Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Sugar Crops Primary — Production was 234.73 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
234.73 million t
Change on year
up 1.6%
Rank
5th
of 29 groups
All-time high
244.31 million t
in 2021
All-time low
106.75 million t
in 1962
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for sugar crops primary — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) is 234.73 million t, measured in 2024.

The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 244.31 million t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 106.75 million t, in 1962.

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 5th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year

Annual values for Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 121.86 million t —
1962 106.75 million t -12.4%
1963 108.85 million t +2.0%
1964 111.98 million t +2.9%
1965 129.36 million t +15.5%
1966 124.69 million t -3.6%
1967 140.93 million t +13.0%
1968 130.42 million t -7.5%
1969 136.39 million t +4.6%
1970 184.03 million t +34.9%
1971 156.38 million t -15.0%
1972 145.72 million t -6.8%
1973 148.03 million t +1.6%
1974 156.90 million t +6.0%
1975 151.27 million t -3.6%
1976 163.13 million t +7.8%
1977 174.17 million t +6.8%
1978 185.04 million t +6.2%
1979 190.48 million t +2.9%
1980 174.48 million t -8.4%
1981 184.17 million t +5.6%
1982 201.98 million t +9.7%
1983 194.96 million t -3.5%
1984 204.91 million t +5.1%
1985 191.82 million t -6.4%
1986 191.68 million t -0.1%
1987 208.87 million t +9.0%
1988 203.18 million t -2.7%
1989 212.45 million t +4.6%
1990 211.12 million t -0.6%
1991 213.25 million t +1.0%
1992 202.54 million t -5.0%
1993 177.10 million t -12.6%
1994 183.32 million t +3.5%
1995 178.31 million t -2.7%
1996 189.69 million t +6.4%
1997 187.55 million t -1.1%
1998 193.44 million t +3.1%
1999 197.92 million t +2.3%
2000 194.04 million t -2.0%
2001 189.76 million t -2.2%
2002 199.83 million t +5.3%
2003 196.25 million t -1.8%
2004 199.83 million t +1.8%
2005 181.13 million t -9.4%
2006 180.06 million t -0.6%
2007 196.57 million t +9.2%
2008 207.19 million t +5.4%
2009 196.13 million t -5.3%
2010 190.63 million t -2.8%
2011 201.27 million t +5.6%
2012 209.67 million t +4.2%
2013 228.38 million t +8.9%
2014 229.73 million t +0.6%
2015 228.76 million t -0.4%
2016 236.83 million t +3.5%
2017 243.39 million t +2.8%
2018 222.73 million t -8.5%
2019 228.70 million t +2.7%
2020 238.03 million t +4.1%
2021 244.31 million t +2.6%
2022 237.90 million t -2.6%
2023 230.93 million t -2.9%
2024 234.73 million t +1.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 123.47 million t 106.75 million t 140.93 million t 9
1970s 165.51 million t 145.72 million t 190.48 million t 10
1980s 196.85 million t 174.48 million t 212.45 million t 10
1990s 193.42 million t 177.10 million t 213.25 million t 10
2000s 194.08 million t 180.06 million t 207.19 million t 10
2010s 222.01 million t 190.63 million t 243.39 million t 10
2020s 237.18 million t 230.93 million t 244.31 million t 5

Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

  1. 2 India 453.16 million t compare
  2. 3 China 114.98 million t compare
  3. 3 Türkiye 23.00 million t compare
  4. 4 China, mainland 114.51 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
  11. 8 Mexico 53.05 million t compare

See the full ranking of 200 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sugar crops primary — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
Sugar crops primary — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 234.73 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
The highest recorded value was 244.31 million t in 2021.
What is the lowest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
The lowest recorded value was 106.75 million t in 1962.
How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for sugar crops primary — production?
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is sugar crops primary — production rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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.