Sugar cane yields in Vietnam
Vietnam: Sugar cane yields was 67.75 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
67.75 tonnes per hectare
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
38th
of 110 countries
All-time high
67.75 tonnes per hectare
in 2023
All-time low
30.3 tonnes per hectare
in 1968
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Sugar cane yields in Vietnam, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
Vietnam recorded 67.75 tonnes per hectare for sugar cane yields in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane yields in Vietnam peaked at 67.75 tonnes per hectare in 2023 and was at its lowest, 30.3 tonnes per hectare, in 1968.
Vietnam ranks 38th of 110 countries 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 yields in Vietnam, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 32.18 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 1962 | 32.89 tonnes per hectare | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 34.04 tonnes per hectare | +3.5% |
| 1964 | 34.6 tonnes per hectare | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 34.62 tonnes per hectare | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 33.35 tonnes per hectare | -3.7% |
| 1967 | 32.5 tonnes per hectare | -2.5% |
| 1968 | 30.3 tonnes per hectare | -6.8% |
| 1969 | 30.56 tonnes per hectare | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 38.97 tonnes per hectare | +27.5% |
| 1971 | 39.71 tonnes per hectare | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 39.38 tonnes per hectare | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 32.5 tonnes per hectare | -17.5% |
| 1974 | 30.85 tonnes per hectare | -5.1% |
| 1975 | 37.47 tonnes per hectare | +21.5% |
| 1976 | 40.09 tonnes per hectare | +7.0% |
| 1977 | 38.75 tonnes per hectare | -3.3% |
| 1978 | 38.26 tonnes per hectare | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 39.9 tonnes per hectare | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 39.74 tonnes per hectare | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 35.97 tonnes per hectare | -9.5% |
| 1982 | 37.89 tonnes per hectare | +5.3% |
| 1983 | 39 tonnes per hectare | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 39.75 tonnes per hectare | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 38.82 tonnes per hectare | -2.3% |
| 1986 | 39.67 tonnes per hectare | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 39.88 tonnes per hectare | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 40.11 tonnes per hectare | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 40.37 tonnes per hectare | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 41.33 tonnes per hectare | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 42.66 tonnes per hectare | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 43.94 tonnes per hectare | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 42.48 tonnes per hectare | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 45.32 tonnes per hectare | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 47.65 tonnes per hectare | +5.1% |
| 1996 | 48.23 tonnes per hectare | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 46.38 tonnes per hectare | -3.8% |
| 1998 | 49.58 tonnes per hectare | +6.9% |
| 1999 | 51.6 tonnes per hectare | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 49.77 tonnes per hectare | -3.6% |
| 2001 | 50.42 tonnes per hectare | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 53.5 tonnes per hectare | +6.1% |
| 2003 | 53.81 tonnes per hectare | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 54.7 tonnes per hectare | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 56.13 tonnes per hectare | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 58.03 tonnes per hectare | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 59.29 tonnes per hectare | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 59.64 tonnes per hectare | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 58.77 tonnes per hectare | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 60.06 tonnes per hectare | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 62.14 tonnes per hectare | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 62.98 tonnes per hectare | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 64.88 tonnes per hectare | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 65 tonnes per hectare | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 64.51 tonnes per hectare | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 63.64 tonnes per hectare | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 65.29 tonnes per hectare | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 66.6 tonnes per hectare | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 65.96 tonnes per hectare | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 62.2 tonnes per hectare | -5.7% |
| 2021 | 64.74 tonnes per hectare | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 65.44 tonnes per hectare | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 67.75 tonnes per hectare | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 67.75 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
Vietnam compared with similar countries
- Vietnam's 67.75 tonnes per hectare is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 60.97 tonnes per hectare, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Vietnam's 67.75 tonnes per hectare is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 49.36 tonnes per hectare, 1.4× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane yields in Vietnam 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 | +27.5% | 30.56 tonnes per hectare | 38.97 tonnes per hectare |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32.78 tonnes per hectare | 30.3 tonnes per hectare | 34.62 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 37.59 tonnes per hectare | 30.85 tonnes per hectare | 40.09 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 39.12 tonnes per hectare | 35.97 tonnes per hectare | 40.37 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 45.92 tonnes per hectare | 41.33 tonnes per hectare | 51.6 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 55.41 tonnes per hectare | 49.77 tonnes per hectare | 59.64 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 64.11 tonnes per hectare | 60.06 tonnes per hectare | 66.6 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 65.58 tonnes per hectare | 62.2 tonnes per hectare | 67.75 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vietnam
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1164 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2023)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane yields in Vietnam?
- Sugar cane yields in Vietnam was 67.75 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest sugar cane yields recorded in Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 67.75 tonnes per hectare in 2023.
- What is the lowest sugar cane yields recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.3 tonnes per hectare in 1968.
- How does Vietnam rank for sugar cane yields?
- Vietnam ranks 38th out of 110 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane yields rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vietnam data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Sugar cane yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.