Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Eswatini
Eswatini: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 92,233 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — yield in Eswatini stood at 92,233 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.0% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Eswatini peaked at 120,561 kg/ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 55,817 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Eswatini 12th out of 152 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 113,230 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 98,851 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1963 | 55,817 kg/ha | -43.5% |
| 1964 | 78,347 kg/ha | +40.4% |
| 1965 | 71,561 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1966 | 119,098 kg/ha | +66.4% |
| 1967 | 116,342 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1968 | 102,417 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1969 | 103,320 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 120,561 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1971 | 106,803 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1972 | 116,514 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1973 | 103,364 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1974 | 107,593 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 114,138 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1976 | 105,343 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1977 | 101,802 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1978 | 108,684 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1979 | 100,177 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1980 | 107,722 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1981 | 105,445 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1982 | 99,547 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1983 | 103,749 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 106,845 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1985 | 96,916 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1986 | 115,877 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1987 | 108,836 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1988 | 102,744 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1989 | 104,771 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 105,246 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 98,530 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1992 | 97,115 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 91,180 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1994 | 94,654 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 90,838 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 98,604 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1997 | 95,390 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 100,969 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1999 | 108,075 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2000 | 106,427 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 97,561 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2002 | 98,925 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 95,224 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 96,131 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 102,097 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 95,793 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2007 | 95,725 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 96,154 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 96,154 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 96,528 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 97,041 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 96,815 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 96,679 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 96,964 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 96,943 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 97,018 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 96,969 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 97,016 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 96,314 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 98,406 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 92,500 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 96,517 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 87,000 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2024 | 92,233 kg/ha | +6.0% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 92,233 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 53,832 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 92,233 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 62,436 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Eswatini changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +66.4% | 71,561 kg/ha | 119,098 kg/ha |
| 1963 | -43.5% | 98,851 kg/ha | 55,817 kg/ha |
| 1964 | +40.4% | 55,817 kg/ha | 78,347 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 95,443 kg/ha | 55,817 kg/ha | 119,098 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 108,498 kg/ha | 100,177 kg/ha | 120,561 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 105,245 kg/ha | 96,916 kg/ha | 115,877 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 98,060 kg/ha | 90,838 kg/ha | 108,075 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 98,019 kg/ha | 95,224 kg/ha | 106,427 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 96,829 kg/ha | 96,314 kg/ha | 97,041 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 93,331 kg/ha | 87,000 kg/ha | 98,406 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
- 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
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — yield in Eswatini?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Eswatini was 92,233 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 120,561 kg/ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 55,817 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Eswatini rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Eswatini ranks 12th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.