Caribbean vs Sri Lanka: Sugar cane — Yield
Sugar cane — Yield over time
- Caribbean
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 38,743 kg/ha against 36,990 kg/ha in Sri Lanka, a difference of 1,753 kg/ha.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Caribbean ahead.
Caribbean ranks 82nd and Sri Lanka ranks 85th of 113 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Caribbean averaged higher in 3 and Sri Lanka in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 47,542 kg/ha | 25,439 kg/ha | 22,102 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 50,228 kg/ha | 47,421 kg/ha | 2,807 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 53,142 kg/ha | 36,467 kg/ha | 16,674 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 38,943 kg/ha | 48,585 kg/ha | 9,642 kg/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 37,911 kg/ha | 59,274 kg/ha | 21,364 kg/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 41,267 kg/ha | 47,177 kg/ha | 5,910 kg/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 39,486 kg/ha | 52,287 kg/ha | 12,800 kg/ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — yield, Caribbean or Sri Lanka?
- Caribbean, at 38,743 kg/ha against 36,990 kg/ha in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — yield between Caribbean and Sri Lanka?
- 1,753 kg/ha, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Sri Lanka rank globally for sugar cane — yield?
- Caribbean ranks 82nd and Sri Lanka ranks 85th of 113 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.