Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Eastern Africa

Eastern Africa: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 66,432 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
66,432 kg/ha
Change on year
up 1.2%
Rank
17th
of 29 groups
All-time high
74,078 kg/ha
in 2006
All-time low
53,595 kg/ha
in 1962
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Eastern 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 Eastern Africa stood at 66,432 kg/ha.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 5.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Eastern Africa peaked at 74,078 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 53,595 kg/ha, in 1962.

That places Eastern Africa 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Eastern Africa, year by year

Annual values for Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Eastern Africa, 1961 to 2024.
Year kg/ha Change
1961 58,045 kg/ha —
1962 53,595 kg/ha -7.7%
1963 60,182 kg/ha +12.3%
1964 54,546 kg/ha -9.4%
1965 62,360 kg/ha +14.3%
1966 57,426 kg/ha -7.9%
1967 61,364 kg/ha +6.9%
1968 59,176 kg/ha -3.6%
1969 63,545 kg/ha +7.4%
1970 59,134 kg/ha -6.9%
1971 60,922 kg/ha +3.0%
1972 63,948 kg/ha +5.0%
1973 64,559 kg/ha +1.0%
1974 63,836 kg/ha -1.1%
1975 57,055 kg/ha -10.6%
1976 60,725 kg/ha +6.4%
1977 64,407 kg/ha +6.1%
1978 65,580 kg/ha +1.8%
1979 67,286 kg/ha +2.6%
1980 64,771 kg/ha -3.7%
1981 66,291 kg/ha +2.3%
1982 69,583 kg/ha +5.0%
1983 64,760 kg/ha -6.9%
1984 64,875 kg/ha +0.2%
1985 62,738 kg/ha -3.3%
1986 67,962 kg/ha +8.3%
1987 67,917 kg/ha -0.1%
1988 67,342 kg/ha -0.8%
1989 68,560 kg/ha +1.8%
1990 66,569 kg/ha -2.9%
1991 68,435 kg/ha +2.8%
1992 73,443 kg/ha +7.3%
1993 65,100 kg/ha -11.4%
1994 65,466 kg/ha +0.6%
1995 69,187 kg/ha +5.7%
1996 69,543 kg/ha +0.5%
1997 71,944 kg/ha +3.5%
1998 72,195 kg/ha +0.3%
1999 67,656 kg/ha -6.3%
2000 67,664 kg/ha +0.0%
2001 71,592 kg/ha +5.8%
2002 71,318 kg/ha -0.4%
2003 73,105 kg/ha +2.5%
2004 73,998 kg/ha +1.2%
2005 73,241 kg/ha -1.0%
2006 74,078 kg/ha +1.1%
2007 68,744 kg/ha -7.2%
2008 67,093 kg/ha -2.4%
2009 64,903 kg/ha -3.3%
2010 65,643 kg/ha +1.1%
2011 65,047 kg/ha -0.9%
2012 63,365 kg/ha -2.6%
2013 66,847 kg/ha +5.5%
2014 70,510 kg/ha +5.5%
2015 69,111 kg/ha -2.0%
2016 66,893 kg/ha -3.2%
2017 66,212 kg/ha -1.0%
2018 65,885 kg/ha -0.5%
2019 65,553 kg/ha -0.5%
2020 65,558 kg/ha +0.0%
2021 67,306 kg/ha +2.7%
2022 67,064 kg/ha -0.4%
2023 65,636 kg/ha -2.1%
2024 66,432 kg/ha +1.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 58,915 kg/ha 53,595 kg/ha 63,545 kg/ha 9
1970s 62,745 kg/ha 57,055 kg/ha 67,286 kg/ha 10
1980s 66,480 kg/ha 62,738 kg/ha 69,583 kg/ha 10
1990s 68,954 kg/ha 65,100 kg/ha 73,443 kg/ha 10
2000s 70,574 kg/ha 64,903 kg/ha 74,078 kg/ha 10
2010s 66,507 kg/ha 63,365 kg/ha 70,510 kg/ha 10
2020s 66,399 kg/ha 65,558 kg/ha 67,306 kg/ha 5

Countries ranked near Eastern Africa

  1. 14 Colombia 89,010 kg/ha compare
  2. 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 34,972 kg/ha compare
  3. 15 French Polynesia 88,620 kg/ha compare
  4. 15 Melanesia 34,696 kg/ha compare
  5. 16 Australia 87,569 kg/ha compare
  6. 16 Republic of Moldova 20,747 kg/ha compare
  7. 16 Australia and New Zealand 87,569 kg/ha compare
  8. 18 Germany 83,903 kg/ha compare
  9. 19 Zimbabwe 83,000 kg/ha compare
  10. 20 Ecuador 82,810 kg/ha compare

See the full ranking of 197 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sugar crops primary — yield in Eastern Africa?
Sugar crops primary — yield in Eastern Africa was 66,432 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
The highest recorded value was 74,078 kg/ha in 2006.
What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 53,595 kg/ha in 1962.
How does Eastern Africa rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
Eastern Africa ranks 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Eastern 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.