Colombia vs South America: Sugar cane — Yield
Sugar cane — Yield over time
- Colombia
- South America
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 89,218 kg/ha against 73,973 kg/ha in South America, a difference of 15,245 kg/ha.
That makes Colombia's figure about 1.2 times South America's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South America ahead.
Colombia ranks 14th and South America ranks 12th of 103 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 6 and South America in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 49,186 kg/ha | 50,228 kg/ha | 1,042 kg/ha | South America |
| 1970s | 69,384 kg/ha | 54,255 kg/ha | 15,129 kg/ha | Colombia |
| 1980s | 81,119 kg/ha | 61,799 kg/ha | 19,320 kg/ha | Colombia |
| 1990s | 86,581 kg/ha | 66,738 kg/ha | 19,844 kg/ha | Colombia |
| 2000s | 91,987 kg/ha | 74,834 kg/ha | 17,153 kg/ha | Colombia |
| 2010s | 80,244 kg/ha | 73,998 kg/ha | 6,246 kg/ha | Colombia |
| 2020s | 91,375 kg/ha | 73,640 kg/ha | 17,735 kg/ha | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — yield, Colombia or South America?
- Colombia, at 89,218 kg/ha against 73,973 kg/ha in South America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — yield between Colombia and South America?
- 15,245 kg/ha, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Colombia and South America rank globally for sugar cane — yield?
- Colombia ranks 14th and South America ranks 12th of 103 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.