Sugar cane — Production in Bahamas
Bahamas: Sugar cane — Production was 63,848 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Production in Bahamas, 1966–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar cane — production in Bahamas is 63,848 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — production in Bahamas peaked at 75,000 t in 2001 and was at its lowest, 2,000 t, in 1971.
That places Bahamas 80th out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 59 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Production in Bahamas, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 10,000 t | — |
| 1967 | 20,000 t | +100.0% |
| 1968 | 14,500 t | -27.5% |
| 1969 | 8,500 t | -41.4% |
| 1970 | 27,000 t | +217.6% |
| 1971 | 2,000 t | -92.6% |
| 1972 | 38,000 t | +1800.0% |
| 1973 | 35,000 t | -7.9% |
| 1974 | 38,000 t | +8.6% |
| 1975 | 46,000 t | +21.1% |
| 1976 | 60,000 t | +30.4% |
| 1977 | 49,000 t | -18.3% |
| 1978 | 38,000 t | -22.4% |
| 1979 | 40,000 t | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 37,000 t | -7.5% |
| 1981 | 52,000 t | +40.5% |
| 1982 | 55,000 t | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 33,000 t | -40.0% |
| 1984 | 50,000 t | +51.5% |
| 1985 | 35,000 t | -30.0% |
| 1986 | 30,000 t | -14.3% |
| 1987 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 42,000 t | +40.0% |
| 1989 | 55,000 t | +31.0% |
| 1990 | 60,000 t | +9.1% |
| 1991 | 45,000 t | -25.0% |
| 1992 | 35,000 t | -22.2% |
| 1993 | 50,000 t | +42.9% |
| 1994 | 55,000 t | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 35,000 t | -36.4% |
| 1996 | 45,000 t | +28.6% |
| 1997 | 35,000 t | -22.2% |
| 1998 | 45,000 t | +28.6% |
| 1999 | 50,000 t | +11.1% |
| 2000 | 62,500 t | +25.0% |
| 2001 | 75,000 t | +20.0% |
| 2002 | 55,000 t | -26.7% |
| 2003 | 50,000 t | -9.1% |
| 2004 | 50,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 50,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 57,500 t | +15.0% |
| 2007 | 57,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 57,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 57,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 57,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 57,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 57,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 57,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 59,488 t | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 60,355 t | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 60,948 t | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 61,371 t | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 61,739 t | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 62,251 t | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 62,966 t | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 63,490 t | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 63,016 t | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 63,432 t | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 63,848 t | +0.7% |
Bahamas compared with similar countries
- Bahamas's 63,848 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 63,848 t, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Bahamas's 63,848 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.67 million t, 4% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — Production in Bahamas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +1800.0% | 2,000 t | 38,000 t |
| 1970 | +217.6% | 8,500 t | 27,000 t |
| 1967 | +100.0% | 10,000 t | 20,000 t |
| 1971 | -92.6% | 27,000 t | 2,000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,250 t | 8,500 t | 20,000 t | 4 |
| 1970s | 37,300 t | 2,000 t | 60,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 41,900 t | 30,000 t | 55,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 45,500 t | 35,000 t | 60,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 57,250 t | 50,000 t | 75,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 59,615 t | 57,500 t | 62,251 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 63,351 t | 62,966 t | 63,848 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bahamas
- 77 Sierra Leone 83,182 t compare
- 78 Benin 80,553 t compare
- 79 Barbados 64,871 t compare
- 81 Afghanistan 53,326 t compare
- 82 Puerto Rico 40,000 t compare
- 83 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 24,000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Bahamas
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0051 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 203.1 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4043 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1867 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — production in Bahamas?
- Sugar cane — production in Bahamas was 63,848 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — production recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 75,000 t in 2001.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — production recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 t in 1971.
- How does Bahamas rank for sugar cane — production?
- Bahamas ranks 80th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — production rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahamas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar cane — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.