Sugar cane — Yield in Philippines
Philippines: Sugar cane — Yield was 46,169 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar cane — Yield in Philippines, 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 Philippines is 46,169 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.8% on the previous year and down 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in Philippines peaked at 96,521 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 46,169 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places Philippines 62nd out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Yield in Philippines, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 75,194 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 76,011 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 79,646 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1964 | 81,458 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 60,346 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 1966 | 60,946 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 68,936 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1968 | 68,680 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1969 | 64,089 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1970 | 71,407 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1971 | 62,588 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1972 | 56,233 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1973 | 61,440 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1974 | 71,076 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1975 | 66,910 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1976 | 67,611 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 60,752 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1978 | 58,591 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1979 | 70,674 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1980 | 72,771 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 79,010 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1982 | 85,963 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1983 | 69,762 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1984 | 83,760 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 1985 | 61,978 kg/ha | -26.0% |
| 1986 | 69,942 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1987 | 63,917 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1988 | 89,501 kg/ha | +40.0% |
| 1989 | 96,521 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1990 | 80,031 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1991 | 80,386 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 78,679 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 59,673 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 1994 | 61,487 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 58,855 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 58,493 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 59,366 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 56,429 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 58,846 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 55,295 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2001 | 58,090 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 59,514 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 62,460 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 65,819 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 62,117 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2006 | 62,060 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 58,062 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2008 | 66,839 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2009 | 56,760 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2010 | 50,522 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2011 | 64,536 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 2012 | 60,918 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 56,249 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2014 | 57,936 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 54,417 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2016 | 54,548 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 66,946 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 2018 | 56,527 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2019 | 54,632 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 61,137 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2021 | 62,531 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 58,435 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2023 | 52,930 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2024 | 46,169 kg/ha | -12.8% |
Philippines compared with similar countries
- Philippines's 46,169 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 58,123 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Philippines's 46,169 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 49,001 kg/ha, 94% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 70,590 kg/ha | 60,346 kg/ha | 81,458 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 64,728 kg/ha | 56,233 kg/ha | 71,407 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 77,313 kg/ha | 61,978 kg/ha | 96,521 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 65,225 kg/ha | 56,429 kg/ha | 80,386 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 60,702 kg/ha | 55,295 kg/ha | 66,839 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 57,723 kg/ha | 50,522 kg/ha | 66,946 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 56,241 kg/ha | 46,169 kg/ha | 62,531 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Philippines
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2488 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0859 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 358.34 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0874 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4423 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — yield in Philippines?
- Sugar cane — yield in Philippines was 46,169 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 96,521 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 46,169 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Philippines rank for sugar cane — yield?
- Philippines ranks 62nd out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Philippines 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.