Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 26,160 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — yield in Afghanistan stood at 26,160 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.0% on the previous year and up 26.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Afghanistan peaked at 33,421 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 9,984 kg/ha, in 2008.
That places Afghanistan 127th out of 152 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,376 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,529 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 1963 | 18,745 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1964 | 14,340 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 1965 | 17,833 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 1966 | 17,833 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 19,077 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1968 | 18,308 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1969 | 18,028 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1970 | 16,956 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1971 | 15,942 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1972 | 14,894 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1973 | 13,529 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1974 | 13,906 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 18,722 kg/ha | +34.6% |
| 1976 | 19,273 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 17,889 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1978 | 15,222 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1979 | 19,420 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 1980 | 19,811 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 14,754 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 1982 | 15,091 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 19,500 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 1984 | 19,546 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 14,000 kg/ha | -28.4% |
| 1986 | 19,118 kg/ha | +36.6% |
| 1987 | 19,688 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 20,312 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 19,782 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1990 | 17,656 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1991 | 17,727 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 17,727 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 17,727 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 17,727 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 17,727 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 17,727 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 17,727 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 17,727 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 17,727 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 17,727 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 17,727 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 17,727 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 17,429 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 16,250 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2005 | 13,667 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2006 | 15,532 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2007 | 14,022 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2008 | 9,984 kg/ha | -28.8% |
| 2009 | 33,421 kg/ha | +234.8% |
| 2010 | 25,199 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 2011 | 25,316 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 21,434 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2013 | 24,975 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2014 | 20,623 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 2015 | 13,547 kg/ha | -34.3% |
| 2016 | 12,343 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2017 | 26,617 kg/ha | +115.7% |
| 2018 | 15,690 kg/ha | -41.1% |
| 2019 | 20,195 kg/ha | +28.7% |
| 2020 | 24,006 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 2021 | 24,136 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 31,333 kg/ha | +29.8% |
| 2023 | 26,956 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 2024 | 26,160 kg/ha | -3.0% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 26,160 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 42,586 kg/ha, 61% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 26,160 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 33,333 kg/ha, 78% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Afghanistan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +234.8% | 9,984 kg/ha | 33,421 kg/ha |
| 2017 | +115.7% | 12,343 kg/ha | 26,617 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,786 kg/ha | 14,340 kg/ha | 19,529 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,575 kg/ha | 13,529 kg/ha | 19,420 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,160 kg/ha | 14,000 kg/ha | 20,312 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,720 kg/ha | 17,656 kg/ha | 17,727 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,349 kg/ha | 9,984 kg/ha | 33,421 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,594 kg/ha | 12,343 kg/ha | 26,617 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,518 kg/ha | 24,006 kg/ha | 31,333 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 124 North Macedonia 29,706 kg/ha compare
- 125 Argentina 28,317 kg/ha compare
- 126 Guinea-Bissau 26,716 kg/ha compare
- 128 Papua New Guinea 25,055 kg/ha compare
- 129 Singapore 25,000 kg/ha compare
- 130 Bahamas 24,906 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — yield in Afghanistan?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Afghanistan was 26,160 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 33,421 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,984 kg/ha in 2008.
- How does Afghanistan rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Afghanistan ranks 127th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar Crops Primary — Yield. 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.