Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Americas
Americas: Sugar Crops Primary — Production was 1.03 billion t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar crops primary — production in Americas is 1.03 billion t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — production in Americas peaked at 1.07 billion t in 2013 and was at its lowest, 240.56 million t, in 1962.
That places Americas 2nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Americas, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 253.35 million t | — |
| 1962 | 240.56 million t | -5.0% |
| 1963 | 249.29 million t | +3.6% |
| 1964 | 266.56 million t | +6.9% |
| 1965 | 288.93 million t | +8.4% |
| 1966 | 280.81 million t | -2.8% |
| 1967 | 291.28 million t | +3.7% |
| 1968 | 286.89 million t | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 285.90 million t | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 332.79 million t | +16.4% |
| 1971 | 307.53 million t | -7.6% |
| 1972 | 312.44 million t | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 321.37 million t | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 330.57 million t | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 341.88 million t | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 355.68 million t | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 372.99 million t | +4.9% |
| 1978 | 394.44 million t | +5.8% |
| 1979 | 405.79 million t | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 406.15 million t | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 414.06 million t | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 454.08 million t | +9.7% |
| 1983 | 475.91 million t | +4.8% |
| 1984 | 490.51 million t | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 504.13 million t | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 512.08 million t | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 546.53 million t | +6.7% |
| 1988 | 533.07 million t | -2.5% |
| 1989 | 535.37 million t | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 547.75 million t | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 551.98 million t | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 551.04 million t | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 499.70 million t | -9.3% |
| 1994 | 551.02 million t | +10.3% |
| 1995 | 560.47 million t | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 585.68 million t | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 608.73 million t | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 625.31 million t | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 609.22 million t | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 608.62 million t | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 618.14 million t | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 649.29 million t | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 679.70 million t | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 699.67 million t | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 690.38 million t | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 755.63 million t | +9.5% |
| 2007 | 827.94 million t | +9.6% |
| 2008 | 916.03 million t | +10.6% |
| 2009 | 972.77 million t | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 978.48 million t | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 999.33 million t | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 1.00 billion t | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 1.07 billion t | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 1.04 billion t | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 1.05 billion t | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 1.07 billion t | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 1.05 billion t | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 1.04 billion t | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 1.05 billion t | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 1.05 billion t | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 1.00 billion t | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 1.00 billion t | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 1.05 billion t | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 1.03 billion t | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 271.51 million t | 240.56 million t | 291.28 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 347.55 million t | 307.53 million t | 405.79 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 487.19 million t | 406.15 million t | 546.53 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 569.09 million t | 499.70 million t | 625.31 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 741.82 million t | 608.62 million t | 972.77 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.04 billion t | 978.48 million t | 1.07 billion t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.03 billion t | 1.00 billion t | 1.05 billion t | 5 |
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- Cattle fat, unrendered — Production, annual growth rate 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cattle — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.4627 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -5.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Chickens — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.5 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — production in Americas?
- Sugar crops primary — production in Americas was 1.03 billion t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 1.07 billion t in 2013.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 240.56 million t in 1962.
- How does Americas rank for sugar crops primary — production?
- Americas ranks 2nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — production rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar Crops Primary — 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.