Sugar cane — Yield in Pakistan
Pakistan: Sugar cane — Yield was 70,603 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Yield in Pakistan, 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 Pakistan is 70,603 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.9% on the previous year and up 28.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in Pakistan peaked at 74,252 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 29,992 kg/ha, in 1961.
Pakistan ranks 32nd of 103 countries 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 Pakistan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 29,992 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 32,313 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1963 | 34,723 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1964 | 33,799 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1965 | 37,111 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1966 | 37,350 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 33,845 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1968 | 37,036 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1969 | 40,634 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1970 | 42,532 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1971 | 36,426 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1972 | 36,139 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 37,396 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 37,042 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1975 | 31,572 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1976 | 36,504 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1977 | 37,474 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 36,567 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1979 | 36,313 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 38,271 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1981 | 39,238 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 38,639 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1983 | 35,684 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1984 | 38,246 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1985 | 35,568 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1986 | 35,722 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 57,228 kg/ha | +60.2% |
| 1988 | 39,245 kg/ha | -31.4% |
| 1989 | 42,166 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1990 | 41,547 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 40,720 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 43,371 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1993 | 43,024 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 46,144 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1995 | 46,748 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 46,963 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 43,544 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1998 | 50,278 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1999 | 47,780 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 45,883 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 45,385 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 48,056 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 47,341 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 50,088 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 48,887 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 49,229 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 53,209 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2008 | 51,494 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 48,616 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 52,368 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2011 | 55,997 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2012 | 55,216 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 57,542 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 55,087 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 57,873 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 61,997 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 62,106 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 60,959 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 63,841 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 69,534 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2021 | 70,341 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 66,711 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2023 | 74,252 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2024 | 70,603 kg/ha | -4.9% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 70,603 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 56,789 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 70,603 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 27,384 kg/ha, 2.6× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — Yield in Pakistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +60.2% | 35,722 kg/ha | 57,228 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35,201 kg/ha | 29,992 kg/ha | 40,634 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 36,796 kg/ha | 31,572 kg/ha | 42,532 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 40,001 kg/ha | 35,568 kg/ha | 57,228 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 45,012 kg/ha | 40,720 kg/ha | 50,278 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 48,819 kg/ha | 45,385 kg/ha | 53,209 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 58,299 kg/ha | 52,368 kg/ha | 63,841 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 70,288 kg/ha | 66,711 kg/ha | 74,252 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — yield in Pakistan?
- Sugar cane — yield in Pakistan was 70,603 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 74,252 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,992 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Pakistan rank for sugar cane — yield?
- Pakistan ranks 32nd out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.