Sugar Crops Primary — Production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Sugar Crops Primary — Production was 7.82 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
7.82 million t
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
27th
of 155 countries
All-time high
11.08 million t
in 1997
All-time low
4.59 million t
in 1974
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sugar Crops Primary — Production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is 7.82 million t, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and down 16.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 11.08 million t in 1997 and was at its lowest, 4.59 million t, in 1974.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 27th of 155 countries 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year

Annual values for Sugar Crops Primary — Production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 6.03 million t
1962 5.40 million t -10.5%
1963 5.34 million t -1.1%
1964 6.32 million t +18.4%
1965 6.81 million t +7.8%
1966 6.60 million t -3.1%
1967 6.88 million t +4.3%
1968 7.12 million t +3.4%
1969 6.03 million t -15.2%
1970 6.41 million t +6.3%
1971 7.87 million t +22.7%
1972 6.22 million t -21.0%
1973 7.43 million t +19.5%
1974 4.59 million t -38.2%
1975 4.79 million t +4.4%
1976 6.33 million t +32.1%
1977 6.38 million t +0.9%
1978 7.08 million t +10.9%
1979 7.66 million t +8.2%
1980 7.38 million t -3.7%
1981 7.39 million t +0.2%
1982 10.01 million t +35.3%
1983 7.50 million t -25.1%
1984 9.02 million t +20.3%
1985 7.71 million t -14.4%
1986 8.12 million t +5.2%
1987 7.99 million t -1.6%
1988 8.15 million t +2.0%
1989 8.11 million t -0.5%
1990 7.90 million t -2.6%
1991 8.70 million t +10.1%
1992 10.15 million t +16.6%
1993 9.67 million t -4.7%
1994 8.72 million t -9.8%
1995 8.43 million t -3.3%
1996 10.42 million t +23.6%
1997 11.08 million t +6.4%
1998 10.00 million t -9.8%
1999 10.58 million t +5.8%
2000 9.08 million t -14.2%
2001 8.34 million t -8.2%
2002 9.56 million t +14.7%
2003 9.17 million t -4.1%
2004 9.04 million t -1.4%
2005 8.69 million t -3.9%
2006 7.40 million t -14.8%
2007 6.73 million t -9.0%
2008 7.64 million t +13.5%
2009 8.46 million t +10.7%
2010 6.53 million t -22.8%
2011 8.50 million t +30.3%
2012 7.29 million t -14.3%
2013 8.43 million t +15.6%
2014 9.31 million t +10.4%
2015 6.22 million t -33.2%
2016 5.69 million t -8.5%
2017 8.92 million t +56.8%
2018 7.60 million t -14.8%
2019 7.76 million t +2.1%
2020 5.98 million t -22.9%
2021 7.36 million t +23.1%
2022 5.57 million t -24.3%
2023 7.75 million t +39.0%
2024 7.82 million t +0.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 6.28 million t 5.34 million t 7.12 million t 9
1970s 6.47 million t 4.59 million t 7.87 million t 10
1980s 8.14 million t 7.38 million t 10.01 million t 10
1990s 9.57 million t 7.90 million t 11.08 million t 10
2000s 8.41 million t 6.73 million t 9.56 million t 10
2010s 7.62 million t 5.69 million t 9.31 million t 10
2020s 6.90 million t 5.57 million t 7.82 million t 5

Countries ranked near United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  1. 24 Peru 12.04 million t compare
  2. 25 Kenya 9.37 million t compare
  3. 26 Cuba 9.05 million t compare
  4. 28 Côte d'Ivoire 2.16 million t compare
  5. 28 El Salvador 7.31 million t compare
  6. 29 Belgium-Luxembourg 7.11 million t compare
  7. 29 Cabo Verde 22,040 t compare
  8. 30 Nicaragua 6.96 million t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is sugar crops primary — production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Sugar crops primary — production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 7.82 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sugar crops primary — production recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The highest recorded value was 11.08 million t in 1997.
What is the lowest sugar crops primary — production recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The lowest recorded value was 4.59 million t in 1974.
How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for sugar crops primary — production?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 27th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
Is sugar crops primary — production rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Over the last ten years it is down 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.