Sugar cane — Yield in Central America
Central America: Sugar cane — Yield was 76,463 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Yield in Central America, 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 Central America is 76,463 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in Central America peaked at 85,541 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 51,389 kg/ha, in 1961.
Central America ranks 11th of 25 groups 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 — Yield in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 51,389 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 54,079 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1963 | 55,341 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 57,174 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 61,118 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1966 | 61,710 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 62,358 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 59,616 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1969 | 59,086 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1970 | 60,562 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 63,287 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 64,003 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 62,644 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1974 | 65,313 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1975 | 66,930 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 62,955 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1977 | 65,772 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 65,567 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 62,862 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1980 | 61,802 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1981 | 60,608 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 67,544 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1983 | 67,815 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 67,936 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 69,726 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 73,657 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 71,784 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 69,421 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1989 | 71,218 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 71,751 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 71,543 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 75,214 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 76,134 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 71,820 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1995 | 80,188 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1996 | 74,339 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1997 | 79,276 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1998 | 79,754 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 75,274 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 74,690 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 80,135 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2002 | 74,700 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2003 | 76,941 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 80,342 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 79,290 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 77,852 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 78,742 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 77,226 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 77,113 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 75,518 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 72,457 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 76,556 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 83,609 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2014 | 85,541 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 83,938 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 83,875 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 80,037 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 79,590 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 81,879 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 78,930 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 77,457 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 78,505 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 76,176 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 76,463 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 57,986 kg/ha | 51,389 kg/ha | 62,358 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 63,990 kg/ha | 60,562 kg/ha | 66,930 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 68,151 kg/ha | 60,608 kg/ha | 73,657 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 75,529 kg/ha | 71,543 kg/ha | 80,188 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 77,703 kg/ha | 74,690 kg/ha | 80,342 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 80,300 kg/ha | 72,457 kg/ha | 85,541 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 77,506 kg/ha | 76,176 kg/ha | 78,930 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 8 Burkina Faso 101,402 kg/ha compare
- 8 Côte d'Ivoire 81,007 kg/ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 55,000 kg/ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 54,718 kg/ha compare
- 9 Sudan (former) 100,119 kg/ha compare
- 10 El Salvador 95,809 kg/ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 49,357 kg/ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -3.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -10.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.7054 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.4048 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -9.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.8347 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — yield in Central America?
- Sugar cane — yield in Central America was 76,463 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 85,541 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 51,389 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for sugar cane — yield?
- Central America ranks 11th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America 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.