Sugar beet — Yield in Germany
Germany: Sugar beet — Yield was 83,903 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar beet — Yield in Germany, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Germany recorded 83,903 kg/ha for sugar beet — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.2% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — yield in Germany peaked at 83,903 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 27,485 kg/ha, in 1962.
Germany ranks 2nd of 65 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar beet — Yield in Germany, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 29,892 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 27,485 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1963 | 35,681 kg/ha | +29.8% |
| 1964 | 34,809 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1965 | 31,767 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1966 | 38,282 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 1967 | 41,277 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1968 | 42,705 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1969 | 37,482 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1970 | 39,620 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1971 | 37,687 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1972 | 39,761 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1973 | 39,996 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 39,732 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 36,884 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1976 | 33,965 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1977 | 42,228 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 1978 | 39,702 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1979 | 38,669 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1980 | 40,512 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1981 | 45,929 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1982 | 44,342 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1983 | 34,886 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1984 | 43,172 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 1985 | 44,372 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 45,585 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 44,925 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 40,268 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1989 | 44,941 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1990 | 49,659 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1991 | 46,785 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1992 | 50,876 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1993 | 54,829 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1994 | 48,424 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1995 | 50,792 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 50,563 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 51,163 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 53,215 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 56,359 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 61,659 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2001 | 55,238 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2002 | 58,325 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 53,218 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2004 | 61,649 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2005 | 60,187 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 57,737 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 62,427 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2008 | 62,287 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 67,568 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2010 | 64,352 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 74,297 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2012 | 68,856 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2013 | 63,874 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 79,861 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2015 | 72,161 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2016 | 74,294 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 83,747 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2018 | 63,280 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 2019 | 72,739 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2020 | 74,140 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 81,764 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2022 | 71,162 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2023 | 79,733 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2024 | 83,903 kg/ha | +5.2% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 83,903 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 66,315 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Germany's 83,903 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 50,731 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35,487 kg/ha | 27,485 kg/ha | 42,705 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 38,825 kg/ha | 33,965 kg/ha | 42,228 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 42,893 kg/ha | 34,886 kg/ha | 45,929 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 51,267 kg/ha | 46,785 kg/ha | 56,359 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 60,029 kg/ha | 53,218 kg/ha | 67,568 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 71,746 kg/ha | 63,280 kg/ha | 83,747 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 78,140 kg/ha | 71,162 kg/ha | 83,903 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Germany?
- Sugar beet — yield in Germany was 83,903 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — yield recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 83,903 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — yield recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,485 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Germany rank for sugar beet — yield?
- Germany ranks 2nd out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — yield rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. 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 — 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.