Sugar cane — Yield in World
World: Sugar cane — Yield was 72,532 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Yield in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar cane — yield in World is 72,532 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.4% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in World peaked at 75,101 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 48,408 kg/ha, in 1962.
World ranks 15th of 25 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Yield in World, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50,265 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 48,408 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1963 | 48,670 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 51,530 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1965 | 52,262 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 51,227 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1967 | 52,155 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 52,794 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 53,574 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 54,765 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 52,654 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1972 | 52,351 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 53,836 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 54,350 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 53,762 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 54,648 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 56,401 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 56,568 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 56,087 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 55,288 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 58,423 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1982 | 60,250 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 58,754 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1984 | 59,465 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 58,517 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 59,061 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 60,717 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 60,585 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 61,563 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 61,653 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 61,404 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 61,401 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 59,196 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1994 | 61,808 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 63,084 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 63,079 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 64,018 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 64,814 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 65,712 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 64,885 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 64,482 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 65,794 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 67,065 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 66,590 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 66,745 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 69,202 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 70,939 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 71,593 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 70,936 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 71,180 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 70,493 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 70,551 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 71,058 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 69,910 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 70,869 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 70,962 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 70,287 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 73,282 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 72,726 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 72,082 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 72,100 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 73,566 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 75,101 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 72,532 kg/ha | -3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51,210 kg/ha | 48,408 kg/ha | 53,574 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 54,542 kg/ha | 52,351 kg/ha | 56,568 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 59,262 kg/ha | 55,288 kg/ha | 61,563 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 62,617 kg/ha | 59,196 kg/ha | 65,712 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 67,823 kg/ha | 64,482 kg/ha | 71,593 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 71,132 kg/ha | 69,910 kg/ha | 73,282 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 73,076 kg/ha | 72,082 kg/ha | 75,101 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 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
- 17 Australia 87,657 kg/ha compare
- 17 Australia and New Zealand 87,657 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — yield in World?
- Sugar cane — yield in World was 72,532 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 75,101 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 48,408 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does World rank for sugar cane — yield?
- World ranks 15th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.