Sugar cane — Production in Africa
Africa: Sugar cane — Production was 95.68 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Production in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar cane — production in Africa is 95.68 million t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — production in Africa peaked at 99.31 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 28.07 million t, in 1961.
That places Africa 9th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Production in Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 28.07 million t | — |
| 1962 | 29.77 million t | +6.1% |
| 1963 | 32.51 million t | +9.2% |
| 1964 | 32.23 million t | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 32.64 million t | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 38.87 million t | +19.1% |
| 1967 | 44.33 million t | +14.0% |
| 1968 | 42.44 million t | -4.3% |
| 1969 | 46.84 million t | +10.4% |
| 1970 | 44.26 million t | -5.5% |
| 1971 | 49.42 million t | +11.7% |
| 1972 | 51.12 million t | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 50.25 million t | -1.7% |
| 1974 | 51.45 million t | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 51.28 million t | -0.3% |
| 1976 | 56.96 million t | +11.1% |
| 1977 | 58.51 million t | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 58.77 million t | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 60.89 million t | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 56.93 million t | -6.5% |
| 1981 | 67.05 million t | +17.8% |
| 1982 | 67.72 million t | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 60.99 million t | -9.9% |
| 1984 | 71.79 million t | +17.7% |
| 1985 | 68.66 million t | -4.4% |
| 1986 | 71.48 million t | +4.1% |
| 1987 | 71.97 million t | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 71.60 million t | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 71.35 million t | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 71.33 million t | -0.0% |
| 1991 | 74.97 million t | +5.1% |
| 1992 | 65.66 million t | -12.4% |
| 1993 | 61.86 million t | -5.8% |
| 1994 | 69.99 million t | +13.1% |
| 1995 | 73.32 million t | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 79.25 million t | +8.1% |
| 1997 | 82.14 million t | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 84.42 million t | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 82.84 million t | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 86.08 million t | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 85.18 million t | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 89.77 million t | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 89.31 million t | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 89.29 million t | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 92.29 million t | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 92.24 million t | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 89.25 million t | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 87.38 million t | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 88.61 million t | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 87.25 million t | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 89.24 million t | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 90.75 million t | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 97.78 million t | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 95.00 million t | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 92.46 million t | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 91.80 million t | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 94.91 million t | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 98.37 million t | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 98.91 million t | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 98.50 million t | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 97.70 million t | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 99.31 million t | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 93.57 million t | -5.8% |
| 2024 | 95.68 million t | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36.41 million t | 28.07 million t | 46.84 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 53.29 million t | 44.26 million t | 60.89 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 67.95 million t | 56.93 million t | 71.97 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 74.58 million t | 61.86 million t | 84.42 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 88.94 million t | 85.18 million t | 92.29 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 93.65 million t | 87.25 million t | 98.91 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.95 million t | 93.57 million t | 99.31 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 9.15 million t compare
- 6 Thailand 82.44 million t compare
- 7 Mexico 53.05 million t compare
- 8 Indonesia 32.00 million t compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.66 million t compare
- 9 Colombia 31.86 million t compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 3.34 million t compare
- 10 Australia 29.86 million t compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.51 million t compare
- 10 Australia and New Zealand 29.86 million t compare
- 11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.64 million t compare
- 12 Guatemala 22.91 million t compare
- 12 Melanesia 1.64 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — production in Africa?
- Sugar cane — production in Africa was 95.68 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — production recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 99.31 million t in 2022.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — production recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.07 million t in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for sugar cane — production?
- Africa ranks 9th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — production rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar cane — Production. 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.