Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Bhutan
Bhutan: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 44,923 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Bhutan, 1982–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — yield in Bhutan stood at 44,923 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 3.4% on the previous year and down 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Bhutan peaked at 50,800 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 27,500 kg/ha, in 1985.
Bhutan ranks 94th of 152 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 28,333 kg/ha | — |
| 1983 | 28,125 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 28,268 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 27,500 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1986 | 28,750 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 29,500 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 30,000 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 30,500 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 30,000 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 33,333 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1992 | 36,407 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1993 | 37,574 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 38,389 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 39,026 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 39,587 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 40,116 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 40,632 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 41,145 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 41,658 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 42,171 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 42,685 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 43,201 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 43,719 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 44,238 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 44,759 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 45,224 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 45,690 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 46,159 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 46,629 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 47,101 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 47,575 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 48,051 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 48,529 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 50,800 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 49,168 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 49,705 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 50,025 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 50,553 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 39,412 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 2021 | 45,914 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2022 | 45,505 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 43,444 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2024 | 44,923 kg/ha | +3.4% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 44,923 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 53,832 kg/ha, 83% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 44,923 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 44,923 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 28,872 kg/ha | 27,500 kg/ha | 30,500 kg/ha | 8 |
| 1990s | 37,621 kg/ha | 30,000 kg/ha | 41,145 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 43,950 kg/ha | 41,658 kg/ha | 46,159 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 48,814 kg/ha | 46,629 kg/ha | 50,800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 43,839 kg/ha | 39,412 kg/ha | 45,914 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 91 Philippines 46,169 kg/ha compare
- 92 Azerbaijan 45,987 kg/ha compare
- 93 Portugal 45,356 kg/ha compare
- 95 Dominican Republic 44,719 kg/ha compare
- 96 Yugoslav SFR 44,698 kg/ha compare
- 97 Grenada 44,565 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — yield in Bhutan?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Bhutan was 44,923 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 50,800 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,500 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Bhutan rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Bhutan ranks 94th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.