Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Americas
Americas: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 73,416 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Americas, 1961–2024
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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 54,718 kg/ha compare
- 9 El Salvador 95,809 kg/ha compare
- 10 Nicaragua 95,372 kg/ha compare
- 11 Chile 94,432 kg/ha compare
- 11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 49,357 kg/ha compare
- 12 Eswatini 92,233 kg/ha compare
- 13 Chad 91,588 kg/ha compare
- 14 Colombia 89,010 kg/ha compare
- 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 34,972 kg/ha compare
- 15 French Polynesia 88,620 kg/ha compare
- 15 Melanesia 34,696 kg/ha compare
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- Cattle fat, unrendered — Production, annual growth rate 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cattle — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.4627 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -5.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Chickens — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.5 % change on previous year (2024)
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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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.