Sugar cane — Yield in Mexico
Mexico: Sugar cane — Yield was 67,638 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Yield in Mexico, 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 Mexico is 67,638 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in Mexico peaked at 78,158 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 55,144 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Mexico 37th out of 103 countries 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 Mexico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 55,144 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 58,394 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 59,074 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 60,576 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 65,883 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1966 | 66,097 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 65,638 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 62,761 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1969 | 61,740 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 63,381 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1971 | 68,017 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1972 | 69,317 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 65,452 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1974 | 68,160 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 72,014 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1976 | 63,245 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1977 | 63,412 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 66,040 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1979 | 64,288 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1980 | 65,345 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 62,679 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1982 | 67,893 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1983 | 67,423 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 66,815 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 70,451 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1986 | 75,543 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1987 | 74,504 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 70,602 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1989 | 71,673 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 69,870 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1991 | 70,264 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 74,701 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1993 | 76,432 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 69,079 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1995 | 77,573 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1996 | 71,148 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1997 | 73,556 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 77,540 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1999 | 72,891 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2000 | 71,327 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 75,753 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 72,183 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 73,687 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 74,646 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 77,108 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 74,530 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 75,444 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 73,890 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 69,651 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 71,627 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 69,674 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 69,303 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 78,158 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2014 | 74,390 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 73,023 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 72,270 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 73,776 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 72,326 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 74,542 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 69,477 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2021 | 68,264 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 69,864 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 69,294 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 67,638 kg/ha | -2.4% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 67,638 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 58,123 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 67,638 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 61,271 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61,701 kg/ha | 55,144 kg/ha | 66,097 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 66,333 kg/ha | 63,245 kg/ha | 72,014 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 69,293 kg/ha | 62,679 kg/ha | 75,543 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 73,305 kg/ha | 69,079 kg/ha | 77,573 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 73,822 kg/ha | 69,651 kg/ha | 77,108 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 72,909 kg/ha | 69,303 kg/ha | 78,158 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 68,907 kg/ha | 67,638 kg/ha | 69,864 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 34 Sierra Leone 69,709 kg/ha compare
- 35 Kenya 69,424 kg/ha compare
- 36 South Africa 69,101 kg/ha compare
- 38 Sudan 67,499 kg/ha compare
- 39 Myanmar 67,160 kg/ha compare
- 40 China, Taiwan Province of 66,629 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — yield in Mexico?
- Sugar cane — yield in Mexico was 67,638 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 78,158 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 55,144 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Mexico rank for sugar cane — yield?
- Mexico ranks 37th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.