Sugar beet yields by country
Yields are measured in tonnes per hectare.
Countries reporting
64
Highest
94.43 tonnes per hectare
Chile
Lowest
4.19 tonnes per hectare
Iraq
Median
50.6 tonnes per hectare
Years covered
93
1932–2024
Data points
3,009
What the numbers show
Sugar beet yields is currently reported for 64 countries. The highest value is 94.43 tonnes per hectare in Chile; the lowest is 4.19 tonnes per hectare in Iraq.
The median across all reporting countries is 50.6 tonnes per hectare, and the mean is 47.74 tonnes per hectare.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 23.
Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 204.2%), and the largest decrease in Portugal (down 58.6%).
Sugar beet yields: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chile | 94.43 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 2 | Germany | 83.9 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 3 | Austria | 79.88 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 4 | France | 79.18 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 5 | Canada | 78.96 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 6 | Spain | 77.09 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 76.34 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 8 | Belgium | 75.64 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 9 | Netherlands | 75.21 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 10 | Sweden | 74.53 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 11 | Denmark | 74.13 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 12 | United States | 72.85 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 13 | Japan | 71.27 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 14 | Kyrgyzstan | 71 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 197.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Turkey | 70.92 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 16 | Lithuania | 69.86 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 17 | Czechia | 69.56 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 18 | Switzerland | 67.75 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 19 | Israel | 67.19 tonnes per hectare | 1981 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 20 | Poland | 66.32 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 21 | Iran | 60.02 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 22 | Syria | 59.71 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 23 | Slovenia | 59.6 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 24 | Tunisia | 59.21 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 25 | Slovakia | 58.97 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 27 | China | 57.04 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Hungary | 53.09 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 23.3% | rising |
| 29 | Croatia | 52.62 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 30 | Italy | 52.5 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 27.9% | rising |
| 31 | Egypt | 52.41 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 32 | Morocco | 52.29 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 33 | Kazakhstan | 50.73 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 110.9% | rising |
| 34 | Ukraine | 50.47 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 35 | Finland | 47.61 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 36 | Russia | 47.38 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 37 | Belarus | 46.71 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 38 | Azerbaijan | 45.99 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 39 | Serbia | 41.05 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 40 | Uruguay | 40 tonnes per hectare | 1993 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 41 | Pakistan | 39.54 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 204.2% | rising |
| 42 | Romania | 38.18 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 43 | Latvia | 38.15 tonnes per hectare | 2007 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 44 | Portugal | 35.81 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | down 58.6% | rising |
| 45 | Albania | 34.36 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 46 | Palestine | 33.33 tonnes per hectare | 2000 | up 83.5% | rising |
| 47 | Lebanon | 32.06 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 23.7% | falling |
| 48 | Estonia | 32.06 tonnes per hectare | 1997 | up 124.8% | rising |
| 49 | Greece | 30.6 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 52.2% | rising |
| 50 | North Macedonia | 29.71 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 51 | Colombia | 26.07 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 52 | Moldova | 20.75 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 58.4% | rising |
| 53 | Venezuela | 20.2 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 54 | Afghanistan | 19.1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 65.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19.04 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 56 | Algeria | 18.67 tonnes per hectare | 1986 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 57 | Armenia | 15.52 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 58 | Turkmenistan | 15.31 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 20.5% | flat |
| 59 | Mali | 14.07 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 60 | Mexico | 13.18 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 61 | Uzbekistan | 12.86 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 28.6% | flat |
| 62 | Bulgaria | 12.68 tonnes per hectare | 2007 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 63 | Georgia | 10 tonnes per hectare | 2003 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 64 | Ecuador | 6.37 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 65 | Iraq | 4.19 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 28.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- USSR 20.82 tonnes per hectare
About this data
Yields are measured in tonnes per hectare.