Sugar beet — Yield in Italy
Italy: Sugar beet — Yield was 52,495 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar beet — Yield in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Italy recorded 52,495 kg/ha for sugar beet — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 11.8% on the previous year and down 27.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — yield in Italy peaked at 72,797 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 31,206 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Italy 28th 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31,206 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 31,697 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 34,345 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1964 | 34,480 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 32,205 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1966 | 37,765 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1967 | 39,113 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 37,465 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1969 | 36,380 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1970 | 33,925 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1971 | 34,572 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 44,731 kg/ha | +29.4% |
| 1973 | 39,185 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1974 | 38,689 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1975 | 45,478 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1976 | 49,601 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1977 | 44,621 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1978 | 42,689 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1979 | 46,391 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1980 | 46,268 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 53,030 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1982 | 41,738 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1983 | 43,550 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1984 | 51,042 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1985 | 41,197 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1986 | 47,924 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1987 | 50,795 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1988 | 49,099 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1989 | 55,963 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1990 | 42,950 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 1991 | 43,281 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 49,381 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1993 | 40,061 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1994 | 44,768 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1995 | 46,439 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 46,954 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 46,756 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 46,465 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 51,114 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 46,241 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2001 | 40,236 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2002 | 52,587 kg/ha | +30.7% |
| 2003 | 33,321 kg/ha | -36.6% |
| 2004 | 45,602 kg/ha | +36.9% |
| 2005 | 55,942 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 2006 | 52,281 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2007 | 54,133 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 57,556 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2009 | 54,570 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2010 | 56,620 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 57,009 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 46,576 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 2013 | 53,040 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2014 | 72,797 kg/ha | +37.2% |
| 2015 | 57,284 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 2016 | 63,359 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2017 | 64,615 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 56,422 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2019 | 59,364 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 67,147 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2021 | 54,128 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 2022 | 43,051 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 2023 | 59,538 kg/ha | +38.3% |
| 2024 | 52,495 kg/ha | -11.8% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 52,495 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 66,315 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Italy's 52,495 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 | 34,962 kg/ha | 31,206 kg/ha | 39,113 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 41,988 kg/ha | 33,925 kg/ha | 49,601 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 48,061 kg/ha | 41,197 kg/ha | 55,963 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 45,817 kg/ha | 40,061 kg/ha | 51,114 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 49,247 kg/ha | 33,321 kg/ha | 57,556 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 58,709 kg/ha | 46,576 kg/ha | 72,797 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 55,272 kg/ha | 43,051 kg/ha | 67,147 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar beet — yield in Italy?
- Sugar beet — yield in Italy was 52,495 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — yield recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 72,797 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 31,206 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Italy rank for sugar beet — yield?
- Italy ranks 28th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.