Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Caribbean

Caribbean: Sugar Crops Primary — Production was 16.11 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
16.11 million t
Change on year
up 24.9%
World rank
21st
of 167 countries
All-time high
110.53 million t
in 1970
All-time low
12.89 million t
in 2023
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Caribbean, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

Caribbean recorded 16.11 million t for sugar crops primary — production in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 24.9% on the previous year and down 38.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — production in Caribbean peaked at 110.53 million t in 1970 and was at its lowest, 12.89 million t, in 2023.

Caribbean ranks 21st of 167 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 72.90 million t 63.23 million t 88.43 million t 9
1970s 85.23 million t 72.97 million t 110.53 million t 10
1980s 90.04 million t 84.58 million t 97.07 million t 10
1990s 62.88 million t 43.90 million t 96.01 million t 10
2000s 31.08 million t 20.91 million t 46.97 million t 10
2010s 23.75 million t 19.12 million t 28.20 million t 10
2020s 16.67 million t 12.89 million t 21.40 million t 5

Countries ranked near Caribbean

  1. 18 Guatemala 22.91 million t compare
  2. 19 Philippines 18.69 million t compare
  3. 20 Poland 18.43 million t compare
  4. 22 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 14.24 million t compare
  5. 23 Ukraine 12.80 million t compare
  6. 24 Myanmar 12.47 million t compare

See the full ranking of 200 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sugar crops primary — production in Caribbean?
Sugar crops primary — production in Caribbean was 16.11 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Caribbean?
The highest recorded value was 110.53 million t in 1970.
What is the lowest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Caribbean?
The lowest recorded value was 12.89 million t in 2023.
How does Caribbean rank for sugar crops primary — production?
Caribbean ranks 21st out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
Is sugar crops primary — production rising or falling in Caribbean?
Over the last ten years it is down 38.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Caribbean 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

Indicator
Sugar Crops Primary — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
200 places, 10,962 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.