Africa vs China, mainland: Sugar cane — Yield
Sugar cane — Yield over time
- Africa
- China, mainland
How they compare
China, mainland currently reports 80,871 kg/ha against 64,320 kg/ha in Africa, a difference of 16,551 kg/ha.
That makes China, mainland's figure about 1.3 times Africa's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Africa ahead.
Africa ranks 18th and China, mainland ranks 21st of 31 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Africa averaged higher in 5 and China, mainland in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | China, mainland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 64,871 kg/ha | 33,288 kg/ha | 31,583 kg/ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 66,422 kg/ha | 34,513 kg/ha | 31,909 kg/ha | Africa |
| 1980s | 61,170 kg/ha | 52,542 kg/ha | 8,628 kg/ha | Africa |
| 1990s | 65,067 kg/ha | 58,240 kg/ha | 6,827 kg/ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 70,431 kg/ha | 65,709 kg/ha | 4,722 kg/ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 67,237 kg/ha | 72,055 kg/ha | 4,818 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 2020s | 64,906 kg/ha | 80,930 kg/ha | 16,024 kg/ha | China, mainland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — yield, Africa or China, mainland?
- China, mainland, at 80,871 kg/ha against 64,320 kg/ha in Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — yield between Africa and China, mainland?
- 16,551 kg/ha, with China, mainland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and China, mainland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and China, mainland rank globally for sugar cane — yield?
- Africa ranks 18th and China, mainland ranks 21st of 31 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sugar cane — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.