Caribbean vs Western Africa: Sugar cane — Yield
Sugar cane — Yield over time
- Caribbean
- Western Africa
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 38,743 kg/ha against 37,904 kg/ha in Western Africa, a difference of 839 kg/ha.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Caribbean ahead.
Caribbean ranks 22nd and Western Africa ranks 23rd of 25 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Caribbean averaged higher in 5 and Western Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 47,542 kg/ha | 23,566 kg/ha | 23,976 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 50,228 kg/ha | 37,481 kg/ha | 12,747 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 53,142 kg/ha | 45,452 kg/ha | 7,689 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 38,943 kg/ha | 45,125 kg/ha | 6,182 kg/ha | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 37,911 kg/ha | 40,068 kg/ha | 2,157 kg/ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 41,267 kg/ha | 38,488 kg/ha | 2,779 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 39,486 kg/ha | 38,055 kg/ha | 1,431 kg/ha | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — yield, Caribbean or Western Africa?
- Caribbean, at 38,743 kg/ha against 37,904 kg/ha in Western Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — yield between Caribbean and Western Africa?
- 839 kg/ha, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Western Africa rank globally for sugar cane — yield?
- Caribbean ranks 22nd and Western Africa ranks 23rd of 25 countries.
- 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.