Sugar cane — Yield in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Sugar cane — Yield was 54,000 kg/ha in 2007. ▼ Falling
Sugar cane — Yield in Trinidad and Tobago, 1961–2007
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar cane — yield in Trinidad and Tobago is 54,000 kg/ha, measured in 2007.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 80,744 kg/ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 39,556 kg/ha, in 1981.
That places Trinidad and Tobago 56th out of 103 countries with data for 2007, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 47 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Yield in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 74,868 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 62,654 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1963 | 69,576 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1964 | 65,811 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1965 | 70,555 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1966 | 65,171 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1967 | 61,483 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1968 | 69,457 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1969 | 70,879 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 74,908 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1971 | 66,810 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1972 | 64,373 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1973 | 50,076 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1974 | 49,284 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 53,661 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1976 | 69,113 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 1977 | 59,094 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1978 | 45,588 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 1979 | 44,340 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1980 | 46,542 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 39,556 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1982 | 46,429 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1983 | 62,478 kg/ha | +34.6% |
| 1984 | 60,689 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1985 | 74,515 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 1986 | 80,744 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1987 | 49,717 kg/ha | -38.4% |
| 1988 | 55,572 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1989 | 51,612 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1990 | 65,416 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 1991 | 54,204 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1992 | 54,992 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 50,448 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1994 | 56,362 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1995 | 52,000 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1996 | 60,907 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1997 | 62,893 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 47,057 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 1999 | 55,634 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2000 | 54,934 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 54,176 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 54,650 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 54,616 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 53,500 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 52,500 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 53,750 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 54,000 kg/ha | +0.5% |
Trinidad and Tobago compared with similar countries
- Trinidad and Tobago's 54,000 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 55,556 kg/ha, 97% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Trinidad and Tobago's 54,000 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 61,271 kg/ha, 88% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 67,828 kg/ha | 61,483 kg/ha | 74,868 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 57,725 kg/ha | 44,340 kg/ha | 74,908 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 56,786 kg/ha | 39,556 kg/ha | 80,744 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 55,991 kg/ha | 47,057 kg/ha | 65,416 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 54,016 kg/ha | 52,500 kg/ha | 54,934 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Trinidad and Tobago
More agriculture & rural data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -4.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0078 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 145.68 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0602 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4603 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — yield in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Sugar cane — yield in Trinidad and Tobago was 54,000 kg/ha in 2007, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 80,744 kg/ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 39,556 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for sugar cane — yield?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 56th out of 103 countries with data for 2007.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.