Sugar cane — Yield in China
China: Sugar cane — Yield was 80,791 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Yield in China, 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 China is 80,791 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.2% on the previous year and up 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in China peaked at 82,618 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 39,067 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places China 25th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45,210 kg/ha | 39,067 kg/ha | 51,531 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 42,674 kg/ha | 39,178 kg/ha | 50,110 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 55,954 kg/ha | 51,580 kg/ha | 59,962 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 59,354 kg/ha | 57,512 kg/ha | 60,960 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 65,874 kg/ha | 58,284 kg/ha | 71,242 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 72,024 kg/ha | 65,740 kg/ha | 78,580 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 80,853 kg/ha | 79,781 kg/ha | 82,618 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 22 Zimbabwe 83,000 kg/ha compare
- 23 Côte d'Ivoire 81,007 kg/ha compare
- 24 China, mainland 80,871 kg/ha compare
- 26 Saint Lucia 80,000 kg/ha compare
- 27 India 78,953 kg/ha compare
- 28 Honduras 78,808 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture share gdp 6.66 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.66 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
- Rural population 33.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 473.41 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.30 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 12.10 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — yield in China?
- Sugar cane — yield in China was 80,791 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 82,618 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 39,067 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does China rank for sugar cane — yield?
- China ranks 25th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.