What is the difference in sugar cane yields between Barbados and Niger?

1.14 tonnes per hectare, with Niger ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Niger?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Sugar cane yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Barbados vs Niger: Sugar cane yields

Barbados

41.05 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Niger

42.19 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Barbados rank

74th

Niger rank

73rd

Sugar cane yields over time

Barbados
Niger

How they compare

Niger currently reports 42.19 tonnes per hectare against 41.05 tonnes per hectare in Barbados, a difference of 1.14 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 74th and Niger ranks 73rd of 110 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 5 and Niger in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Barbados	Niger	Difference	Ahead
1960s	76.59 tonnes per hectare	18.47 tonnes per hectare	58.12 tonnes per hectare	Barbados
1970s	60.62 tonnes per hectare	41.23 tonnes per hectare	19.4 tonnes per hectare	Barbados
1980s	58.21 tonnes per hectare	28.05 tonnes per hectare	30.16 tonnes per hectare	Barbados
1990s	55.8 tonnes per hectare	26.55 tonnes per hectare	29.25 tonnes per hectare	Barbados
2000s	53.47 tonnes per hectare	56.35 tonnes per hectare	2.88 tonnes per hectare	Niger
2010s	44.66 tonnes per hectare	42.47 tonnes per hectare	2.19 tonnes per hectare	Barbados
2020s	42.52 tonnes per hectare	47.54 tonnes per hectare	5.03 tonnes per hectare	Niger

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sugar cane yields, Barbados or Niger?: Niger, at 42.19 tonnes per hectare against 41.05 tonnes per hectare in Barbados as of 2024.
What is the difference in sugar cane yields between Barbados and Niger?: 1.14 tonnes per hectare, with Niger ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Niger?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Barbados and Niger rank globally for sugar cane yields?: Barbados ranks 74th and Niger ranks 73rd of 110 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Sugar cane yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Sugar cane yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 110 places, 6,173 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.