Sugar beet — Production in Germany
Germany: Sugar beet — Production was 36.68 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar beet — Production in Germany, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar beet — production in Germany stood at 36.68 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 16.2% on the previous year and up 23.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — production in Germany peaked at 36.68 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14.29 million t, in 1961.
That places Germany 3rd out of 68 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar beet — Production in Germany, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14.29 million t | — |
| 1962 | 14.36 million t | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 19.01 million t | +32.4% |
| 1964 | 19.39 million t | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 16.50 million t | -14.9% |
| 1966 | 19.32 million t | +17.1% |
| 1967 | 20.77 million t | +7.5% |
| 1968 | 21.08 million t | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 18.25 million t | -13.4% |
| 1970 | 19.59 million t | +7.4% |
| 1971 | 19.81 million t | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 21.99 million t | +11.0% |
| 1973 | 23.24 million t | +5.7% |
| 1974 | 23.97 million t | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 25.49 million t | +6.3% |
| 1976 | 24.04 million t | -5.7% |
| 1977 | 29.23 million t | +21.6% |
| 1978 | 26.35 million t | -9.9% |
| 1979 | 25.04 million t | -5.0% |
| 1980 | 26.16 million t | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 32.43 million t | +24.0% |
| 1982 | 29.93 million t | -7.7% |
| 1983 | 22.01 million t | -26.5% |
| 1984 | 27.88 million t | +26.7% |
| 1985 | 28.21 million t | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 28.01 million t | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 26.73 million t | -4.6% |
| 1988 | 23.22 million t | -13.2% |
| 1989 | 26.99 million t | +16.2% |
| 1990 | 30.37 million t | +12.5% |
| 1991 | 25.93 million t | -14.6% |
| 1992 | 27.15 million t | +4.7% |
| 1993 | 28.61 million t | +5.4% |
| 1994 | 24.21 million t | -15.4% |
| 1995 | 26.05 million t | +7.6% |
| 1996 | 26.06 million t | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 25.77 million t | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 26.79 million t | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 27.57 million t | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 27.87 million t | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 24.73 million t | -11.3% |
| 2002 | 26.79 million t | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 23.72 million t | -11.5% |
| 2004 | 27.16 million t | +14.5% |
| 2005 | 25.28 million t | -6.9% |
| 2006 | 20.65 million t | -18.3% |
| 2007 | 25.14 million t | +21.8% |
| 2008 | 23.00 million t | -8.5% |
| 2009 | 25.92 million t | +12.7% |
| 2010 | 23.43 million t | -9.6% |
| 2011 | 29.58 million t | +26.2% |
| 2012 | 27.69 million t | -6.4% |
| 2013 | 22.83 million t | -17.5% |
| 2014 | 29.75 million t | +30.3% |
| 2015 | 22.57 million t | -24.1% |
| 2016 | 27.07 million t | +19.9% |
| 2017 | 34.06 million t | +25.8% |
| 2018 | 26.19 million t | -23.1% |
| 2019 | 29.73 million t | +13.5% |
| 2020 | 28.62 million t | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 31.95 million t | +11.6% |
| 2022 | 28.20 million t | -11.7% |
| 2023 | 31.56 million t | +11.9% |
| 2024 | 36.68 million t | +16.2% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 36.68 million t is above the median for high income countries, which is 865,715 t, 42.4× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Germany's 36.68 million t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 856,310 t, 42.8× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.11 million t | 14.29 million t | 21.08 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 23.87 million t | 19.59 million t | 29.23 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 27.15 million t | 22.01 million t | 32.43 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 26.85 million t | 24.21 million t | 30.37 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.03 million t | 20.65 million t | 27.87 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.29 million t | 22.57 million t | 34.06 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.40 million t | 28.20 million t | 36.68 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
- 1 USSR 65.93 million t compare
- 2 Russian Federation 46.68 million t compare
- 2 Türkiye 23.00 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
- 6 Egypt 13.88 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0087 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 527.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6813 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1786 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar beet — production in Germany?
- Sugar beet — production in Germany was 36.68 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — production recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 36.68 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — production recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.29 million t in 1961.
- How does Germany rank for sugar beet — production?
- Germany ranks 3rd out of 68 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — production rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany 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.