Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Pakistan
Pakistan: Sugar Crops Primary — Production was 84.27 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Pakistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — production in Pakistan stood at 84.27 million t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.9% on the previous year and up 34.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — production in Pakistan peaked at 88.67 million t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 11.66 million t, in 1961.
That places Pakistan 5th out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11.66 million t | — |
| 1962 | 14.41 million t | +23.5% |
| 1963 | 18.48 million t | +28.3% |
| 1964 | 16.21 million t | -12.3% |
| 1965 | 18.71 million t | +15.4% |
| 1966 | 22.38 million t | +19.6% |
| 1967 | 22.03 million t | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 18.75 million t | -14.9% |
| 1969 | 22.18 million t | +18.2% |
| 1970 | 26.62 million t | +20.0% |
| 1971 | 23.33 million t | -12.4% |
| 1972 | 20.17 million t | -13.5% |
| 1973 | 20.06 million t | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 24.01 million t | +19.7% |
| 1975 | 21.48 million t | -10.5% |
| 1976 | 25.82 million t | +20.2% |
| 1977 | 29.91 million t | +15.9% |
| 1978 | 30.40 million t | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 27.66 million t | -9.0% |
| 1980 | 27.84 million t | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 32.81 million t | +17.9% |
| 1982 | 36.94 million t | +12.6% |
| 1983 | 32.74 million t | -11.4% |
| 1984 | 34.47 million t | +5.3% |
| 1985 | 32.24 million t | -6.4% |
| 1986 | 27.99 million t | -13.2% |
| 1987 | 43.93 million t | +56.9% |
| 1988 | 33.49 million t | -23.8% |
| 1989 | 37.32 million t | +11.4% |
| 1990 | 35.84 million t | -4.0% |
| 1991 | 36.31 million t | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 39.18 million t | +7.9% |
| 1993 | 38.29 million t | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 44.67 million t | +16.7% |
| 1995 | 47.36 million t | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 45.44 million t | -4.1% |
| 1997 | 42.17 million t | -7.2% |
| 1998 | 53.19 million t | +26.1% |
| 1999 | 55.32 million t | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 46.49 million t | -16.0% |
| 2001 | 43.74 million t | -5.9% |
| 2002 | 48.13 million t | +10.0% |
| 2003 | 52.27 million t | +8.6% |
| 2004 | 54.07 million t | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 47.37 million t | -12.4% |
| 2006 | 44.76 million t | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 54.83 million t | +22.5% |
| 2008 | 63.98 million t | +16.7% |
| 2009 | 50.14 million t | -21.6% |
| 2010 | 49.37 million t | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 55.31 million t | +12.0% |
| 2012 | 58.40 million t | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 67.46 million t | +15.5% |
| 2014 | 62.83 million t | -6.9% |
| 2015 | 65.50 million t | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 75.50 million t | +15.3% |
| 2017 | 83.36 million t | +10.4% |
| 2018 | 67.20 million t | -19.4% |
| 2019 | 66.42 million t | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 81.03 million t | +22.0% |
| 2021 | 88.67 million t | +9.4% |
| 2022 | 88.01 million t | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 87.67 million t | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 84.27 million t | -3.9% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 84.27 million t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.31 million t, 64.4× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 84.27 million t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 5,965 t, 14126.1× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.31 million t | 11.66 million t | 22.38 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 24.95 million t | 20.06 million t | 30.40 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 33.98 million t | 27.84 million t | 43.93 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 43.78 million t | 35.84 million t | 55.32 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 50.58 million t | 43.74 million t | 63.98 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.14 million t | 49.37 million t | 83.36 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.93 million t | 81.03 million t | 88.67 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 2 India 453.16 million t compare
- 3 China 114.98 million t compare
- 3 Türkiye 23.00 million t compare
- 4 China, mainland 114.51 million t compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 14.24 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
- 8 Mexico 53.05 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — production in Pakistan?
- Sugar crops primary — production in Pakistan was 84.27 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 88.67 million t in 2021.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.66 million t in 1961.
- How does Pakistan rank for sugar crops primary — production?
- Pakistan ranks 5th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — production rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.