Sugar cane — Yield in Zambia
Zambia: Sugar cane — Yield was 103,680 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar cane — Yield in Zambia, 1968–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar cane — yield in Zambia stood at 103,680 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in Zambia peaked at 124,368 kg/ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 89,015 kg/ha, in 1981.
That places Zambia 6th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 114,508 kg/ha | 104,648 kg/ha | 124,368 kg/ha | 2 |
| 1970s | 108,169 kg/ha | 92,540 kg/ha | 120,687 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 108,706 kg/ha | 89,015 kg/ha | 121,848 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 103,217 kg/ha | 94,082 kg/ha | 109,378 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 104,339 kg/ha | 101,250 kg/ha | 106,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 103,662 kg/ha | 100,000 kg/ha | 105,714 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 103,728 kg/ha | 103,680 kg/ha | 103,801 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 3 Egypt 107,115 kg/ha compare
- 4 Ethiopia PDR 106,667 kg/ha compare
- 5 Guatemala 104,750 kg/ha compare
- 7 Peru 101,629 kg/ha compare
- 8 Burkina Faso 101,402 kg/ha compare
- 9 Sudan (former) 100,119 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Zambia
- Agriculture share gdp 4.11 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.11 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
- Rural population 54.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 11.85 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.19 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 683.84 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — yield in Zambia?
- Sugar cane — yield in Zambia was 103,680 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 124,368 kg/ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 89,015 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Zambia rank for sugar cane — yield?
- Zambia ranks 6th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zambia 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.