Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Americas

Americas: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 73,416 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
73,416 kg/ha
Change on year
down 2.6%
Rank
12th
of 29 groups
All-time high
77,027 kg/ha
in 2009
All-time low
47,267 kg/ha
in 1962
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Americas, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.

Analysis

In 2024, sugar crops primary — yield in Americas stood at 73,416 kg/ha.

The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Americas peaked at 77,027 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 47,267 kg/ha, in 1962.

That places Americas 12th 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 — Yield in Americas, year by year

Annual values for Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Americas, 1961 to 2024.
Year kg/ha Change
1961 49,880 kg/ha —
1962 47,267 kg/ha -5.2%
1963 48,133 kg/ha +1.8%
1964 49,729 kg/ha +3.3%
1965 52,226 kg/ha +5.0%
1966 52,283 kg/ha +0.1%
1967 53,823 kg/ha +2.9%
1968 51,632 kg/ha -4.1%
1969 52,220 kg/ha +1.1%
1970 54,900 kg/ha +5.1%
1971 51,782 kg/ha -5.7%
1972 52,258 kg/ha +0.9%
1973 52,953 kg/ha +1.3%
1974 52,830 kg/ha -0.2%
1975 54,050 kg/ha +2.3%
1976 54,056 kg/ha +0.0%
1977 57,009 kg/ha +5.5%
1978 57,918 kg/ha +1.6%
1979 58,199 kg/ha +0.5%
1980 56,753 kg/ha -2.5%
1981 57,262 kg/ha +0.9%
1982 60,970 kg/ha +6.5%
1983 61,915 kg/ha +1.5%
1984 60,696 kg/ha -2.0%
1985 60,639 kg/ha -0.1%
1986 60,281 kg/ha -0.6%
1987 61,039 kg/ha +1.3%
1988 61,563 kg/ha +0.9%
1989 62,185 kg/ha +1.0%
1990 61,556 kg/ha -1.0%
1991 61,502 kg/ha -0.1%
1992 61,154 kg/ha -0.6%
1993 59,087 kg/ha -3.4%
1994 61,252 kg/ha +3.7%
1995 60,908 kg/ha -0.6%
1996 61,815 kg/ha +1.5%
1997 63,823 kg/ha +3.2%
1998 64,734 kg/ha +1.4%
1999 64,588 kg/ha -0.2%
2000 65,153 kg/ha +0.9%
2001 65,933 kg/ha +1.2%
2002 67,308 kg/ha +2.1%
2003 71,424 kg/ha +6.1%
2004 71,660 kg/ha +0.3%
2005 70,582 kg/ha -1.5%
2006 73,556 kg/ha +4.2%
2007 75,430 kg/ha +2.5%
2008 76,337 kg/ha +1.2%
2009 77,027 kg/ha +0.9%
2010 75,523 kg/ha -2.0%
2011 72,881 kg/ha -3.5%
2012 72,516 kg/ha -0.5%
2013 74,118 kg/ha +2.2%
2014 71,247 kg/ha -3.9%
2015 73,465 kg/ha +3.1%
2016 74,054 kg/ha +0.8%
2017 72,160 kg/ha -2.6%
2018 73,110 kg/ha +1.3%
2019 71,809 kg/ha -1.8%
2020 73,725 kg/ha +2.7%
2021 70,886 kg/ha -3.8%
2022 71,998 kg/ha +1.6%
2023 75,371 kg/ha +4.7%
2024 73,416 kg/ha -2.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 50,799 kg/ha 47,267 kg/ha 53,823 kg/ha 9
1970s 54,595 kg/ha 51,782 kg/ha 58,199 kg/ha 10
1980s 60,330 kg/ha 56,753 kg/ha 62,185 kg/ha 10
1990s 62,042 kg/ha 59,087 kg/ha 64,734 kg/ha 10
2000s 71,441 kg/ha 65,153 kg/ha 77,027 kg/ha 10
2010s 73,088 kg/ha 71,247 kg/ha 75,523 kg/ha 10
2020s 73,079 kg/ha 70,886 kg/ha 75,371 kg/ha 5

Countries ranked near Americas

  1. 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 54,718 kg/ha compare
  2. 9 El Salvador 95,809 kg/ha compare
  3. 10 Nicaragua 95,372 kg/ha compare
  4. 11 Chile 94,432 kg/ha compare
  5. 11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 49,357 kg/ha compare
  6. 12 Eswatini 92,233 kg/ha compare
  7. 13 Chad 91,588 kg/ha compare
  8. 14 Colombia 89,010 kg/ha compare
  9. 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 34,972 kg/ha compare
  10. 15 French Polynesia 88,620 kg/ha compare
  11. 15 Melanesia 34,696 kg/ha compare

See the full ranking of 197 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sugar crops primary — yield in Americas?
Sugar crops primary — yield in Americas was 73,416 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Americas?
The highest recorded value was 77,027 kg/ha in 2009.
What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Americas?
The lowest recorded value was 47,267 kg/ha in 1962.
How does Americas rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
Americas ranks 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Americas?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Americas 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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Indicator
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
197 places, 10,598 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.