Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Thailand
Thailand: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 55,281 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — yield in Thailand stood at 55,281 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 3.6% on the previous year and down 27.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Thailand peaked at 76,750 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 30,138 kg/ha, in 1980.
That places Thailand 74th 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 Thailand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31,746 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 33,000 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 30,706 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1964 | 33,006 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1965 | 45,970 kg/ha | +39.3% |
| 1966 | 36,389 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 1967 | 43,888 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1968 | 33,189 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1969 | 42,560 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 1970 | 43,150 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 47,752 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1972 | 37,374 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 1973 | 52,477 kg/ha | +40.4% |
| 1974 | 51,579 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 48,128 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1976 | 53,292 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1977 | 52,814 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1978 | 33,843 kg/ha | -35.9% |
| 1979 | 40,769 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 1980 | 30,138 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 1981 | 43,489 kg/ha | +44.3% |
| 1982 | 49,240 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1983 | 42,289 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1984 | 44,541 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1985 | 47,180 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1986 | 44,128 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1987 | 47,005 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1988 | 47,651 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 55,598 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1990 | 48,894 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1991 | 52,343 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1992 | 52,331 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 40,631 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1994 | 47,306 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1995 | 54,836 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1996 | 58,856 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1997 | 57,529 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 46,064 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 1999 | 54,855 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 2000 | 59,161 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2001 | 56,513 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 59,350 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 65,180 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2004 | 57,934 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2005 | 46,462 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 2006 | 49,370 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2007 | 63,710 kg/ha | +29.0% |
| 2008 | 69,729 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2009 | 69,337 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 68,155 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 76,197 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2012 | 76,750 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 75,738 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 76,641 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 67,206 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2016 | 65,688 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 66,325 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 75,452 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2019 | 71,388 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2020 | 43,735 kg/ha | -38.7% |
| 2021 | 48,719 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2022 | 64,576 kg/ha | +32.5% |
| 2023 | 57,362 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2024 | 55,281 kg/ha | -3.6% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 55,281 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 45,353 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 55,281 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 50,138 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36,717 kg/ha | 30,706 kg/ha | 45,970 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 46,118 kg/ha | 33,843 kg/ha | 53,292 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 45,126 kg/ha | 30,138 kg/ha | 55,598 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 51,364 kg/ha | 40,631 kg/ha | 58,856 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 59,675 kg/ha | 46,462 kg/ha | 69,729 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 71,954 kg/ha | 65,688 kg/ha | 76,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 53,935 kg/ha | 43,735 kg/ha | 64,576 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 71 Ireland 57,252 kg/ha compare
- 72 Mozambique 55,603 kg/ha compare
- 73 Saint Kitts and Nevis 55,556 kg/ha compare
- 75 Indonesia 54,107 kg/ha compare
- 76 Trinidad and Tobago 54,000 kg/ha compare
- 77 Guinea 53,832 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — yield in Thailand?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Thailand was 55,281 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 76,750 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,138 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does Thailand rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Thailand ranks 74th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand 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.