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 28th out of 113 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.
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
- 25 Madagascar 100,974 ha compare
- 26 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 99,524 ha compare
- 27 Nigeria 88,518 ha compare
- 29 Zimbabwe 79,728 ha compare
- 30 Ecuador 76,356 ha compare
- 31 El Salvador 76,307 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture share gdp 26.13 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 26.13 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 68.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.7% (2025)
- Rural population 34.97 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 560,000 t (1990)
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 28th out of 113 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.