China vs India: Sugar cane yields
China
80.87 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
India
78.95 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
China rank
21st
India rank
23rd
Sugar cane yields over time
- China
- India
How they compare
China currently reports 80.87 tonnes per hectare against 78.95 tonnes per hectare in India, a difference of 1.92 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was India ahead.
China ranks 21st and India ranks 23rd of 110 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33.29 tonnes per hectare | 44.68 tonnes per hectare | 11.39 tonnes per hectare | India |
| 1970s | 34.51 tonnes per hectare | 50.65 tonnes per hectare | 16.14 tonnes per hectare | India |
| 1980s | 52.54 tonnes per hectare | 57.71 tonnes per hectare | 5.17 tonnes per hectare | India |
| 1990s | 58.24 tonnes per hectare | 68.13 tonnes per hectare | 9.89 tonnes per hectare | India |
| 2000s | 65.71 tonnes per hectare | 66.4 tonnes per hectare | 0.6893 tonnes per hectare | India |
| 2010s | 72.05 tonnes per hectare | 72.09 tonnes per hectare | 0.0325 tonnes per hectare | India |
| 2020s | 80.93 tonnes per hectare | 82.25 tonnes per hectare | 1.32 tonnes per hectare | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane yields, China or India?
- China, at 80.87 tonnes per hectare against 78.95 tonnes per hectare in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane yields between China and India?
- 1.92 tonnes per hectare, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and India?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and India rank globally for sugar cane yields?
- China ranks 21st 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.