Europe?
- Sugar beet — production in Europe was 197.27 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — production recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 255.63 million t in 1989.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — production recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 124.97 million t in 1962.
- How does Europe rank for sugar beet — production?
- Europe ranks 2nd out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — production rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar beet — 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.