Sugar cane — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Sugar cane — Yield was 37,904 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Yield in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 37,904 kg/ha for sugar cane — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in Western Africa peaked at 47,966 kg/ha in 1980 and was at its lowest, 19,996 kg/ha, in 1961.
Western Africa ranks 26th of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,566 kg/ha | 19,996 kg/ha | 27,463 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 37,481 kg/ha | 31,270 kg/ha | 46,138 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 45,452 kg/ha | 41,243 kg/ha | 47,966 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 45,125 kg/ha | 42,212 kg/ha | 47,822 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 40,068 kg/ha | 36,582 kg/ha | 45,717 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 38,488 kg/ha | 36,468 kg/ha | 42,035 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 38,055 kg/ha | 37,320 kg/ha | 38,656 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 23 Côte d'Ivoire 81,007 kg/ha compare
- 24 China, mainland 80,871 kg/ha compare
- 25 China 80,791 kg/ha compare
- 26 Saint Lucia 80,000 kg/ha compare
- 27 India 78,953 kg/ha compare
- 28 Honduras 78,808 kg/ha compare
- 29 Brazil 75,579 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 48 kg/An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 17.11 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 14.80 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 50,778 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.05 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 6,608 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 6.91 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 39,728 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 710,078 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 598,635 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — yield in Western Africa?
- Sugar cane — yield in Western Africa was 37,904 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 47,966 kg/ha in 1980.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,996 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for sugar cane — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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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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.