Sugar beet — Yield in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Sugar beet — Yield was 19,097 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar beet — Yield in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar beet — yield in Afghanistan stood at 19,097 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.5% on the previous year and up 65.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — yield in Afghanistan peaked at 27,362 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2,870 kg/ha, in 2008.
That places Afghanistan 54th out of 65 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar beet — Yield in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,988 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,793 kg/ha | +40.1% |
| 1963 | 15,618 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1964 | 8,857 kg/ha | -43.3% |
| 1965 | 14,000 kg/ha | +58.1% |
| 1966 | 14,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 14,889 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1968 | 13,778 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1969 | 14,783 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1970 | 14,091 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1971 | 13,636 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1972 | 13,761 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 12,667 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1974 | 14,800 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1975 | 21,700 kg/ha | +46.6% |
| 1976 | 19,137 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1977 | 19,400 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 14,600 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 1979 | 21,875 kg/ha | +49.8% |
| 1980 | 21,875 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 8,333 kg/ha | -61.9% |
| 1982 | 9,091 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1983 | 20,000 kg/ha | +120.0% |
| 1984 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,333 kg/ha | -83.3% |
| 1986 | 12,500 kg/ha | +275.0% |
| 1987 | 15,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1988 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 16,667 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1990 | 5,000 kg/ha | -70.0% |
| 1991 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 3,000 kg/ha | -40.0% |
| 2006 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 5,175 kg/ha | +72.5% |
| 2008 | 2,870 kg/ha | -44.5% |
| 2009 | 15,000 kg/ha | +422.7% |
| 2010 | 12,992 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2011 | 13,000 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 12,000 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2013 | 15,066 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 2014 | 11,561 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 2015 | 8,158 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 2016 | 7,832 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 10,458 kg/ha | +33.5% |
| 2018 | 27,362 kg/ha | +161.6% |
| 2019 | 15,071 kg/ha | -44.9% |
| 2020 | 14,501 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 14,846 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 16,840 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2023 | 20,000 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 2024 | 19,097 kg/ha | -4.5% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 19,097 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 36,437 kg/ha, 52% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar beet — Yield in Afghanistan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +422.7% | 2,870 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha |
| 1986 | +275.0% | 3,333 kg/ha | 12,500 kg/ha |
| 2018 | +161.6% | 10,458 kg/ha | 27,362 kg/ha |
| 1983 | +120.0% | 9,091 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha |
| 1985 | -83.3% | 20,000 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha |
| 2007 | +72.5% | 3,000 kg/ha | 5,175 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,856 kg/ha | 8,857 kg/ha | 16,793 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,567 kg/ha | 12,667 kg/ha | 21,875 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,180 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha | 21,875 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,000 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,404 kg/ha | 2,870 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,350 kg/ha | 7,832 kg/ha | 27,362 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,057 kg/ha | 14,501 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar beet — yield in Afghanistan?
- Sugar beet — yield in Afghanistan was 19,097 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 27,362 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,870 kg/ha in 2008.
- How does Afghanistan rank for sugar beet — yield?
- Afghanistan ranks 54th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — yield rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 65.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar beet — Yield. 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.