Sugar cane yields by country
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.
Countries reporting
108
Highest
114.02 tonnes per hectare
Senegal
Lowest
5.78 tonnes per hectare
Oman
Median
55.58 tonnes per hectare
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
6,173
What the numbers show
Sugar cane yields is currently reported for 108 countries. The highest value is 114.02 tonnes per hectare in Senegal; the lowest is 5.78 tonnes per hectare in Oman.
The median across all reporting countries is 55.58 tonnes per hectare, and the mean is 55.75 tonnes per hectare.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 20.
Over the past decade 49 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Antigua and Barbuda (up 75.5%), and the largest decrease in Cape Verde (down 67.7%).
Sugar cane yields: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senegal | 114.02 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 2 | Malawi | 107.51 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 3 | Egypt | 107.11 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 4 | Guatemala | 104.75 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 5 | Zambia | 103.68 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 6 | Peru | 101.63 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 101.4 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 8 | El Salvador | 95.81 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 9 | Nicaragua | 95.37 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 10 | Eswatini | 92.23 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 11 | Iran | 91.95 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 24.3% | falling |
| 12 | Chad | 91.59 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 13 | Colombia | 89.22 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 14 | Portugal | 88.82 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 15 | French Polynesia | 88.62 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 16 | Australia | 87.66 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 17 | United States | 84.21 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 18 | Ecuador | 83.54 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | 83 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 20 | Cote d'Ivoire | 81.01 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 21 | China | 80.87 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 22 | Saint Lucia | 80 tonnes per hectare | 1965 | — | rising |
| 23 | India | 78.95 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 24 | Honduras | 78.81 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 25 | Brazil | 75.58 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 26 | Burundi | 74.58 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 27 | Reunion | 73.61 tonnes per hectare | 2006 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 28 | Mali | 72.61 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 29 | Uruguay | 71.3 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 30 | Costa Rica | 71 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 31 | Pakistan | 70.6 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 32 | Uganda | 69.97 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 33 | Sierra Leone | 69.71 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 34 | Kenya | 69.42 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 35 | Tanzania | 69.38 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 36 | South Africa | 69.1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 37 | Venezuela | 68.32 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 38 | Vietnam | 67.75 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 39 | Mexico | 67.64 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 40 | Sudan | 67.5 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 41 | Myanmar | 67.16 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 42 | Taiwan | 66.63 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 43 | Haiti | 66.39 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 44 | Antigua and Barbuda | 64.64 tonnes per hectare | 1982 | up 75.5% | rising |
| 45 | Gabon | 63.99 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 46 | Mauritius | 63.17 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 20.8% | flat |
| 48 | Paraguay | 62.41 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 49 | Cameroon | 61.7 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 58.3% | volatile |
| 50 | Jamaica | 61.27 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 51 | Indonesia | 60.97 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 52 | Panama | 60.66 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 53 | Spain | 57.89 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 54 | Morocco | 56.79 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 61.3% | flat |
| 55 | Mozambique | 55.6 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 28.9% | rising |
| 56 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 55.56 tonnes per hectare | 2005 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 57 | Thailand | 55.28 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 27.9% | rising |
| 58 | Syria | 55 tonnes per hectare | 1997 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 59 | Bolivia | 54.72 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 60 | Trinidad and Tobago | 54 tonnes per hectare | 2007 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 61 | Guinea | 53.83 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 62 | Guyana | 52.29 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 63 | Japan | 51.83 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 64 | Nepal | 49.79 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 65 | Laos | 49.36 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Philippines | 46.17 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 68 | Bhutan | 44.92 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | 44.72 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 70 | Grenada | 44.57 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 71 | Bangladesh | 43.32 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 72 | Ethiopia | 42.59 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 73 | Niger | 42.19 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 74 | Barbados | 41.05 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 75 | French Guiana | 40.98 tonnes per hectare | 2006 | down 41.6% | rising |
| 76 | Suriname | 40.49 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 77 | Belize | 40.13 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 78 | Djibouti | 39.85 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 79 | Angola | 39.42 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 80 | Fiji | 38.06 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 81 | Congo | 37.23 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 82 | Sri Lanka | 36.99 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 83 | Somalia | 35.35 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Cambodia | 35.12 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 85 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 34.97 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 86 | Benin | 33.72 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 87 | Cuba | 33.48 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 88 | Madagascar | 31.32 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 89 | Argentina | 28.32 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 49.3% | rising |
| 90 | Afghanistan | 27.38 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 91 | Guinea-Bissau | 26.72 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 92 | Papua New Guinea | 25.06 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 93 | Singapore | 25 tonnes per hectare | 1990 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 94 | Bahamas | 24.91 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 95 | Ghana | 24.3 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 96 | Lebanon | 24.1 tonnes per hectare | 2000 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 97 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 24 tonnes per hectare | 1990 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Rwanda | 21.47 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 31.0% | falling |
| 99 | Iraq | 20 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 99 | Puerto Rico | 20 tonnes per hectare | 2002 | down 61.3% | falling |
| 101 | Dominica | 19.45 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 102 | Malaysia | 18.1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 103 | Nigeria | 17.05 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 104 | Brunei | 16.19 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | — | rising |
| 105 | Samoa | 11.89 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 106 | Liberia | 10.17 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 107 | Yemen | 10 tonnes per hectare | 1978 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Cape Verde | 7.08 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 67.7% | rising |
| 109 | Central African Republic | 6.83 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 21.4% | falling |
| 110 | Oman | 5.78 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 44.0% | falling |
About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.