Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Caribbean
Caribbean: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 38,743 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar crops primary — yield in Caribbean is 38,743 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 11.0% on the previous year and down 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Caribbean peaked at 57,731 kg/ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 29,725 kg/ha, in 2011.
Caribbean ranks 27th of 29 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 49,606 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 40,850 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1963 | 41,433 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 46,714 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1965 | 53,379 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1966 | 46,485 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1967 | 52,301 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1968 | 46,852 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1969 | 50,254 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1970 | 56,804 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1971 | 45,178 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 1972 | 42,673 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1973 | 46,738 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1974 | 47,277 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 46,942 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 47,574 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 54,408 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1978 | 56,954 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1979 | 57,731 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 46,958 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1981 | 53,583 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1982 | 55,066 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 57,095 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 56,032 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 49,176 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1986 | 50,819 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 51,246 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 55,370 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1989 | 56,073 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 53,879 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1991 | 52,032 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1992 | 44,431 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1993 | 37,021 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1994 | 35,556 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1995 | 29,783 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1996 | 34,314 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1997 | 33,400 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 32,356 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 36,662 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2000 | 36,799 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 34,526 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2002 | 35,513 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 38,653 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2004 | 40,937 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 30,254 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 2006 | 36,682 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 2007 | 42,000 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2008 | 44,758 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2009 | 38,984 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2010 | 33,700 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2011 | 29,725 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2012 | 43,215 kg/ha | +45.4% |
| 2013 | 42,294 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 46,110 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2015 | 45,227 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 42,444 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2017 | 42,800 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 43,788 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 43,364 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 38,522 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2021 | 35,295 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2022 | 41,317 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2023 | 43,554 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2024 | 38,743 kg/ha | -11.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 47,542 kg/ha | 40,850 kg/ha | 53,379 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 50,228 kg/ha | 42,673 kg/ha | 57,731 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 53,142 kg/ha | 46,958 kg/ha | 57,095 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 38,943 kg/ha | 29,783 kg/ha | 53,879 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 37,911 kg/ha | 30,254 kg/ha | 44,758 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,267 kg/ha | 29,725 kg/ha | 46,110 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 39,486 kg/ha | 35,295 kg/ha | 43,554 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 24 Canada 78,956 kg/ha compare
- 25 India 78,953 kg/ha compare
- 26 Honduras 78,808 kg/ha compare
- 27 China, mainland 77,369 kg/ha compare
- 28 China 77,317 kg/ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Caribbean
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 7.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 13.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 24.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 14.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 9.37 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — yield in Caribbean?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Caribbean was 38,743 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 57,731 kg/ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,725 kg/ha in 2011.
- How does Caribbean rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Caribbean ranks 27th out of 29 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.