Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Panama
Panama: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 60,656 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Panama, 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 Panama is 60,656 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.2% on the previous year and down 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Panama peaked at 71,525 kg/ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 38,368 kg/ha, in 1981.
Panama ranks 66th of 152 countries on this measure, 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 Panama, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 51,867 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 40,376 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1963 | 44,367 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1964 | 58,426 kg/ha | +31.7% |
| 1965 | 43,250 kg/ha | -26.0% |
| 1966 | 45,823 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1967 | 62,505 kg/ha | +36.4% |
| 1968 | 64,999 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 71,525 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1970 | 66,932 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1971 | 67,669 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 52,934 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1973 | 54,666 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 55,629 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 57,207 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 64,821 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1977 | 64,605 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1978 | 67,046 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1979 | 59,408 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1980 | 49,868 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1981 | 38,368 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1982 | 51,360 kg/ha | +33.9% |
| 1983 | 55,601 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1984 | 56,056 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 52,494 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1986 | 47,249 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1987 | 48,901 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1988 | 50,723 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 48,068 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1990 | 48,662 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 41,946 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1992 | 55,000 kg/ha | +31.1% |
| 1993 | 54,966 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 53,073 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 46,605 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1996 | 48,584 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 51,040 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1998 | 55,575 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1999 | 53,190 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2000 | 53,500 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 57,547 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2002 | 49,351 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2003 | 54,475 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2004 | 53,320 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 53,208 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 53,173 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 53,003 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 54,447 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 55,772 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 59,135 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 68,411 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2012 | 67,775 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 62,692 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2014 | 64,813 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 62,312 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 63,684 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 63,282 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 68,630 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2019 | 64,532 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2020 | 67,343 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 60,646 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2022 | 56,250 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2023 | 58,236 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 60,656 kg/ha | +4.2% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 60,656 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 60,128 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Panama's 60,656 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 61,838 kg/ha, 98% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 53,682 kg/ha | 40,376 kg/ha | 71,525 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 61,092 kg/ha | 52,934 kg/ha | 67,669 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 49,869 kg/ha | 38,368 kg/ha | 56,056 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 50,864 kg/ha | 41,946 kg/ha | 55,575 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 53,780 kg/ha | 49,351 kg/ha | 57,547 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 64,527 kg/ha | 59,135 kg/ha | 68,630 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 60,626 kg/ha | 56,250 kg/ha | 67,343 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Panama
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0262 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 518.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7724 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — yield in Panama?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Panama was 60,656 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 71,525 kg/ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 38,368 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Panama rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Panama ranks 66th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama 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.