Sugar cane — Production in Suriname
Suriname: Sugar cane — Production was 91,128 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar cane — Production in Suriname, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar cane — production in Suriname stood at 91,128 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 24.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — production in Suriname peaked at 250,677 t in 1966 and was at its lowest, 48,786 t, in 1987.
Suriname ranks 76th of 103 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Production in Suriname, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 138,782 t | — |
| 1962 | 153,982 t | +11.0% |
| 1963 | 186,641 t | +21.2% |
| 1964 | 153,471 t | -17.8% |
| 1965 | 241,167 t | +57.1% |
| 1966 | 250,677 t | +3.9% |
| 1967 | 240,704 t | -4.0% |
| 1968 | 230,000 t | -4.4% |
| 1969 | 220,000 t | -4.3% |
| 1970 | 225,000 t | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 195,000 t | -13.3% |
| 1972 | 210,000 t | +7.7% |
| 1973 | 159,700 t | -24.0% |
| 1974 | 146,417 t | -8.3% |
| 1975 | 159,543 t | +9.0% |
| 1976 | 146,700 t | -8.0% |
| 1977 | 135,325 t | -7.8% |
| 1978 | 119,760 t | -11.5% |
| 1979 | 164,060 t | +37.0% |
| 1980 | 146,339 t | -10.8% |
| 1981 | 146,327 t | -0.0% |
| 1982 | 125,391 t | -14.3% |
| 1983 | 128,823 t | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 130,625 t | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 118,225 t | -9.5% |
| 1986 | 110,967 t | -6.1% |
| 1987 | 48,786 t | -56.0% |
| 1988 | 50,000 t | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 65,000 t | +30.0% |
| 1990 | 65,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 70,000 t | +7.7% |
| 1992 | 70,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 70,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 90,000 t | +28.6% |
| 1995 | 120,000 t | +33.3% |
| 1996 | 90,000 t | -25.0% |
| 1997 | 120,000 t | +33.3% |
| 1998 | 70,000 t | -41.7% |
| 1999 | 90,000 t | +28.6% |
| 2000 | 120,000 t | +33.3% |
| 2001 | 120,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 120,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 70,000 t | -41.7% |
| 2004 | 70,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 70,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 120,000 t | +71.4% |
| 2007 | 120,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 120,100 t | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 120,100 t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 120,000 t | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 120,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 120,100 t | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 120,100 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 120,000 t | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 120,479 t | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 122,361 t | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 109,308 t | -10.7% |
| 2018 | 100,600 t | -8.0% |
| 2019 | 80,000 t | -20.5% |
| 2020 | 75,000 t | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 90,651 t | +20.9% |
| 2022 | 97,420 t | +7.5% |
| 2023 | 92,412 t | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 91,128 t | -1.4% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 91,128 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5.66 million t, 2% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 91,128 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.67 million t, 5% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — Production in Suriname 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +71.4% | 70,000 t | 120,000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 201,714 t | 138,782 t | 250,677 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 166,150 t | 119,760 t | 225,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 107,048 t | 48,786 t | 146,339 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 85,500 t | 65,000 t | 120,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 105,020 t | 70,000 t | 120,100 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 113,295 t | 80,000 t | 122,361 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 89,322 t | 75,000 t | 97,420 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 20.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0677 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 471.32 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7818 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3421 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — production in Suriname?
- Sugar cane — production in Suriname was 91,128 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — production recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 250,677 t in 1966.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — production recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 48,786 t in 1987.
- How does Suriname rank for sugar cane — production?
- Suriname ranks 76th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — production rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Suriname 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.