Burundi vs India: Sugar cane yields
Burundi
74.58 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
India
78.95 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Burundi rank
26th
India rank
23rd
Sugar cane yields over time
- Burundi
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 78.95 tonnes per hectare against 74.58 tonnes per hectare in Burundi, a difference of 4.37 tonnes per hectare.
That makes India's figure about 1.1 times Burundi's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Burundi ahead.
Burundi ranks 26th and India ranks 23rd of 110 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 4 and India in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burundi | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 55.56 tonnes per hectare | 50.65 tonnes per hectare | 4.91 tonnes per hectare | Burundi |
| 1980s | 69.11 tonnes per hectare | 57.71 tonnes per hectare | 11.4 tonnes per hectare | Burundi |
| 1990s | 79.42 tonnes per hectare | 68.13 tonnes per hectare | 11.3 tonnes per hectare | Burundi |
| 2000s | 52.35 tonnes per hectare | 66.4 tonnes per hectare | 14.05 tonnes per hectare | India |
| 2010s | 73.75 tonnes per hectare | 72.09 tonnes per hectare | 1.67 tonnes per hectare | Burundi |
| 2020s | 67.95 tonnes per hectare | 82.25 tonnes per hectare | 14.3 tonnes per hectare | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane yields, Burundi or India?
- India, at 78.95 tonnes per hectare against 74.58 tonnes per hectare in Burundi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane yields between Burundi and India?
- 4.37 tonnes per hectare, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and India?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do Burundi and India rank globally for sugar cane yields?
- Burundi ranks 26th 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.