Sugar Crops Primary — Production in China, mainland

China, mainland: Sugar Crops Primary — Production was 114.51 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
114.51 million t
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
4th
of 155 countries
All-time high
137.46 million t
in 2013
All-time low
3.78 million t
in 1962
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sugar Crops Primary — Production in China, mainland, 1961–2024

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

Analysis

In 2024, sugar crops primary — production in China, mainland stood at 114.51 million t.

The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 14.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — production in China, mainland peaked at 137.46 million t in 2013 and was at its lowest, 3.78 million t, in 1962.

China, mainland ranks 4th of 155 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Sugar Crops Primary — Production in China, mainland, year by year

Annual values for Sugar Crops Primary — Production in China, mainland, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 5.06 million t —
1962 3.78 million t -25.3%
1963 8.32 million t +120.0%
1964 13.46 million t +61.8%
1965 15.37 million t +14.2%
1966 14.04 million t -8.7%
1967 15.24 million t +8.6%
1968 12.50 million t -18.0%
1969 12.88 million t +3.1%
1970 15.56 million t +20.8%
1971 15.26 million t -1.9%
1972 18.74 million t +22.8%
1973 19.64 million t +4.8%
1974 18.72 million t -4.7%
1975 19.14 million t +2.3%
1976 19.56 million t +2.2%
1977 20.21 million t +3.3%
1978 23.82 million t +17.9%
1979 24.61 million t +3.3%
1980 29.11 million t +18.3%
1981 36.03 million t +23.8%
1982 43.59 million t +21.0%
1983 40.32 million t -7.5%
1984 47.80 million t +18.6%
1985 60.47 million t +26.5%
1986 58.52 million t -3.2%
1987 55.50 million t -5.2%
1988 61.87 million t +11.5%
1989 58.04 million t -6.2%
1990 72.14 million t +24.3%
1991 84.19 million t +16.7%
1992 88.08 million t +4.6%
1993 76.24 million t -13.4%
1994 73.45 million t -3.7%
1995 79.40 million t +8.1%
1996 83.60 million t +5.3%
1997 93.86 million t +12.3%
1998 97.90 million t +4.3%
1999 83.34 million t -14.9%
2000 76.35 million t -8.4%
2001 86.55 million t +13.4%
2002 102.93 million t +18.9%
2003 96.42 million t -6.3%
2004 95.71 million t -0.7%
2005 94.52 million t -1.2%
2006 104.60 million t +10.7%
2007 121.88 million t +16.5%
2008 134.20 million t +10.1%
2009 122.77 million t -8.5%
2010 120.08 million t -2.2%
2011 125.17 million t +4.2%
2012 134.85 million t +7.7%
2013 137.46 million t +1.9%
2014 133.61 million t -2.8%
2015 112.15 million t -16.1%
2016 111.76 million t -0.3%
2017 113.79 million t +1.8%
2018 119.37 million t +4.9%
2019 121.66 million t +1.9%
2020 120.11 million t -1.3%
2021 114.52 million t -4.7%
2022 112.31 million t -1.9%
2023 113.73 million t +1.3%
2024 114.51 million t +0.7%

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Sugar Crops Primary — Production in China, mainland 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.

YearChange FromTo
1963 +120.0% 3.78 million t 8.32 million t

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 11.18 million t 3.78 million t 15.37 million t 9
1970s 19.53 million t 15.26 million t 24.61 million t 10
1980s 49.13 million t 29.11 million t 61.87 million t 10
1990s 83.22 million t 72.14 million t 97.90 million t 10
2000s 103.59 million t 76.35 million t 134.20 million t 10
2010s 122.99 million t 111.76 million t 137.46 million t 10
2020s 115.03 million t 112.31 million t 120.11 million t 5

Countries ranked near China, mainland

  1. 1 Brazil 759.66 million t compare
  2. 2 India 453.16 million t compare
  3. 3 China 114.98 million t compare
  4. 3 Türkiye 23.00 million t compare
  5. 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 14.24 million t compare
  6. 5 Pakistan 84.27 million t compare
  7. 6 Thailand 82.44 million t compare
  8. 6 Viet Nam 11.84 million t compare
  9. 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 11.45 million t compare
  10. 7 USSR 65.93 million t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is sugar crops primary — production in China, mainland?
Sugar crops primary — production in China, mainland was 114.51 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sugar crops primary — production recorded in China, mainland?
The highest recorded value was 137.46 million t in 2013.
What is the lowest sugar crops primary — production recorded in China, mainland?
The lowest recorded value was 3.78 million t in 1962.
How does China, mainland rank for sugar crops primary — production?
China, mainland ranks 4th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
Is sugar crops primary — production rising or falling in China, mainland?
Over the last ten years it is down 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this China, mainland 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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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
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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.