Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Mali
Mali: Sugar Crops Primary — Production was 593,773 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Mali, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Mali recorded 593,773 t for sugar crops primary — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.4% on the previous year and up 65.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — production in Mali peaked at 676,191 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 15,000 t, in 1961.
That places Mali 89th out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Mali, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 20,000 t | +33.3% |
| 1963 | 25,000 t | +25.0% |
| 1964 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 24,871 t | -0.5% |
| 1967 | 33,002 t | +32.7% |
| 1968 | 49,677 t | +50.5% |
| 1969 | 55,174 t | +11.1% |
| 1970 | 60,504 t | +9.7% |
| 1971 | 52,323 t | -13.5% |
| 1972 | 47,219 t | -9.8% |
| 1973 | 61,533 t | +30.3% |
| 1974 | 52,735 t | -14.3% |
| 1975 | 59,835 t | +13.5% |
| 1976 | 130,000 t | +117.3% |
| 1977 | 150,000 t | +15.4% |
| 1978 | 150,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 213,195 t | +42.1% |
| 1980 | 200,000 t | -6.2% |
| 1981 | 130,000 t | -35.0% |
| 1982 | 70,000 t | -46.2% |
| 1983 | 75,000 t | +7.1% |
| 1984 | 146,388 t | +95.2% |
| 1985 | 184,353 t | +25.9% |
| 1986 | 210,465 t | +14.2% |
| 1987 | 245,626 t | +16.7% |
| 1988 | 261,304 t | +6.4% |
| 1989 | 257,592 t | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 308,882 t | +19.9% |
| 1991 | 312,237 t | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 274,655 t | -12.0% |
| 1993 | 284,444 t | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 262,333 t | -7.8% |
| 1995 | 293,238 t | +11.8% |
| 1996 | 284,638 t | -2.9% |
| 1997 | 302,982 t | +6.4% |
| 1998 | 318,556 t | +5.1% |
| 1999 | 291,327 t | -8.5% |
| 2000 | 312,992 t | +7.4% |
| 2001 | 285,235 t | -8.9% |
| 2002 | 333,286 t | +16.8% |
| 2003 | 336,000 t | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 347,939 t | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 344,312 t | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 319,529 t | -7.2% |
| 2007 | 345,580 t | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 363,800 t | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 380,900 t | +4.7% |
| 2010 | 362,900 t | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 361,967 t | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 391,500 t | +8.2% |
| 2013 | 339,490 t | -13.3% |
| 2014 | 359,667 t | +5.9% |
| 2015 | 363,265 t | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 484,564 t | +33.4% |
| 2017 | 537,885 t | +11.0% |
| 2018 | 596,114 t | +10.8% |
| 2019 | 661,632 t | +11.0% |
| 2020 | 668,223 t | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 675,382 t | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 676,191 t | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 614,958 t | -9.1% |
| 2024 | 593,773 t | -3.4% |
Mali compared with similar countries
- Mali's 593,773 t is above the median for low income countries, which is 307,701 t, 1.9× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Mali's 593,773 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 774,764 t, 77% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Mali 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +117.3% | 59,835 t | 130,000 t |
| 1984 | +95.2% | 75,000 t | 146,388 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,303 t | 15,000 t | 55,174 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 97,734 t | 47,219 t | 213,195 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 178,073 t | 70,000 t | 261,304 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 293,329 t | 262,333 t | 318,556 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 336,957 t | 285,235 t | 380,900 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 445,898 t | 339,490 t | 661,632 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 645,705 t | 593,773 t | 676,191 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mali
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 394.01 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 33.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 33.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 8.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — production in Mali?
- Sugar crops primary — production in Mali was 593,773 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 676,191 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,000 t in 1961.
- How does Mali rank for sugar crops primary — production?
- Mali ranks 89th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — production rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is up 65.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mali 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.