Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Suriname
Suriname: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 40,494 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Suriname, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 40,494 kg/ha for sugar crops primary — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Suriname peaked at 102,581 kg/ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 30,435 kg/ha, in 1991.
That places Suriname 103rd out of 152 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Suriname, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 93,456 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 91,168 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1963 | 94,406 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1964 | 83,727 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1965 | 102,581 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 1966 | 97,616 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1967 | 97,887 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 70,015 kg/ha | -28.5% |
| 1969 | 69,009 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1970 | 92,822 kg/ha | +34.5% |
| 1971 | 74,088 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1972 | 86,349 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1973 | 69,435 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1974 | 63,549 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1975 | 69,791 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1976 | 69,198 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 61,849 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1978 | 68,749 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1979 | 67,542 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 61,178 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1981 | 60,416 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 50,378 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1983 | 51,529 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 52,439 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 46,859 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1986 | 43,982 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1987 | 32,524 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 1988 | 31,250 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1989 | 36,111 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1990 | 34,210 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1991 | 30,435 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1992 | 31,111 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 31,180 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 40,909 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 1995 | 40,000 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 40,909 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 40,000 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 41,176 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 40,909 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 40,000 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 40,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 40,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 40,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 40,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 40,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 40,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 40,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 39,377 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 39,377 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 40,000 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 40,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 39,377 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 39,377 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 40,000 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 40,386 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 40,568 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 40,668 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 40,693 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 40,702 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 40,704 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 40,687 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 40,474 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 40,484 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 40,494 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 40,494 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 45,353 kg/ha, 89% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 40,494 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 61,838 kg/ha, 65% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Suriname 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +34.5% | 69,009 kg/ha | 92,822 kg/ha |
| 1994 | +31.2% | 31,180 kg/ha | 40,909 kg/ha |
| 1968 | -28.5% | 97,887 kg/ha | 70,015 kg/ha |
| 1987 | -26.1% | 43,982 kg/ha | 32,524 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 88,874 kg/ha | 69,009 kg/ha | 102,581 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 72,337 kg/ha | 61,849 kg/ha | 92,822 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 46,667 kg/ha | 31,250 kg/ha | 61,178 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 37,084 kg/ha | 30,435 kg/ha | 41,176 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 39,875 kg/ha | 39,377 kg/ha | 40,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 40,177 kg/ha | 39,377 kg/ha | 40,702 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,568 kg/ha | 40,474 kg/ha | 40,704 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 20.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0677 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 471.32 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7818 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3421 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — yield in Suriname?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Suriname was 40,494 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 102,581 kg/ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,435 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Suriname rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Suriname ranks 103rd out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Suriname 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.