Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Africa

Africa: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 62,374 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
62,374 kg/ha
Change on year
up 1.2%
Rank
23rd
of 33 groups
All-time high
70,172 kg/ha
in 2006
All-time low
56,387 kg/ha
in 1983
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.

Analysis

In 2024, sugar crops primary — yield in Africa stood at 62,374 kg/ha.

The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Africa peaked at 70,172 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 56,387 kg/ha, in 1983.

Africa ranks 23rd of 33 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 63,654 kg/ha 58,127 kg/ha 66,326 kg/ha 9
1970s 64,016 kg/ha 61,123 kg/ha 66,658 kg/ha 10
1980s 59,825 kg/ha 56,387 kg/ha 63,942 kg/ha 10
1990s 63,794 kg/ha 56,495 kg/ha 69,989 kg/ha 10
2000s 68,509 kg/ha 66,205 kg/ha 70,172 kg/ha 10
2010s 65,094 kg/ha 63,201 kg/ha 67,084 kg/ha 10
2020s 63,052 kg/ha 61,635 kg/ha 64,171 kg/ha 5

Countries ranked near Africa

  1. 20 Zimbabwe 83,000 kg/ha compare
  2. 21 Ecuador 82,810 kg/ha compare
  3. 22 Côte d'Ivoire 81,007 kg/ha compare
  4. 23 Saint Lucia 80,000 kg/ha compare
  5. 24 Austria 79,881 kg/ha compare
  6. 25 France 79,183 kg/ha compare
  7. 26 Canada 78,956 kg/ha compare

See the full ranking of 197 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sugar crops primary — yield in Africa?
Sugar crops primary — yield in Africa was 62,374 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Africa?
The highest recorded value was 70,172 kg/ha in 2006.
What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 56,387 kg/ha in 1983.
How does Africa rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
Africa ranks 23rd out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Africa?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Africa data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar Crops Primary — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
197 places, 10,598 data points, 1961–2024
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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.