Sugar cane — Yield in Africa
Africa: Sugar cane — Yield was 64,320 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar cane — yield in Africa is 64,320 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in Africa peaked at 72,126 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 57,124 kg/ha, in 1993.
That places Africa 19th out of 25 groups 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 Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 65,899 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 66,807 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 64,688 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1964 | 62,631 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1965 | 59,363 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1966 | 64,882 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1967 | 68,231 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1968 | 64,066 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1969 | 67,272 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 63,084 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1971 | 68,294 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1972 | 70,151 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 68,083 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1974 | 66,884 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 63,946 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1976 | 67,008 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1977 | 65,750 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1978 | 65,563 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 65,456 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 61,421 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1981 | 65,726 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1982 | 64,772 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1983 | 57,898 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1984 | 61,562 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1985 | 58,509 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1986 | 59,144 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 60,142 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 60,343 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 62,186 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 61,079 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 63,554 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 60,475 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1993 | 57,124 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1994 | 62,335 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1995 | 65,790 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 68,780 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 71,170 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 71,488 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 68,879 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 71,077 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 69,997 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 71,211 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 69,955 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 70,214 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 71,635 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 72,126 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 70,064 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 69,810 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 68,223 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 67,375 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 68,208 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 66,871 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 69,430 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 67,919 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 66,302 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 65,569 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 67,090 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 67,317 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 66,289 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 63,447 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 66,540 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 66,201 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 64,025 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2024 | 64,320 kg/ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 64,871 kg/ha | 59,363 kg/ha | 68,231 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 66,422 kg/ha | 63,084 kg/ha | 70,151 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 61,170 kg/ha | 57,898 kg/ha | 65,726 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 65,067 kg/ha | 57,124 kg/ha | 71,488 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 70,431 kg/ha | 68,223 kg/ha | 72,126 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 67,237 kg/ha | 65,569 kg/ha | 69,430 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 64,906 kg/ha | 63,447 kg/ha | 66,540 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — yield in Africa?
- Sugar cane — yield in Africa was 64,320 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 72,126 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 57,124 kg/ha in 1993.
- How does Africa rank for sugar cane — yield?
- Africa ranks 19th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. 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 — 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.