Sugar Crops Primary — Production in China, mainland
China, mainland: Sugar Crops Primary — Production was 114.51 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in China, mainland, 1961–2024
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
| 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +120.0% | 3.78 million t | 8.32 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 Brazil 759.66 million t compare
- 2 India 453.16 million t compare
- 3 China 114.98 million t compare
- 3 Türkiye 23.00 million t compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 14.24 million t compare
- 5 Pakistan 84.27 million t compare
- 6 Thailand 82.44 million t compare
- 6 Viet Nam 11.84 million t compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 11.45 million t compare
- 7 USSR 65.93 million t compare
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- Cattle — Stocks, annual growth rate -4.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cattle fat, unrendered — Production, annual growth rate 3.51 % change on previous year (2024)
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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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.