Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Portugal
Portugal: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 45,356 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Portugal, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 45,356 kg/ha for sugar crops primary — yield in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 47.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Portugal peaked at 86,422 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 22,920 kg/ha, in 1977.
That places Portugal 93rd out of 152 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 36,921 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 34,722 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1963 | 36,486 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1964 | 34,286 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1965 | 38,514 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1966 | 43,684 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1967 | 43,879 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 35,850 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1969 | 30,243 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1970 | 41,621 kg/ha | +37.6% |
| 1971 | 40,633 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1972 | 39,833 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 28,498 kg/ha | -28.5% |
| 1974 | 45,647 kg/ha | +60.2% |
| 1975 | 41,458 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1976 | 39,051 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1977 | 22,920 kg/ha | -41.3% |
| 1978 | 31,016 kg/ha | +35.3% |
| 1979 | 29,372 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1980 | 27,109 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1981 | 33,816 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 1982 | 34,050 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 36,147 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1984 | 51,165 kg/ha | +41.5% |
| 1985 | 41,156 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1986 | 43,078 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1987 | 33,443 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1988 | 35,068 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1989 | 56,201 kg/ha | +60.3% |
| 1990 | 51,867 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1991 | 53,067 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 55,777 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 53,120 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1994 | 49,213 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1995 | 44,748 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1996 | 46,252 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 43,219 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1998 | 54,199 kg/ha | +25.4% |
| 1999 | 61,379 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2000 | 58,642 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 52,533 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2002 | 71,272 kg/ha | +35.7% |
| 2003 | 64,716 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2004 | 74,996 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 2005 | 70,204 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2006 | 74,980 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2007 | 86,422 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2008 | 86,331 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 60,318 kg/ha | -30.1% |
| 2010 | 41,725 kg/ha | -30.8% |
| 2011 | 34,528 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 2012 | 56,135 kg/ha | +62.6% |
| 2013 | 34,327 kg/ha | -38.8% |
| 2014 | 44,883 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 2015 | 69,100 kg/ha | +54.0% |
| 2016 | 46,226 kg/ha | -33.1% |
| 2017 | 45,356 kg/ha | -1.9% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 45,356 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 60,128 kg/ha, 75% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 45,356 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 50,731 kg/ha, 89% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37,176 kg/ha | 30,243 kg/ha | 43,879 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 36,005 kg/ha | 22,920 kg/ha | 45,647 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 39,123 kg/ha | 27,109 kg/ha | 56,201 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 51,284 kg/ha | 43,219 kg/ha | 61,379 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 70,041 kg/ha | 52,533 kg/ha | 86,422 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 46,535 kg/ha | 34,327 kg/ha | 69,100 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 90 Belarus 46,710 kg/ha compare
- 91 Philippines 46,169 kg/ha compare
- 92 Azerbaijan 45,987 kg/ha compare
- 94 Bhutan 44,923 kg/ha compare
- 95 Dominican Republic 44,719 kg/ha compare
- 96 Yugoslav SFR 44,698 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — yield in Portugal?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Portugal was 45,356 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 86,422 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,920 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Portugal rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Portugal ranks 93rd out of 152 countries with data for 2017.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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.