Sugar Crops Primary — Production in United States of America

United States of America: Sugar Crops Primary — Production was 63.61 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
63.61 million t
Change on year
up 2.8%
Rank
15th
of 29 groups
All-time high
68.66 million t
in 2000
All-time low
34.05 million t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sugar Crops Primary — Production in United States of America, 1961–2024

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

Analysis

In 2024, sugar crops primary — production in United States of America stood at 63.61 million t.

The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 13.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — production in United States of America peaked at 68.66 million t in 2000 and was at its lowest, 34.05 million t, in 1961.

That places United States of America 15th 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 United States of America, year by year

Annual values for Sugar Crops Primary — Production in United States of America, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 34.05 million t
1962 34.72 million t +2.0%
1963 43.08 million t +24.1%
1964 44.18 million t +2.5%
1965 40.04 million t -9.4%
1966 40.82 million t +1.9%
1967 41.96 million t +2.8%
1968 45.81 million t +9.2%
1969 45.58 million t -0.5%
1970 44.74 million t -1.9%
1971 46.30 million t +3.5%
1972 51.53 million t +11.3%
1973 45.72 million t -11.3%
1974 42.88 million t -6.2%
1975 52.66 million t +22.8%
1976 52.17 million t -0.9%
1977 47.03 million t -9.9%
1978 46.98 million t -0.1%
1979 44.02 million t -6.3%
1980 45.78 million t +4.0%
1981 49.85 million t +8.9%
1982 45.96 million t -7.8%
1983 44.59 million t -3.0%
1984 44.88 million t +0.7%
1985 46.03 million t +2.6%
1986 50.32 million t +9.3%
1987 51.97 million t +3.3%
1988 49.63 million t -4.5%
1989 49.49 million t -0.3%
1990 50.48 million t +2.0%
1991 53.03 million t +5.0%
1992 53.98 million t +1.8%
1993 52.03 million t -3.6%
1994 56.95 million t +9.5%
1995 53.40 million t -6.2%
1996 50.93 million t -4.6%
1997 55.86 million t +9.7%
1998 60.97 million t +9.1%
1999 62.34 million t +2.2%
2000 68.66 million t +10.1%
2001 60.30 million t -12.2%
2002 63.26 million t +4.9%
2003 64.57 million t +2.1%
2004 59.03 million t -8.6%
2005 54.04 million t -8.5%
2006 63.63 million t +17.7%
2007 59.66 million t -6.2%
2008 49.43 million t -17.2%
2009 54.63 million t +10.5%
2010 53.88 million t -1.4%
2011 52.73 million t -2.1%
2012 61.19 million t +16.1%
2013 57.65 million t -5.8%
2014 55.98 million t -2.9%
2015 61.23 million t +9.4%
2016 62.63 million t +2.3%
2017 62.19 million t -0.7%
2018 61.53 million t -1.1%
2019 54.96 million t -10.7%
2020 63.24 million t +15.1%
2021 63.15 million t -0.1%
2022 61.07 million t -3.3%
2023 61.85 million t +1.3%
2024 63.61 million t +2.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 41.14 million t 34.05 million t 45.81 million t 9
1970s 47.40 million t 42.88 million t 52.66 million t 10
1980s 47.85 million t 44.59 million t 51.97 million t 10
1990s 55.00 million t 50.48 million t 62.34 million t 10
2000s 59.72 million t 49.43 million t 68.66 million t 10
2010s 58.40 million t 52.73 million t 62.63 million t 10
2020s 62.58 million t 61.07 million t 63.61 million t 5

Countries ranked near United States of America

  1. 12 Indonesia 32.20 million t compare
  2. 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.64 million t compare
  3. 13 Colombia 31.89 million t compare
  4. 13 Melanesia 1.64 million t compare
  5. 14 Australia 29.87 million t compare
  6. 14 Republic of Moldova 292,673 t compare
  7. 14 Australia and New Zealand 29.87 million t compare
  8. 15 Syrian Arab Republic 6,090 t compare
  9. 16 Egypt 27.20 million t compare
  10. 16 Polynesia 3,584 t compare
  11. 17 Guatemala 22.91 million t compare
  12. 18 Philippines 18.69 million t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is sugar crops primary — production in United States of America?
Sugar crops primary — production in United States of America was 63.61 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 States of America?
The highest recorded value was 68.66 million t in 2000.
What is the lowest sugar crops primary — production recorded in United States of America?
The lowest recorded value was 34.05 million t in 1961.
How does United States of America rank for sugar crops primary — production?
United States of America ranks 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is sugar crops primary — production rising or falling in United States of America?
Over the last ten years it is up 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this United States of 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.