North American sugar output by country 1885-1988

Between 1885 and 1988, the U.S. was the largest producer of sugar in mainland North America. Unfortunately, the source lacks data from sugar produced from beets before 1928, however the combined U.S. output of sugar produced from beet and cane exceeds those of Mexico and Canada in all of these years. Today, both the U.S. and Mexico are among the largest sugar producing nations in the world, with 7.3 and 5.4 metric tons produced in 2019/2020 respectively.

Sugar output of Canada, Mexico and the United States from 1885 to 1988 (in 1,000s of metric tons)

Characteristic	Canada	Mexico	USA - Sugar from cane	USA - sugar from beet
1988	768	3,806	-	3,221
1987	989	4,061	2,205	3,626
1986	945	4,031	1,836	3,098
1985	400	3,489	1,892	2,721
1984	926	3,297	1,604	2,632
1983	1,167	3,108	1,859	2,448
1982	1,018	2,873	1,626	2,482
1981	1,216	2,586	1,809	3,073
1980	901	2,765	1,507	2,856
1979	855	3,078	1,512	2,611
1978	947	3,072	1,366	2,983
1977	1,011	2,728	1,480	2,819
1976	1,172	2,720	1,583	3,533
1975	943	2,727	1,560	3,645
1974	753	2,834	1,325	2,645
1973	902	2,821	1,288	2,917
1972	970	2,526	1,466	3,294
1971	1,103	2,562	1,094	3,222
1970	978	2,365	1,136	3,014
1969	870	2,744	973	3,021
1968	992	2,496	1,101	3,145
1967	1,057	2,677	1,322	2,435
1966	1,036	2,361	1,101	2,566
1965	1,177	2,333	1,002	2,625
1964	1,166	2,178	1,041	3,023
1963	1,003	1,943	1,075	2,812
1962	1,003	1,547	774	2,357
1961	997	1,528	778	2,181
1960	1,124	1,648	572	2,223
1959	1,202	1,414	559	2,123
1958	956	1,303	525	1,996
1957	810	1,198	483	1,985
1956	890	926	509	1,784
1955	911	1,021	521	1,578
1954	816	979	553	1,853
1953	928	894	572	1,647
1952	875	868	549	1,365
1951	1,012	816	380	1,405
1950	779	740	512	1,823
1949	571	645	473	1,424
1948	550	612	433	1,243
1947	668	490	342	1,662
1946	562	376	386	1,382
1945	513	373	431	1,159
1944	430	390	396	958
1943	650	412	451	905
1942	646	420	415	1,566
1941	748	330	377	1,441
1940	532	294	301	1,721
1939	452	330	459	1,595
1938	383	307	530	1,636
1937	504	279	416	1,250
1936	416	305	397	1,266
1935	375	268	347	1,150
1934	401	190	238	1,126
1933	459	187	227	1,594
1932	396	229	240	1,317
1931	424	263	167	1,122
1930	332	216	195	1,173
1929	379	181	198	988
1928	336	167	123	1,030
1927	461	184	65	-
1926	416	192	44	-
1925	303	163	129	-
1924	196	162	82	-
1923	172	137	152	-
1922	243	128	274	-
1921	374	111	303	-
1920	218	118	163	-
1919	163	115	113	-
1918	107	108	263	-
1917	64	103	228	-
1916	128	102	288	-
1915	99	104	128	-
1914	134	145	229	-
1913	182	157	279	-
1912	159	146	151	-
1911	171	136	334	-
1910	78	122	328	-
1909	99	125	326	-
1908	-	99	404	-
1907	-	115	387	-
1906	-	93	262	-
1905	-	95	383	-
1904	-	102	314	-
1903	-	100	260	-
1902	-	82	375	-
1901	-	68	366	-
1900	-	75	314	-
1899	-	69	162	-
1898	-	68	283	-
1897	-	66	353	-
1896	-	71	321	-
1895	-	144	271	-
1894	-	54	361	-
1893	-	49	303	-
1892	-	55	248	-
1891	-	-	183	-
1890	-	-	246	-
1889	-	-	146	-
1888	-	-	165	-
1887	-	-	180	-
1886	-	-	92	-
1885	-	-	146	-