Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Brazil
Brazil: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 75,579 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — yield in Brazil stood at 75,579 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 3.0% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Brazil peaked at 80,256 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 42,228 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Brazil 32nd out of 152 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Brazil, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 43,448 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 42,639 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1963 | 42,228 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1964 | 43,698 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1965 | 44,486 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 46,339 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 45,864 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 45,420 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 45,002 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1970 | 46,230 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1971 | 46,516 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 47,212 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 46,965 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 46,494 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 46,477 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1976 | 49,283 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1977 | 52,899 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1978 | 54,003 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 54,750 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 57,006 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 55,177 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1982 | 60,515 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1983 | 62,101 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 60,812 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1985 | 63,189 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 60,447 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1987 | 62,317 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 62,796 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 62,023 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 61,479 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 61,955 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 64,597 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 63,289 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 67,223 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1995 | 66,614 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 66,755 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 68,884 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 69,247 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 68,148 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 67,878 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 69,443 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 71,443 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 73,731 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 73,726 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 72,854 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 75,118 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 77,632 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 79,274 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 80,256 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 79,044 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 76,448 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 74,297 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 75,339 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 70,646 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2015 | 74,203 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 75,176 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 74,456 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 74,576 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 74,657 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 75,636 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 71,773 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 73,435 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 77,901 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2024 | 75,579 kg/ha | -3.0% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 75,579 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 45,353 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 75,579 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 61,838 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 44,347 kg/ha | 42,228 kg/ha | 46,339 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 49,083 kg/ha | 46,230 kg/ha | 54,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 60,638 kg/ha | 55,177 kg/ha | 63,189 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 65,819 kg/ha | 61,479 kg/ha | 69,247 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 74,136 kg/ha | 67,878 kg/ha | 80,256 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 74,884 kg/ha | 70,646 kg/ha | 79,044 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 74,865 kg/ha | 71,773 kg/ha | 77,901 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 29 Cabo Verde 7,078 kg/ha compare
- 29 Spain 77,090 kg/ha compare
- 30 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 76,344 kg/ha compare
- 31 Belgium 75,638 kg/ha compare
- 33 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 75,210 kg/ha compare
- 34 Burundi 74,580 kg/ha compare
- 35 Sweden 74,534 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — yield in Brazil?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Brazil was 75,579 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 80,256 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 42,228 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Brazil rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Brazil ranks 32nd out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil 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.