Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Argentina
Argentina: Sugar Crops Primary — Production was 12.26 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Argentina, 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 Argentina is 12.26 million t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.4% on the previous year and down 41.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — production in Argentina peaked at 26.96 million t in 2008 and was at its lowest, 8.58 million t, in 1967.
Argentina ranks 23rd of 155 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Argentina, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9.65 million t | — |
| 1962 | 9.78 million t | +1.3% |
| 1963 | 11.95 million t | +22.2% |
| 1964 | 11.83 million t | -1.0% |
| 1965 | 13.95 million t | +18.0% |
| 1966 | 11.96 million t | -14.3% |
| 1967 | 8.58 million t | -28.3% |
| 1968 | 9.50 million t | +10.8% |
| 1969 | 10.68 million t | +12.4% |
| 1970 | 9.70 million t | -9.2% |
| 1971 | 10.26 million t | +5.8% |
| 1972 | 12.87 million t | +25.4% |
| 1973 | 16.87 million t | +31.1% |
| 1974 | 16.54 million t | -2.0% |
| 1975 | 15.60 million t | -5.7% |
| 1976 | 16.10 million t | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 16.00 million t | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 13.60 million t | -15.0% |
| 1979 | 14.12 million t | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 17.20 million t | +21.8% |
| 1981 | 15.50 million t | -9.9% |
| 1982 | 15.05 million t | -2.9% |
| 1983 | 15.07 million t | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 15.44 million t | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 14.11 million t | -8.6% |
| 1986 | 14.46 million t | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 14.48 million t | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 13.94 million t | -3.7% |
| 1989 | 13.70 million t | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 15.70 million t | +14.6% |
| 1991 | 18.20 million t | +15.9% |
| 1992 | 16.80 million t | -7.7% |
| 1993 | 14.25 million t | -15.2% |
| 1994 | 15.20 million t | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 17.70 million t | +16.4% |
| 1996 | 17.60 million t | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 19.45 million t | +10.5% |
| 1998 | 19.40 million t | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 16.70 million t | -13.9% |
| 2000 | 18.40 million t | +10.2% |
| 2001 | 18.72 million t | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 19.25 million t | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 22.05 million t | +14.5% |
| 2004 | 20.90 million t | -5.2% |
| 2005 | 24.40 million t | +16.7% |
| 2006 | 26.45 million t | +8.4% |
| 2007 | 23.96 million t | -9.4% |
| 2008 | 26.96 million t | +12.5% |
| 2009 | 26.96 million t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 18.89 million t | -29.9% |
| 2011 | 19.81 million t | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 19.77 million t | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 23.70 million t | +19.9% |
| 2014 | 21.03 million t | -11.3% |
| 2015 | 17.87 million t | -15.0% |
| 2016 | 18.44 million t | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 18.90 million t | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 18.58 million t | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 18.25 million t | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 17.50 million t | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 16.53 million t | -5.5% |
| 2022 | 15.50 million t | -6.2% |
| 2023 | 14.49 million t | -6.5% |
| 2024 | 12.26 million t | -15.4% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 12.26 million t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.50 million t, 8.2× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 12.26 million t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.60 million t, 7.6× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.87 million t | 8.58 million t | 13.95 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 14.17 million t | 9.70 million t | 16.87 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 14.89 million t | 13.70 million t | 17.20 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 17.10 million t | 14.25 million t | 19.45 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 22.80 million t | 18.40 million t | 26.96 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.52 million t | 17.87 million t | 23.70 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.25 million t | 12.26 million t | 17.50 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0765 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — production in Argentina?
- Sugar crops primary — production in Argentina was 12.26 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 26.96 million t in 2008.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.58 million t in 1967.
- How does Argentina rank for sugar crops primary — production?
- Argentina ranks 23rd out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — production rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina 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.