Africa vs Polynesia: Sugar cane — Yield
Sugar cane — Yield over time
- Africa
- Polynesia
How they compare
Polynesia currently reports 86,757 kg/ha against 64,320 kg/ha in Africa, a difference of 22,437 kg/ha.
That makes Polynesia's figure about 1.3 times Africa's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Polynesia ahead.
Africa ranks 21st and Polynesia ranks 20th of 29 groups.
Polynesia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 64,871 kg/ha | 72,461 kg/ha | 7,590 kg/ha | Polynesia |
| 1970s | 66,422 kg/ha | 74,815 kg/ha | 8,394 kg/ha | Polynesia |
| 1980s | 61,170 kg/ha | 73,317 kg/ha | 12,147 kg/ha | Polynesia |
| 1990s | 65,067 kg/ha | 69,664 kg/ha | 4,596 kg/ha | Polynesia |
| 2000s | 70,431 kg/ha | 73,478 kg/ha | 3,047 kg/ha | Polynesia |
| 2010s | 67,237 kg/ha | 82,169 kg/ha | 14,932 kg/ha | Polynesia |
| 2020s | 64,906 kg/ha | 85,791 kg/ha | 20,885 kg/ha | Polynesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — yield, Africa or Polynesia?
- Polynesia, at 86,757 kg/ha against 64,320 kg/ha in Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — yield between Africa and Polynesia?
- 22,437 kg/ha, with Polynesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Polynesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Polynesia rank globally for sugar cane — yield?
- Africa ranks 21st and Polynesia ranks 20th of 29 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.