Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Belgium
Belgium: Sugar Crops Primary — Production was 4.41 million t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — production in Belgium stood at 4.41 million t.
That represents a change of down 7.1% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — production in Belgium peaked at 6.54 million t in 2002 and was at its lowest, 4.02 million t, in 2016.
That places Belgium 46th out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Belgium, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.15 million t | — |
| 2001 | 5.61 million t | -8.7% |
| 2002 | 6.54 million t | +16.4% |
| 2003 | 6.45 million t | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 6.22 million t | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 5.98 million t | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 5.67 million t | -5.3% |
| 2007 | 5.75 million t | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 4.71 million t | -18.0% |
| 2009 | 5.19 million t | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 4.46 million t | -13.9% |
| 2011 | 5.41 million t | +21.1% |
| 2012 | 5.44 million t | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 4.81 million t | -11.6% |
| 2014 | 4.79 million t | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 4.53 million t | -5.4% |
| 2016 | 4.02 million t | -11.3% |
| 2017 | 5.94 million t | +47.8% |
| 2018 | 5.19 million t | -12.6% |
| 2019 | 5.07 million t | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 4.78 million t | -5.7% |
| 2021 | 4.55 million t | -4.9% |
| 2022 | 4.74 million t | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 4.75 million t | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 4.41 million t | -7.1% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 4.41 million t is above the median for high income countries, which is 666,600 t, 6.6× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 4.41 million t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 856,310 t, 5.2× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Belgium 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +47.8% | 4.02 million t | 5.94 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.83 million t | 4.71 million t | 6.54 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.97 million t | 4.02 million t | 5.94 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.65 million t | 4.41 million t | 4.78 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — production in Belgium?
- Sugar crops primary — production in Belgium was 4.41 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 6.54 million t in 2002.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.02 million t in 2016.
- How does Belgium rank for sugar crops primary — production?
- Belgium ranks 46th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — production rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium 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.