Sugar cane — Yield in Americas
Americas: Sugar cane — Yield was 73,426 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Yield in Americas, 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 Americas is 73,426 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.8% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in Americas peaked at 77,774 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 48,510 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Americas 14th 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 — Yield in Americas, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 51,379 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 48,510 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1963 | 49,015 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 51,471 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 54,060 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 53,778 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1967 | 55,607 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1968 | 53,378 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1969 | 54,213 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 56,560 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 52,734 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1972 | 52,982 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 53,891 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 54,110 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 55,536 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 55,451 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 58,248 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1978 | 59,190 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 59,404 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 57,823 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1981 | 57,988 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 62,084 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1983 | 63,187 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 61,841 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1985 | 61,639 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 61,221 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 61,853 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 62,942 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 63,543 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 62,799 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 62,663 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 62,216 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 60,390 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 62,105 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 62,029 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 62,870 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 64,961 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 65,755 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 65,761 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 65,623 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 66,792 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 68,357 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 72,357 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2004 | 72,541 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 71,465 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 74,066 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 76,054 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 76,936 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 77,774 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 76,052 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 73,596 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 72,761 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 74,444 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 71,558 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 73,588 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 74,059 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 72,164 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 73,225 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 71,968 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 73,972 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 70,758 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 72,254 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 75,536 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 73,426 kg/ha | -2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 52,379 kg/ha | 48,510 kg/ha | 55,607 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 55,811 kg/ha | 52,734 kg/ha | 59,404 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 61,412 kg/ha | 57,823 kg/ha | 63,543 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 63,155 kg/ha | 60,390 kg/ha | 65,761 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 72,197 kg/ha | 65,623 kg/ha | 77,774 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 73,341 kg/ha | 71,558 kg/ha | 76,052 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 73,189 kg/ha | 70,758 kg/ha | 75,536 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 11 Nicaragua 95,372 kg/ha compare
- 12 Eswatini 92,233 kg/ha compare
- 13 Chad 91,588 kg/ha compare
- 13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 34,972 kg/ha compare
- 14 Colombia 89,218 kg/ha compare
- 14 Melanesia 34,696 kg/ha compare
- 15 Portugal 88,822 kg/ha compare
- 16 French Polynesia 88,620 kg/ha compare
- 17 Australia 87,657 kg/ha compare
- 17 Australia and New Zealand 87,657 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — yield in Americas?
- Sugar cane — yield in Americas was 73,426 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 77,774 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 48,510 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Americas rank for sugar cane — yield?
- Americas ranks 14th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas 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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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.