Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Uganda
Uganda: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 69,970 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — yield in Uganda stood at 69,970 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Uganda peaked at 87,356 kg/ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 9,333 kg/ha, in 1979.
Uganda ranks 43rd of 152 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 Crops Primary — Yield in Uganda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 72,083 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 77,059 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1963 | 87,356 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1964 | 81,579 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1965 | 76,684 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1966 | 76,923 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 71,429 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1968 | 61,697 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1969 | 52,215 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1970 | 55,031 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1971 | 59,106 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1972 | 53,448 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1973 | 45,304 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1974 | 25,714 kg/ha | -43.2% |
| 1975 | 19,100 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 1976 | 19,100 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 19,100 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 13,738 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 1979 | 9,333 kg/ha | -32.1% |
| 1980 | 10,968 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1981 | 11,613 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1982 | 12,258 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 12,258 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 12,258 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 12,258 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 12,258 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 12,258 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 12,903 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1989 | 20,400 kg/ha | +58.1% |
| 1990 | 24,400 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1991 | 38,409 kg/ha | +57.4% |
| 1992 | 53,333 kg/ha | +38.9% |
| 1993 | 59,375 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1994 | 67,857 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1995 | 76,667 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1996 | 80,556 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1997 | 82,051 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 79,487 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 71,008 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2000 | 73,811 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 78,285 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2002 | 69,811 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2003 | 65,152 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2004 | 68,116 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 69,118 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 70,000 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 67,143 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 69,975 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 69,915 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 69,764 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 69,026 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 68,938 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 68,610 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 69,208 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 69,667 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 70,270 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 70,092 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 69,658 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 70,513 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 70,176 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 69,412 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 68,095 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 69,016 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 69,970 kg/ha | +1.4% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 69,970 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 42,586 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 69,970 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 62,436 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Uganda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +58.1% | 12,903 kg/ha | 20,400 kg/ha |
| 1991 | +57.4% | 24,400 kg/ha | 38,409 kg/ha |
| 1974 | -43.2% | 45,304 kg/ha | 25,714 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 73,003 kg/ha | 52,215 kg/ha | 87,356 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 31,898 kg/ha | 9,333 kg/ha | 59,106 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,943 kg/ha | 10,968 kg/ha | 20,400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 63,314 kg/ha | 24,400 kg/ha | 82,051 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 70,132 kg/ha | 65,152 kg/ha | 78,285 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 69,574 kg/ha | 68,610 kg/ha | 70,513 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 69,334 kg/ha | 68,095 kg/ha | 70,176 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 40 Costa Rica 70,998 kg/ha compare
- 41 Pakistan 70,581 kg/ha compare
- 42 Belgium-Luxembourg 70,283 kg/ha compare
- 44 Egypt 69,885 kg/ha compare
- 45 Lithuania 69,861 kg/ha compare
- 46 Sierra Leone 69,709 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — yield in Uganda?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Uganda was 69,970 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 87,356 kg/ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,333 kg/ha in 1979.
- How does Uganda rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Uganda ranks 43rd out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.