Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Eastern Africa

Eastern Africa: Sugar Crops Primary — Production was 41.94 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
41.94 million t
Change on year
up 11.0%
Rank
11th
of 35 regions
All-time high
41.94 million t
in 2024
All-time low
12.61 million t
in 1962
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024

10.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M196119922024

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

Analysis

In 2024, sugar crops primary — production in Eastern Africa stood at 41.94 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.0% on the previous year and up 9.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — production in Eastern Africa peaked at 41.94 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 12.61 million t, in 1962.

Eastern Africa ranks 11th of 35 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 15.49 million t 12.61 million t 19.77 million t 9
1970s 21.27 million t 19.40 million t 24.40 million t 10
1980s 24.36 million t 23.23 million t 25.63 million t 10
1990s 24.83 million t 20.87 million t 27.52 million t 10
2000s 30.11 million t 26.80 million t 32.95 million t 10
2010s 36.72 million t 32.28 million t 39.30 million t 10
2020s 40.14 million t 37.80 million t 41.94 million t 5

Countries ranked near Eastern Africa

  1. 8 Mexico 53.05 million t compare
  2. 9 Russian Federation 46.68 million t compare
  3. 10 Germany 36.68 million t compare
  4. 11 France 32.59 million t compare
  5. 12 Indonesia 32.20 million t compare
  6. 13 Colombia 31.89 million t compare
  7. 14 Australia 29.87 million t compare
  8. 14 Australia and New Zealand 29.87 million t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is sugar crops primary — production in Eastern Africa?
Sugar crops primary — production in Eastern Africa was 41.94 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
The highest recorded value was 41.94 million t in 2024.
What is the lowest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 12.61 million t in 1962.
How does Eastern Africa rank for sugar crops primary — production?
Eastern Africa ranks 11th out of 35 regions with data for 2024.
Is sugar crops primary — production rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
Over the last ten years it is up 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Eastern Africa 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.