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 23rd of 25 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Yield in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,996 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,660 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 22,625 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1964 | 25,182 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1965 | 26,601 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1966 | 21,475 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1967 | 24,001 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1968 | 27,463 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1969 | 24,093 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1970 | 31,270 kg/ha | +29.8% |
| 1971 | 32,460 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 33,571 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 33,365 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 33,040 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 36,853 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1976 | 41,156 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1977 | 45,181 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1978 | 41,782 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1979 | 46,138 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1980 | 47,966 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 46,036 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1982 | 47,147 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 47,647 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 41,243 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1985 | 44,301 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1986 | 45,753 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 45,561 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 43,165 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1989 | 45,703 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1990 | 46,748 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 47,822 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 47,242 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 45,936 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 45,172 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 44,659 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 43,757 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 43,894 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 42,212 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 43,808 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 45,523 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 45,717 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 39,691 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2003 | 38,811 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 39,683 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 39,894 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 39,204 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 38,788 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 36,785 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2009 | 36,582 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 42,035 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2011 | 41,932 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 39,182 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2013 | 38,037 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 36,468 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 37,136 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 36,502 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 37,838 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 37,385 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 38,364 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 37,320 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 38,602 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 38,656 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 37,794 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 37,904 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — Yield in Western Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +29.8% | 24,093 kg/ha | 31,270 kg/ha |
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
- 20 Zimbabwe 83,000 kg/ha compare
- 21 China, mainland 80,871 kg/ha compare
- 22 China 80,791 kg/ha compare
- 22 Caribbean 38,743 kg/ha compare
- 23 Saint Lucia 80,000 kg/ha compare
- 24 Cabo Verde 7,078 kg/ha compare
- 24 India 78,953 kg/ha compare
- 25 Honduras 78,808 kg/ha compare
- 26 Brazil 75,579 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -2.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 2.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.0113 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 3.8 % change on previous year (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 23rd out of 25 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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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.