Sugar cane — Yield in South America
South America: Sugar cane — Yield was 73,973 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Yield in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar cane — yield in South America stood at 73,973 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 2.9% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in South America peaked at 80,081 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 48,053 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places South America 12th out of 25 groups 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 South America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 48,821 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 48,966 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 48,053 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1964 | 49,364 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 49,608 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 52,424 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1967 | 51,648 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 51,756 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 51,412 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 51,762 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 51,988 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 52,664 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 53,077 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 52,817 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 54,341 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 54,928 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 56,397 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 57,002 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 57,571 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 60,293 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1981 | 57,411 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1982 | 61,877 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1983 | 63,180 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 61,584 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 63,370 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 60,924 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1987 | 62,413 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 63,143 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 63,799 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 63,314 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 63,937 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 65,302 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 64,006 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 67,399 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 66,911 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 67,866 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 70,027 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 69,609 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 69,005 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 68,711 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 69,946 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 72,819 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 75,061 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 74,963 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 74,281 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 75,939 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 77,635 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 78,906 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 80,081 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 78,663 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 76,351 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 73,474 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 74,890 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 70,962 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 73,593 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 74,292 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 72,569 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 73,269 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 71,920 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 74,709 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 71,255 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 72,102 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 76,163 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 73,973 kg/ha | -2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 50,228 kg/ha | 48,053 kg/ha | 52,424 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 54,255 kg/ha | 51,762 kg/ha | 57,571 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 61,799 kg/ha | 57,411 kg/ha | 63,799 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 66,738 kg/ha | 63,314 kg/ha | 70,027 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 74,834 kg/ha | 68,711 kg/ha | 80,081 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 73,998 kg/ha | 70,962 kg/ha | 78,663 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 73,640 kg/ha | 71,255 kg/ha | 76,163 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 54,718 kg/ha compare
- 9 Sudan (former) 100,119 kg/ha compare
- 10 El Salvador 95,809 kg/ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 49,357 kg/ha compare
- 11 Nicaragua 95,372 kg/ha compare
- 12 Eswatini 92,233 kg/ha compare
- 13 Chad 91,588 kg/ha compare
- 13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 34,972 kg/ha compare
- 14 Colombia 89,218 kg/ha compare
- 14 Melanesia 34,696 kg/ha compare
- 15 Portugal 88,822 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — yield in South America?
- Sugar cane — yield in South America was 73,973 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 80,081 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 48,053 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does South America rank for sugar cane — yield?
- South America ranks 12th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.