Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Pakistan
Pakistan: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 70,581 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Pakistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Pakistan recorded 70,581 kg/ha for sugar crops primary — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.9% on the previous year and up 28.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Pakistan peaked at 74,228 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 29,940 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Pakistan 41st out of 152 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 29,940 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 32,187 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1963 | 34,616 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1964 | 33,603 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1965 | 36,974 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1966 | 37,180 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 33,770 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1968 | 36,761 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1969 | 40,003 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1970 | 41,806 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 36,060 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1972 | 35,618 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 37,105 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 36,820 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 31,636 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1976 | 36,356 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1977 | 37,303 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1978 | 36,324 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 36,084 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 38,044 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1981 | 39,042 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 38,513 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 35,570 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1984 | 38,096 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1985 | 35,534 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1986 | 35,740 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 56,923 kg/ha | +59.3% |
| 1988 | 39,237 kg/ha | -31.1% |
| 1989 | 42,015 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 41,417 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 40,599 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 43,292 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1993 | 42,881 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 46,063 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1995 | 46,590 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 46,801 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 43,479 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1998 | 50,167 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1999 | 47,692 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 45,766 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 45,166 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 47,732 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 47,234 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 49,983 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 48,870 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 49,164 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 53,185 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 51,466 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 48,598 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 52,368 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2011 | 55,997 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2012 | 55,212 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 57,539 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 55,084 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 57,863 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 61,984 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 62,093 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 60,944 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 63,816 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 69,522 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2021 | 70,326 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 66,696 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2023 | 74,228 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2024 | 70,581 kg/ha | -4.9% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 70,581 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 53,832 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 70,581 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 33,333 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Pakistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +59.3% | 35,740 kg/ha | 56,923 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35,004 kg/ha | 29,940 kg/ha | 40,003 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 36,511 kg/ha | 31,636 kg/ha | 41,806 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 39,871 kg/ha | 35,534 kg/ha | 56,923 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 44,898 kg/ha | 40,599 kg/ha | 50,167 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 48,716 kg/ha | 45,166 kg/ha | 53,185 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 58,290 kg/ha | 52,368 kg/ha | 63,816 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 70,270 kg/ha | 66,696 kg/ha | 74,228 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 38 Uruguay 71,304 kg/ha compare
- 39 Kyrgyzstan 71,004 kg/ha compare
- 40 Costa Rica 70,998 kg/ha compare
- 42 Belgium-Luxembourg 70,283 kg/ha compare
- 43 Uganda 69,970 kg/ha compare
- 44 Egypt 69,885 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — yield in Pakistan?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Pakistan was 70,581 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 74,228 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,940 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Pakistan rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Pakistan ranks 41st out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.