Sugar cane — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Sugar cane — Yield was 73,693 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar cane — Yield in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar cane — yield in Southern Africa stood at 73,693 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 101,415 kg/ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 48,088 kg/ha, in 1993.
Southern Africa ranks 13th of 25 groups on this measure, 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 Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 89,996 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 101,415 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1963 | 79,639 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 1964 | 80,100 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 56,624 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 1966 | 83,340 kg/ha | +47.2% |
| 1967 | 86,266 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1968 | 77,132 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1969 | 81,673 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1970 | 77,177 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1971 | 92,500 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1972 | 94,783 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 86,894 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1974 | 91,572 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1975 | 92,080 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 96,261 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1977 | 88,747 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1978 | 90,967 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 85,859 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1980 | 70,640 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1981 | 78,999 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1982 | 75,749 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1983 | 63,767 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1984 | 84,618 kg/ha | +32.7% |
| 1985 | 73,625 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1986 | 71,827 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1987 | 80,342 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1988 | 75,243 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1989 | 75,946 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 72,796 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1991 | 76,006 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1992 | 54,622 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 1993 | 48,088 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1994 | 60,047 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 1995 | 64,806 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1996 | 73,220 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1997 | 77,091 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 75,573 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 72,308 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2000 | 77,251 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2001 | 68,602 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2002 | 75,088 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2003 | 66,848 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2004 | 65,297 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 70,993 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2006 | 70,651 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 68,752 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 71,470 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 71,653 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 65,199 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2011 | 71,880 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2012 | 72,454 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 79,056 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 70,498 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2015 | 64,610 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2016 | 67,168 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 73,771 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2018 | 74,494 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 74,420 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 77,911 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 75,875 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 74,258 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 71,387 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2024 | 73,693 kg/ha | +3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81,798 kg/ha | 56,624 kg/ha | 101,415 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 89,684 kg/ha | 77,177 kg/ha | 96,261 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 75,076 kg/ha | 63,767 kg/ha | 84,618 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 67,456 kg/ha | 48,088 kg/ha | 77,091 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 70,660 kg/ha | 65,297 kg/ha | 77,251 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 71,355 kg/ha | 64,610 kg/ha | 79,056 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 74,625 kg/ha | 71,387 kg/ha | 77,911 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 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
- 16 French Polynesia 88,620 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — yield in Southern Africa?
- Sugar cane — yield in Southern Africa was 73,693 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 101,415 kg/ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 48,088 kg/ha in 1993.
- How does Southern Africa rank for sugar cane — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 13th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.