Sugar beet — Yield in Hungary
Hungary: Sugar beet — Yield was 53,088 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar beet — Yield in Hungary, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar beet — yield in Hungary stood at 53,088 kg/ha.
The figure is down 13.5% on the previous year and down 23.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — yield in Hungary peaked at 70,091 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 18,124 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Hungary 26th out of 65 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar beet — Yield in Hungary, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,124 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 21,166 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1963 | 29,037 kg/ha | +37.2% |
| 1964 | 26,770 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1965 | 28,641 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1966 | 33,060 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1967 | 32,415 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1968 | 33,420 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 34,056 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 28,750 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1971 | 27,756 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1972 | 37,061 kg/ha | +33.5% |
| 1973 | 29,812 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1974 | 37,705 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 1975 | 32,223 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1976 | 30,484 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1977 | 31,874 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1978 | 34,161 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1979 | 38,321 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1980 | 37,766 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 38,756 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 42,561 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1983 | 34,705 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1984 | 40,005 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1985 | 37,906 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1986 | 36,186 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1987 | 36,317 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 39,331 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1989 | 44,005 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1990 | 36,098 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1991 | 37,160 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 27,190 kg/ha | -26.8% |
| 1993 | 22,960 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1994 | 31,796 kg/ha | +38.5% |
| 1995 | 33,590 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1996 | 39,587 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1997 | 37,681 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1998 | 41,968 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1999 | 44,554 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 34,389 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 2001 | 44,190 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 2002 | 41,076 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2003 | 35,150 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2004 | 56,942 kg/ha | +62.0% |
| 2005 | 57,036 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 52,409 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2007 | 41,087 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 2008 | 59,667 kg/ha | +45.2% |
| 2009 | 53,601 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2010 | 59,091 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2011 | 56,511 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 47,100 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2013 | 52,669 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2014 | 69,180 kg/ha | +31.3% |
| 2015 | 58,720 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2016 | 70,091 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2017 | 67,475 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 60,753 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2019 | 58,487 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 60,454 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 56,407 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2022 | 48,426 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2023 | 61,342 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 2024 | 53,088 kg/ha | -13.5% |
Hungary compared with similar countries
- Hungary's 53,088 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 66,315 kg/ha, 80% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Hungary's 53,088 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 50,731 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28,521 kg/ha | 18,124 kg/ha | 34,056 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 32,815 kg/ha | 27,756 kg/ha | 38,321 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 38,754 kg/ha | 34,705 kg/ha | 44,005 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 35,258 kg/ha | 22,960 kg/ha | 44,554 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 47,555 kg/ha | 34,389 kg/ha | 59,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 60,008 kg/ha | 47,100 kg/ha | 70,091 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 55,944 kg/ha | 48,426 kg/ha | 61,342 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Hungary
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2931 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar beet — yield in Hungary?
- Sugar beet — yield in Hungary was 53,088 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — yield recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 70,091 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — yield recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,124 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Hungary rank for sugar beet — yield?
- Hungary ranks 26th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — yield rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Hungary 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.