Sugar cane — Production in Angola
Angola: Sugar cane — Production was 1.29 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Production in Angola, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar cane — production in Angola is 1.29 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.4% on the previous year and up 163.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — production in Angola peaked at 1.29 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 220,000 t, in 1993.
Angola ranks 48th of 103 countries on this measure, 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 Angola, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 642,437 t | — |
| 1962 | 694,000 t | +8.0% |
| 1963 | 648,000 t | -6.6% |
| 1964 | 647,000 t | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 679,290 t | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 712,512 t | +4.9% |
| 1967 | 722,282 t | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 684,648 t | -5.2% |
| 1969 | 683,078 t | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 763,989 t | +11.8% |
| 1971 | 880,128 t | +15.2% |
| 1972 | 850,000 t | -3.4% |
| 1973 | 967,433 t | +13.8% |
| 1974 | 550,000 t | -43.1% |
| 1975 | 470,000 t | -14.5% |
| 1976 | 530,000 t | +12.8% |
| 1977 | 500,000 t | -5.7% |
| 1978 | 450,000 t | -10.0% |
| 1979 | 420,000 t | -6.7% |
| 1980 | 300,000 t | -28.6% |
| 1981 | 320,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 250,000 t | -21.9% |
| 1983 | 250,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 240,000 t | -4.0% |
| 1985 | 270,000 t | +12.5% |
| 1986 | 320,000 t | +18.5% |
| 1987 | 320,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 320,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 270,000 t | -15.6% |
| 1990 | 270,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 335,000 t | +24.1% |
| 1992 | 270,000 t | -19.4% |
| 1993 | 220,000 t | -18.5% |
| 1994 | 240,000 t | +9.1% |
| 1995 | 330,000 t | +37.5% |
| 1996 | 290,000 t | -12.1% |
| 1997 | 310,000 t | +6.9% |
| 1998 | 340,000 t | +9.7% |
| 1999 | 340,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 350,000 t | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 360,000 t | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 360,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 360,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 345,000 t | -4.2% |
| 2005 | 345,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 450,000 t | +30.4% |
| 2007 | 500,000 t | +11.1% |
| 2008 | 520,000 t | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 500,000 t | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 500,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 510,000 t | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 520,000 t | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 510,000 t | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 490,913 t | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 437,884 t | -10.8% |
| 2016 | 506,899 t | +15.8% |
| 2017 | 577,141 t | +13.9% |
| 2018 | 639,421 t | +10.8% |
| 2019 | 755,000 t | +18.1% |
| 2020 | 865,000 t | +14.6% |
| 2021 | 1.00 million t | +15.8% |
| 2022 | 1.01 million t | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 1.18 million t | +16.6% |
| 2024 | 1.29 million t | +9.4% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 1.29 million t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.51 million t, 86% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Angola's 1.29 million t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 774,764 t, 1.7× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 679,250 t | 642,437 t | 722,282 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 638,155 t | 420,000 t | 967,433 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 286,000 t | 240,000 t | 320,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 294,500 t | 220,000 t | 340,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 409,000 t | 345,000 t | 520,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 544,726 t | 437,884 t | 755,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.07 million t | 865,000 t | 1.29 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Angola
More agriculture & rural data for Angola
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 38.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2524 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 789.91 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2141 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2854 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — production in Angola?
- Sugar cane — production in Angola was 1.29 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — production recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 1.29 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — production recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 220,000 t in 1993.
- How does Angola rank for sugar cane — production?
- Angola ranks 48th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — production rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 163.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Angola 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.