Sugar cane — Yield in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Sugar cane — Yield was 27,384 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Yield in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar cane — yield in Afghanistan stood at 27,384 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and up 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in Afghanistan peaked at 40,000 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 12,900 kg/ha, in 1974.
That places Afghanistan 84th out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Yield in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 25,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 25,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 25,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 25,500 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 25,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 28,500 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1968 | 28,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 24,000 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1970 | 22,000 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1971 | 20,000 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1972 | 17,500 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1973 | 14,500 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1974 | 12,900 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1975 | 15,000 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1976 | 19,457 kg/ha | +29.7% |
| 1977 | 16,000 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1978 | 16,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 17,297 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1980 | 18,919 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1981 | 18,919 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 19,091 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 19,375 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 19,355 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 19,333 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 20,000 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 20,667 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1989 | 20,000 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1990 | 18,966 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1991 | 19,000 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 19,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 19,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 19,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 19,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 19,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 19,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 19,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 19,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 19,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 19,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 19,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 18,182 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2004 | 20,000 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 19,000 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 18,919 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 20,000 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 20,987 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 40,000 kg/ha | +90.6% |
| 2010 | 29,806 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 2011 | 30,000 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 25,000 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2013 | 28,000 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2014 | 23,390 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2015 | 14,472 kg/ha | -38.1% |
| 2016 | 13,026 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2017 | 29,454 kg/ha | +126.1% |
| 2018 | 14,395 kg/ha | -51.1% |
| 2019 | 22,104 kg/ha | +53.6% |
| 2020 | 26,147 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 2021 | 26,191 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 34,249 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 2023 | 28,000 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 2024 | 27,384 kg/ha | -2.2% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 27,384 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 42,586 kg/ha, 64% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 27,384 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 27,384 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — Yield in Afghanistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +126.1% | 13,026 kg/ha | 29,454 kg/ha |
| 2009 | +90.6% | 20,987 kg/ha | 40,000 kg/ha |
| 2019 | +53.6% | 14,395 kg/ha | 22,104 kg/ha |
| 2018 | -51.1% | 29,454 kg/ha | 14,395 kg/ha |
| 2015 | -38.1% | 23,390 kg/ha | 14,472 kg/ha |
| 2022 | +30.8% | 26,191 kg/ha | 34,249 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,778 kg/ha | 24,000 kg/ha | 28,500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,065 kg/ha | 12,900 kg/ha | 22,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,566 kg/ha | 18,919 kg/ha | 20,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,997 kg/ha | 18,966 kg/ha | 19,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,409 kg/ha | 18,182 kg/ha | 40,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,965 kg/ha | 13,026 kg/ha | 30,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,394 kg/ha | 26,147 kg/ha | 34,249 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 81 Cuba 33,476 kg/ha compare
- 82 Madagascar 31,318 kg/ha compare
- 83 Argentina 28,317 kg/ha compare
- 85 Guinea-Bissau 26,716 kg/ha compare
- 86 Papua New Guinea 25,055 kg/ha compare
- 87 Singapore 25,000 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — yield in Afghanistan?
- Sugar cane — yield in Afghanistan was 27,384 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 40,000 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,900 kg/ha in 1974.
- How does Afghanistan rank for sugar cane — yield?
- Afghanistan ranks 84th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar cane — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.