Vegetables Primary — Yield in Suriname
Suriname: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 21,107 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Suriname, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 21,107 kg/ha for vegetables primary — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year and up 23.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Suriname peaked at 22,670 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 6,870 kg/ha, in 1974.
Suriname ranks 69th of 191 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.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Suriname, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,826 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,953 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 8,232 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1964 | 9,260 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1965 | 8,888 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1966 | 9,142 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 9,559 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1968 | 9,203 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1969 | 8,893 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1970 | 8,288 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1971 | 8,084 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1972 | 7,856 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 7,389 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1974 | 6,870 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1975 | 7,718 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1976 | 7,538 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1977 | 8,503 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1978 | 9,210 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1979 | 9,221 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 9,182 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 9,173 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 9,559 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 9,258 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1984 | 9,808 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1985 | 10,285 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1986 | 8,587 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1987 | 12,444 kg/ha | +44.9% |
| 1988 | 12,073 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 13,951 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1990 | 15,282 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1991 | 16,357 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1992 | 15,864 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 15,170 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1994 | 14,299 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1995 | 14,192 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 13,091 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1997 | 13,375 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 13,352 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 13,833 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 14,298 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 15,162 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 15,825 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 16,128 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 15,988 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 15,925 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 17,099 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2007 | 17,628 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 19,707 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2009 | 16,772 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2010 | 17,341 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 19,167 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2012 | 18,790 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 18,310 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 17,109 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2015 | 17,257 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 17,711 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 17,786 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 18,116 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 17,963 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 22,449 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2021 | 22,670 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 22,098 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 21,603 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 21,107 kg/ha | -2.3% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 21,107 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,535 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 21,107 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,009 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +44.9% | 8,587 kg/ha | 12,444 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,773 kg/ha | 7,826 kg/ha | 9,559 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,068 kg/ha | 6,870 kg/ha | 9,221 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,432 kg/ha | 8,587 kg/ha | 13,951 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,482 kg/ha | 13,091 kg/ha | 16,357 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,453 kg/ha | 14,298 kg/ha | 19,707 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,955 kg/ha | 17,109 kg/ha | 19,167 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,985 kg/ha | 21,107 kg/ha | 22,670 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
- 66 Switzerland 21,944 kg/ha compare
- 67 Uruguay 21,370 kg/ha compare
- 68 Kyrgyzstan 21,162 kg/ha compare
- 70 Bulgaria 21,054 kg/ha compare
- 71 El Salvador 20,892 kg/ha compare
- 72 Ukraine 20,472 kg/ha compare
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 vegetables primary — yield in Suriname?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Suriname was 21,107 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 22,670 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,870 kg/ha in 1974.
- How does Suriname rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Suriname ranks 69th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetables 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.