Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Thailand
Thailand: Sugar Crops Primary — Production was 82.44 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar crops primary — production in Thailand is 82.44 million t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 12.3% on the previous year and down 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — production in Thailand peaked at 135.07 million t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1.70 million t, in 1963.
That places Thailand 6th out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Thailand, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.00 million t | — |
| 1962 | 1.98 million t | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 1.70 million t | -14.4% |
| 1964 | 2.39 million t | +40.8% |
| 1965 | 3.91 million t | +63.9% |
| 1966 | 3.04 million t | -22.2% |
| 1967 | 2.54 million t | -16.7% |
| 1968 | 2.38 million t | -6.2% |
| 1969 | 4.40 million t | +84.9% |
| 1970 | 5.10 million t | +16.0% |
| 1971 | 6.59 million t | +29.1% |
| 1972 | 5.93 million t | -10.0% |
| 1973 | 9.51 million t | +60.5% |
| 1974 | 13.34 million t | +40.2% |
| 1975 | 14.59 million t | +9.4% |
| 1976 | 19.91 million t | +36.4% |
| 1977 | 26.09 million t | +31.1% |
| 1978 | 18.94 million t | -27.4% |
| 1979 | 20.56 million t | +8.5% |
| 1980 | 12.83 million t | -37.6% |
| 1981 | 19.85 million t | +54.8% |
| 1982 | 30.20 million t | +52.1% |
| 1983 | 24.41 million t | -19.2% |
| 1984 | 23.87 million t | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 25.05 million t | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 24.09 million t | -3.8% |
| 1987 | 24.45 million t | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 27.19 million t | +11.2% |
| 1989 | 36.67 million t | +34.9% |
| 1990 | 33.56 million t | -8.5% |
| 1991 | 40.95 million t | +22.0% |
| 1992 | 47.95 million t | +17.1% |
| 1993 | 40.29 million t | -16.0% |
| 1994 | 37.82 million t | -6.1% |
| 1995 | 50.60 million t | +33.8% |
| 1996 | 57.97 million t | +14.6% |
| 1997 | 56.39 million t | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 43.47 million t | -22.9% |
| 1999 | 50.33 million t | +15.8% |
| 2000 | 54.05 million t | +7.4% |
| 2001 | 49.56 million t | -8.3% |
| 2002 | 60.01 million t | +21.1% |
| 2003 | 74.26 million t | +23.7% |
| 2004 | 65.00 million t | -12.5% |
| 2005 | 49.59 million t | -23.7% |
| 2006 | 47.66 million t | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 64.37 million t | +35.1% |
| 2008 | 73.50 million t | +14.2% |
| 2009 | 66.82 million t | -9.1% |
| 2010 | 68.81 million t | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 95.95 million t | +39.4% |
| 2012 | 98.40 million t | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 100.10 million t | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 103.70 million t | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 94.14 million t | -9.2% |
| 2016 | 94.14 million t | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 93.09 million t | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 135.07 million t | +45.1% |
| 2019 | 131.00 million t | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 74.97 million t | -42.8% |
| 2021 | 66.73 million t | -11.0% |
| 2022 | 92.16 million t | +38.1% |
| 2023 | 93.98 million t | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 82.44 million t | -12.3% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 82.44 million t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.50 million t, 54.9× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 82.44 million t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2.99 million t, 27.6× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.70 million t | 1.70 million t | 4.40 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 14.06 million t | 5.10 million t | 26.09 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 24.86 million t | 12.83 million t | 36.67 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 45.93 million t | 33.56 million t | 57.97 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 60.48 million t | 47.66 million t | 74.26 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 101.44 million t | 68.81 million t | 135.07 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.05 million t | 66.73 million t | 93.98 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 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
- 5 Pakistan 84.27 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
- 9 Russian Federation 46.68 million t compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.68 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — production in Thailand?
- Sugar crops primary — production in Thailand was 82.44 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 135.07 million t in 2018.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.70 million t in 1963.
- How does Thailand rank for sugar crops primary — production?
- Thailand ranks 6th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — production rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Thailand 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.