Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Northern America

Northern America: Sugar Crops Primary — Production was 65.06 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
65.06 million t
Change on year
up 3.2%
Rank
14th
of 29 groups
All-time high
69.48 million t
in 2000
All-time low
35.05 million t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Northern America, 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 Northern America is 65.06 million t, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and up 15.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — production in Northern America peaked at 69.48 million t in 2000 and was at its lowest, 35.05 million t, in 1961.

That places Northern America 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Northern America, year by year

Annual values for Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Northern America, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 35.05 million t
1962 35.72 million t +1.9%
1963 44.25 million t +23.9%
1964 45.35 million t +2.5%
1965 41.07 million t -9.4%
1966 41.87 million t +1.9%
1967 42.94 million t +2.5%
1968 46.80 million t +9.0%
1969 46.56 million t -0.5%
1970 45.57 million t -2.1%
1971 47.40 million t +4.0%
1972 52.50 million t +10.7%
1973 46.62 million t -11.2%
1974 43.63 million t -6.4%
1975 53.60 million t +22.9%
1976 53.33 million t -0.5%
1977 48.04 million t -9.9%
1978 47.92 million t -0.2%
1979 44.88 million t -6.4%
1980 46.66 million t +4.0%
1981 51.06 million t +9.4%
1982 46.99 million t -8.0%
1983 45.76 million t -2.6%
1984 45.81 million t +0.1%
1985 46.43 million t +1.4%
1986 51.27 million t +10.4%
1987 52.96 million t +3.3%
1988 50.35 million t -4.9%
1989 50.32 million t -0.1%
1990 51.42 million t +2.2%
1991 54.11 million t +5.2%
1992 54.76 million t +1.2%
1993 52.81 million t -3.6%
1994 58.05 million t +9.9%
1995 54.42 million t -6.2%
1996 51.97 million t -4.5%
1997 56.50 million t +8.7%
1998 61.85 million t +9.5%
1999 63.08 million t +2.0%
2000 69.48 million t +10.1%
2001 60.84 million t -12.4%
2002 63.60 million t +4.5%
2003 65.25 million t +2.6%
2004 59.78 million t -8.4%
2005 54.65 million t -8.6%
2006 64.50 million t +18.0%
2007 60.42 million t -6.3%
2008 49.77 million t -17.6%
2009 55.28 million t +11.1%
2010 54.39 million t -1.6%
2011 53.43 million t -1.8%
2012 61.79 million t +15.6%
2013 58.25 million t -5.7%
2014 56.56 million t -2.9%
2015 61.73 million t +9.1%
2016 63.44 million t +2.8%
2017 62.96 million t -0.8%
2018 62.91 million t -0.1%
2019 55.87 million t -11.2%
2020 64.35 million t +15.2%
2021 64.36 million t +0.0%
2022 62.35 million t -3.1%
2023 63.03 million t +1.1%
2024 65.06 million t +3.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 42.18 million t 35.05 million t 46.80 million t 9
1970s 48.35 million t 43.63 million t 53.60 million t 10
1980s 48.76 million t 45.76 million t 52.96 million t 10
1990s 55.90 million t 51.42 million t 63.08 million t 10
2000s 60.36 million t 49.77 million t 69.48 million t 10
2010s 59.13 million t 53.43 million t 63.44 million t 10
2020s 63.83 million t 62.35 million t 65.06 million t 5

Countries ranked near Northern America

  1. 11 France 32.59 million t compare
  2. 12 Indonesia 32.20 million t compare
  3. 13 Colombia 31.89 million t compare
  4. 14 Australia 29.87 million t compare
  5. 14 Australia and New Zealand 29.87 million t compare
  6. 16 Egypt 27.20 million t compare
  7. 17 Guatemala 22.91 million t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is sugar crops primary — production in Northern America?
Sugar crops primary — production in Northern America was 65.06 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Northern America?
The highest recorded value was 69.48 million t in 2000.
What is the lowest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Northern America?
The lowest recorded value was 35.05 million t in 1961.
How does Northern America rank for sugar crops primary — production?
Northern America ranks 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is sugar crops primary — production rising or falling in Northern America?
Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Northern America 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.