Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Australia
Australia: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 87,569 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Australia recorded 87,569 kg/ha for sugar crops primary — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 11.1% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Australia peaked at 99,596 kg/ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 62,166 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Australia 16th out of 152 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 62,166 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 79,626 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 1963 | 72,864 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1964 | 80,441 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1965 | 70,628 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1966 | 75,209 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1967 | 76,064 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 81,322 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1969 | 74,180 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1970 | 80,014 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1971 | 82,959 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 78,314 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1973 | 85,356 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1974 | 80,658 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1975 | 85,510 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1976 | 81,002 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1977 | 79,594 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 85,248 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1979 | 79,159 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1980 | 83,169 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1981 | 79,425 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1982 | 77,923 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1983 | 78,759 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 81,406 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 80,348 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 79,556 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 80,843 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 85,634 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1989 | 86,071 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 73,403 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1991 | 62,657 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1992 | 62,739 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 85,241 kg/ha | +35.9% |
| 1994 | 92,639 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1995 | 95,734 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 97,744 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 99,596 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 97,771 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 95,891 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 91,085 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2001 | 69,713 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 2002 | 73,739 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 82,543 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2004 | 82,640 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 87,157 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 93,346 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 89,072 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2008 | 85,722 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2009 | 80,392 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2010 | 80,198 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 81,732 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 76,654 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 82,405 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2014 | 81,334 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 85,994 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2016 | 76,929 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2017 | 80,626 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 75,643 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 81,981 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2020 | 82,646 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 85,863 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 85,251 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 98,519 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 2024 | 87,569 kg/ha | -11.1% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 87,569 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 60,128 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Australia's 87,569 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 50,138 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 74,722 kg/ha | 62,166 kg/ha | 81,322 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 81,781 kg/ha | 78,314 kg/ha | 85,510 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 81,313 kg/ha | 77,923 kg/ha | 86,071 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 86,342 kg/ha | 62,657 kg/ha | 99,596 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 83,541 kg/ha | 69,713 kg/ha | 93,346 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 80,350 kg/ha | 75,643 kg/ha | 85,994 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 87,970 kg/ha | 82,646 kg/ha | 98,519 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 13 Chad 91,588 kg/ha compare
- 14 Colombia 89,010 kg/ha compare
- 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 34,972 kg/ha compare
- 15 French Polynesia 88,620 kg/ha compare
- 15 Melanesia 34,696 kg/ha compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 20,747 kg/ha compare
- 16 Australia and New Zealand 87,569 kg/ha compare
- 18 Germany 83,903 kg/ha compare
- 19 Zimbabwe 83,000 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — yield in Australia?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Australia was 87,569 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 99,596 kg/ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 62,166 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Australia ranks 16th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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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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.