Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Argentina
Argentina: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 28,317 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — yield in Argentina stood at 28,317 kg/ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.7% on the previous year and down 49.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Argentina peaked at 85,723 kg/ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 28,317 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places Argentina 125th 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 Argentina, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 43,332 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 47,146 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1963 | 53,372 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1964 | 51,199 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1965 | 55,845 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1966 | 49,360 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1967 | 44,854 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1968 | 51,296 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1969 | 54,713 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1970 | 50,547 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1971 | 48,534 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1972 | 52,998 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1973 | 62,068 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1974 | 55,434 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1975 | 53,206 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1976 | 47,465 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1977 | 45,714 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1978 | 39,650 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1979 | 41,505 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1980 | 54,760 kg/ha | +31.9% |
| 1981 | 48,468 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1982 | 48,772 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 48,086 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 48,615 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 49,044 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 48,827 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 49,893 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 46,980 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1989 | 59,747 kg/ha | +27.2% |
| 1990 | 61,412 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 62,288 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 65,979 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1993 | 63,078 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1994 | 63,606 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 60,012 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1996 | 59,326 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 65,073 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1998 | 63,472 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 60,727 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2000 | 65,714 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2001 | 64,110 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 65,476 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 74,746 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2004 | 74,143 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 85,723 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 2006 | 83,968 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 74,875 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2008 | 74,889 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 78,145 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 68,612 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2011 | 64,893 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2012 | 54,907 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2013 | 64,054 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2014 | 55,887 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2015 | 46,423 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2016 | 47,994 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 49,500 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 46,832 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 43,871 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2020 | 40,903 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2021 | 37,151 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2022 | 33,872 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2023 | 30,999 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2024 | 28,317 kg/ha | -8.7% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 28,317 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 45,353 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 28,317 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 61,838 kg/ha, 46% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 50,124 kg/ha | 43,332 kg/ha | 55,845 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 49,712 kg/ha | 39,650 kg/ha | 62,068 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 50,319 kg/ha | 46,980 kg/ha | 59,747 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 62,497 kg/ha | 59,326 kg/ha | 65,979 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 74,179 kg/ha | 64,110 kg/ha | 85,723 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 54,297 kg/ha | 43,871 kg/ha | 68,612 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,248 kg/ha | 28,317 kg/ha | 40,903 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
- 122 Madagascar 31,318 kg/ha compare
- 123 Greece 30,600 kg/ha compare
- 124 North Macedonia 29,706 kg/ha compare
- 126 Guinea-Bissau 26,716 kg/ha compare
- 127 Afghanistan 26,160 kg/ha compare
- 128 Papua New Guinea 25,055 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0765 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — yield in Argentina?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Argentina was 28,317 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 85,723 kg/ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,317 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Argentina rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Argentina ranks 125th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina 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.