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 22nd out of 103 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.
Sugar cane — Yield in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 42,433 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 39,067 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1963 | 51,531 kg/ha | +31.9% |
| 1964 | 47,301 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1965 | 49,715 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1966 | 45,234 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1967 | 45,024 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 44,871 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 41,710 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1970 | 41,257 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1971 | 41,021 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 41,625 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 40,738 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1974 | 42,859 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1975 | 39,229 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1976 | 39,178 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 46,127 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1978 | 44,596 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1979 | 50,110 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1980 | 54,079 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1981 | 58,322 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1982 | 59,962 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 51,580 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1984 | 57,029 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1985 | 55,785 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 55,496 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 57,077 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 56,175 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1989 | 54,032 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1990 | 58,889 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1991 | 59,240 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 60,210 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 59,867 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 59,344 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 59,264 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 57,512 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 60,960 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1998 | 60,191 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 58,064 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2000 | 58,284 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 60,861 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 64,896 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 64,263 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 65,360 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 64,126 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 70,407 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2007 | 71,242 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 71,219 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 68,079 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 65,740 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 66,530 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 68,590 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 70,542 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 71,338 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 72,522 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 73,523 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 76,041 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 76,835 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 78,580 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 79,781 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 80,976 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 80,100 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 82,618 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 80,791 kg/ha | -2.2% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 80,791 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 58,123 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- China's 80,791 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 49,001 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — Yield in China 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +31.9% | 39,067 kg/ha | 51,531 kg/ha |
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 |
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More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (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 22nd out of 103 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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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.