Brazil vs India: Sugar cane yields
Brazil
75.58 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
India
78.95 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Brazil rank
25th
India rank
23rd
Sugar cane yields over time
- Brazil
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 78.95 tonnes per hectare against 75.58 tonnes per hectare in Brazil, a difference of 3.37 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was India ahead.
Brazil ranks 25th and India ranks 23rd of 110 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 3 and India in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 44.35 tonnes per hectare | 44.68 tonnes per hectare | 0.3318 tonnes per hectare | India |
| 1970s | 49.08 tonnes per hectare | 50.65 tonnes per hectare | 1.57 tonnes per hectare | India |
| 1980s | 60.64 tonnes per hectare | 57.71 tonnes per hectare | 2.93 tonnes per hectare | Brazil |
| 1990s | 65.82 tonnes per hectare | 68.13 tonnes per hectare | 2.31 tonnes per hectare | India |
| 2000s | 74.14 tonnes per hectare | 66.4 tonnes per hectare | 7.74 tonnes per hectare | Brazil |
| 2010s | 74.88 tonnes per hectare | 72.09 tonnes per hectare | 2.8 tonnes per hectare | Brazil |
| 2020s | 74.86 tonnes per hectare | 82.25 tonnes per hectare | 7.39 tonnes per hectare | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane yields, Brazil or India?
- India, at 78.95 tonnes per hectare against 75.58 tonnes per hectare in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane yields between Brazil and India?
- 3.37 tonnes per hectare, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and India?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and India rank globally for sugar cane yields?
- Brazil ranks 25th and India ranks 23rd 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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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.