Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Central America
Central America: Sugar Crops Primary — Production was 103.78 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Central America recorded 103.78 million t for sugar crops primary — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — production in Central America peaked at 117.56 million t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 25.71 million t, in 1961.
That places Central America 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Central America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25.71 million t | — |
| 1962 | 28.15 million t | +9.5% |
| 1963 | 29.58 million t | +5.1% |
| 1964 | 34.91 million t | +18.0% |
| 1965 | 39.32 million t | +12.6% |
| 1966 | 41.36 million t | +5.2% |
| 1967 | 42.19 million t | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 41.76 million t | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 43.08 million t | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 46.10 million t | +7.0% |
| 1971 | 44.97 million t | -2.4% |
| 1972 | 45.42 million t | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 46.93 million t | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 48.91 million t | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 52.72 million t | +7.8% |
| 1976 | 50.14 million t | -4.9% |
| 1977 | 49.92 million t | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 55.81 million t | +11.8% |
| 1979 | 54.28 million t | -2.7% |
| 1980 | 54.56 million t | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 52.66 million t | -3.5% |
| 1982 | 57.38 million t | +9.0% |
| 1983 | 55.40 million t | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 56.94 million t | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 55.55 million t | -2.4% |
| 1986 | 65.70 million t | +18.3% |
| 1987 | 66.17 million t | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 62.36 million t | -5.8% |
| 1989 | 63.63 million t | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 62.79 million t | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 63.96 million t | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 68.69 million t | +7.4% |
| 1993 | 69.38 million t | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 67.78 million t | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 75.71 million t | +11.7% |
| 1996 | 78.84 million t | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 82.21 million t | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 86.87 million t | +5.7% |
| 1999 | 83.28 million t | -4.1% |
| 2000 | 79.97 million t | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 82.77 million t | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 80.99 million t | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 85.92 million t | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 90.54 million t | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 90.20 million t | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 90.81 million t | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 95.52 million t | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 94.00 million t | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 95.56 million t | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 93.97 million t | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 92.45 million t | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 100.76 million t | +9.0% |
| 2013 | 114.90 million t | +14.0% |
| 2014 | 117.27 million t | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 115.30 million t | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 116.85 million t | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 110.73 million t | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 113.02 million t | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 117.56 million t | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 109.30 million t | -7.0% |
| 2021 | 108.18 million t | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 109.11 million t | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 105.77 million t | -3.1% |
| 2024 | 103.78 million t | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36.23 million t | 25.71 million t | 43.08 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 49.52 million t | 44.97 million t | 55.81 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 59.03 million t | 52.66 million t | 66.17 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 73.95 million t | 62.79 million t | 86.87 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 88.63 million t | 79.97 million t | 95.56 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 109.28 million t | 92.45 million t | 117.56 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 107.23 million t | 103.78 million t | 109.30 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 8 Mexico 53.05 million t compare
- 9 Russian Federation 46.68 million t compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.68 million t compare
- 10 Germany 36.68 million t compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 3.34 million t compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.51 million t compare
- 11 France 32.59 million t compare
- 12 Indonesia 32.20 million t compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.64 million t compare
- 13 Colombia 31.89 million t compare
- 13 Melanesia 1.64 million t compare
- 14 Australia 29.87 million t compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 292,673 t compare
- 14 Australia and New Zealand 29.87 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -6.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 0.6939 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.7054 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 4.97 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — production in Central America?
- Sugar crops primary — production in Central America was 103.78 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 117.56 million t in 2019.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.71 million t in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for sugar crops primary — production?
- Central America ranks 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — production rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America 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.