Sugar beet — Yield in Portugal
Portugal: Sugar beet — Yield was 35,812 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Sugar beet — Yield in Portugal, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 35,812 kg/ha for sugar beet — yield in 2017.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and down 58.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — yield in Portugal peaked at 86,451 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 21,036 kg/ha, in 1977.
Portugal ranks 44th of 65 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Sugar beet — Yield in Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 36,520 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 32,609 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1963 | 36,000 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1964 | 32,609 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1965 | 39,000 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1966 | 46,240 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1967 | 45,073 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1968 | 35,836 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 1969 | 26,255 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 1970 | 42,548 kg/ha | +62.1% |
| 1971 | 43,386 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 41,535 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1973 | 31,272 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 1974 | 55,569 kg/ha | +77.7% |
| 1975 | 52,090 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1976 | 47,104 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1977 | 21,036 kg/ha | -55.3% |
| 1978 | 41,459 kg/ha | +97.1% |
| 1979 | 41,459 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 41,479 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 41,544 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 41,560 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 41,583 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 59,908 kg/ha | +44.1% |
| 1985 | 49,992 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1986 | 50,013 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 30,989 kg/ha | -38.0% |
| 1988 | 31,279 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 51,289 kg/ha | +64.0% |
| 1990 | 47,894 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1991 | 47,724 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 52,477 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1993 | 50,976 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 47,746 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1995 | 43,405 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1996 | 43,962 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 42,694 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 53,829 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 1999 | 61,266 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2000 | 58,507 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 52,278 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2002 | 71,223 kg/ha | +36.2% |
| 2003 | 64,614 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2004 | 74,966 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2005 | 70,147 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2006 | 74,863 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 86,451 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2008 | 86,382 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 48,978 kg/ha | -43.3% |
| 2010 | 25,698 kg/ha | -47.5% |
| 2011 | 24,782 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 50,927 kg/ha | +105.5% |
| 2013 | 25,893 kg/ha | -49.2% |
| 2014 | 37,627 kg/ha | +45.3% |
| 2015 | 57,610 kg/ha | +53.1% |
| 2016 | 36,417 kg/ha | -36.8% |
| 2017 | 35,812 kg/ha | -1.7% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 35,812 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 66,315 kg/ha, 54% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 35,812 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 50,731 kg/ha, 71% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar beet — Yield in Portugal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +105.5% | 24,782 kg/ha | 50,927 kg/ha |
| 1978 | +97.1% | 21,036 kg/ha | 41,459 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36,682 kg/ha | 26,255 kg/ha | 46,240 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 41,746 kg/ha | 21,036 kg/ha | 55,569 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 43,964 kg/ha | 30,989 kg/ha | 59,908 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 49,197 kg/ha | 42,694 kg/ha | 61,266 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 68,841 kg/ha | 48,978 kg/ha | 86,451 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 36,846 kg/ha | 24,782 kg/ha | 57,610 kg/ha | 8 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar beet — yield in Portugal?
- Sugar beet — yield in Portugal was 35,812 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 86,451 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,036 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Portugal rank for sugar beet — yield?
- Portugal ranks 44th out of 65 countries with data for 2017.
- Is sugar beet — yield rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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.