Sugar cane — Yield in Spain
Spain: Sugar cane — Yield was 57,895 kg/ha in 2017. ▼ Falling
Sugar cane — Yield in Spain, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2017, sugar cane — yield in Spain stood at 57,895 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 105.0% on the previous year and up 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in Spain peaked at 99,418 kg/ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 28,235 kg/ha, in 2016.
That places Spain 51st out of 103 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 56 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Yield in Spain, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 58,889 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 64,068 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1963 | 68,507 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1964 | 66,023 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1965 | 85,478 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 1966 | 80,082 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1967 | 77,585 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1968 | 74,314 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1969 | 84,083 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1970 | 75,926 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1971 | 80,546 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1972 | 69,898 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1973 | 72,239 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 76,429 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1975 | 73,784 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1976 | 70,000 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1977 | 69,318 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 68,333 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 69,381 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 76,087 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1981 | 55,116 kg/ha | -27.6% |
| 1982 | 66,829 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 1983 | 62,895 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1984 | 63,421 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 73,056 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1986 | 70,000 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1987 | 78,759 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1988 | 80,020 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 82,346 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 79,841 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 78,463 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 79,496 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 76,818 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1994 | 84,507 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 71,738 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1996 | 44,495 kg/ha | -38.0% |
| 1997 | 61,745 kg/ha | +38.8% |
| 1998 | 86,943 kg/ha | +40.8% |
| 1999 | 95,385 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2000 | 99,418 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 88,775 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2002 | 89,120 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 75,772 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2004 | 61,014 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 2005 | 70,692 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 2006 | 56,250 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 2007 | 52,200 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2009 | 49,098 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 44,000 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2011 | 50,000 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2012 | 47,500 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2013 | 48,750 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 44,831 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2015 | 41,549 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2016 | 28,235 kg/ha | -32.0% |
| 2017 | 57,895 kg/ha | +105.0% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 57,895 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 55,556 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — Yield in Spain 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +105.0% | 28,235 kg/ha | 57,895 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 73,225 kg/ha | 58,889 kg/ha | 85,478 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 72,585 kg/ha | 68,333 kg/ha | 80,546 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 70,853 kg/ha | 55,116 kg/ha | 82,346 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 75,943 kg/ha | 44,495 kg/ha | 95,385 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 71,371 kg/ha | 49,098 kg/ha | 99,418 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 45,345 kg/ha | 28,235 kg/ha | 57,895 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,036 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1949 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — yield in Spain?
- Sugar cane — yield in Spain was 57,895 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 99,418 kg/ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,235 kg/ha in 2016.
- How does Spain rank for sugar cane — yield?
- Spain ranks 51st out of 103 countries with data for 2017.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Spain 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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About this data
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.