Sugar cane — Yield in Cuba
Cuba: Sugar cane — Yield was 33,476 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar cane — Yield in Cuba, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Cuba recorded 33,476 kg/ha for sugar cane — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.6% on the previous year and down 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in Cuba peaked at 59,976 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 22,428 kg/ha, in 2005.
That places Cuba 81st out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Yield in Cuba, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 44,326 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 32,432 kg/ha | -26.8% |
| 1963 | 29,528 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1964 | 37,120 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 1965 | 48,067 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 1966 | 37,552 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1967 | 47,819 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 1968 | 42,480 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1969 | 45,248 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1970 | 55,355 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1971 | 40,402 kg/ha | -27.0% |
| 1972 | 37,419 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1973 | 43,490 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1974 | 44,439 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 44,345 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 43,621 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 53,058 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1978 | 56,318 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1979 | 58,890 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1980 | 45,964 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1981 | 55,138 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1982 | 55,074 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 58,069 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1984 | 57,355 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 50,007 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1986 | 51,558 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 52,125 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 56,845 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1989 | 59,976 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1990 | 57,594 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1991 | 54,882 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1992 | 45,671 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1993 | 36,065 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 1994 | 34,590 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 28,538 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1996 | 33,186 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1997 | 31,212 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1998 | 31,283 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 34,143 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2000 | 34,970 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 31,874 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2002 | 33,327 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 34,327 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 36,006 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 22,428 kg/ha | -37.7% |
| 2006 | 27,852 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 2007 | 36,115 kg/ha | +29.7% |
| 2008 | 41,283 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2009 | 34,276 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 2010 | 26,889 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 2011 | 23,513 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2012 | 40,686 kg/ha | +73.0% |
| 2013 | 40,220 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 43,929 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2015 | 44,307 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 42,694 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 40,107 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 40,076 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 43,268 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2020 | 35,297 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 2021 | 29,398 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2022 | 32,772 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2023 | 35,101 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2024 | 33,476 kg/ha | -4.6% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 33,476 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 58,123 kg/ha, 58% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 33,476 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 61,271 kg/ha, 55% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40,508 kg/ha | 29,528 kg/ha | 48,067 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 47,734 kg/ha | 37,419 kg/ha | 58,890 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 54,211 kg/ha | 45,964 kg/ha | 59,976 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 38,716 kg/ha | 28,538 kg/ha | 57,594 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 33,246 kg/ha | 22,428 kg/ha | 41,283 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 38,569 kg/ha | 23,513 kg/ha | 44,307 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,209 kg/ha | 29,398 kg/ha | 35,297 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Cuba
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -19.64 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 265.29 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2277 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — yield in Cuba?
- Sugar cane — yield in Cuba was 33,476 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 59,976 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,428 kg/ha in 2005.
- How does Cuba rank for sugar cane — yield?
- Cuba ranks 81st out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cuba 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.