Sugar cane — Area harvested in Uganda
Uganda: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 87,249 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 87,249 ha for sugar cane — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.8% on the previous year and up 29.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Uganda peaked at 90,487 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 14,000 ha, in 1994.
That places Uganda 25th out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Uganda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 17,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 17,400 ha | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 19,000 ha | +9.2% |
| 1965 | 19,300 ha | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 20,800 ha | +7.8% |
| 1967 | 23,100 ha | +11.1% |
| 1968 | 27,100 ha | +17.3% |
| 1969 | 31,600 ha | +16.6% |
| 1970 | 31,800 ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 29,100 ha | -8.5% |
| 1972 | 29,000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 27,000 ha | -6.9% |
| 1974 | 28,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 24,333 ha | -13.1% |
| 1976 | 29,493 ha | +21.2% |
| 1977 | 33,200 ha | +12.6% |
| 1978 | 31,300 ha | -5.7% |
| 1979 | 37,500 ha | +19.8% |
| 1980 | 31,000 ha | -17.3% |
| 1981 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 25,000 ha | -19.4% |
| 1990 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 22,000 ha | -12.0% |
| 1992 | 18,000 ha | -18.2% |
| 1993 | 16,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1994 | 14,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1995 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1996 | 18,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1997 | 19,500 ha | +8.3% |
| 1998 | 19,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 20,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 19,705 ha | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 26,500 ha | +34.5% |
| 2003 | 33,000 ha | +24.5% |
| 2004 | 34,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 34,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 35,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 39,300 ha | +12.3% |
| 2009 | 47,200 ha | +20.1% |
| 2010 | 47,589 ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 52,879 ha | +11.1% |
| 2012 | 54,397 ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 67,046 ha | +23.3% |
| 2014 | 67,189 ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 75,000 ha | +11.6% |
| 2016 | 74,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 76,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 79,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 78,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 76,379 ha | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 85,000 ha | +11.3% |
| 2022 | 90,487 ha | +6.5% |
| 2023 | 89,800 ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 87,249 ha | -2.8% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 87,249 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 8,060 ha, 10.8× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 87,249 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 18,222 ha, 4.8× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — Area harvested in Uganda changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +34.5% | 19,705 ha | 26,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,344 ha | 16,800 ha | 31,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 30,073 ha | 24,333 ha | 37,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 30,400 ha | 25,000 ha | 31,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,700 ha | 14,000 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 32,420 ha | 19,705 ha | 47,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 67,110 ha | 47,589 ha | 79,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 85,783 ha | 76,379 ha | 90,487 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — area harvested in Uganda?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Uganda was 87,249 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 90,487 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,000 ha in 1994.
- How does Uganda rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Uganda ranks 25th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Uganda data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar cane — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.