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Sugar cane production in South Africa

Sugar cane production in South Africa was 16,741,000 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 6.7% from 2023.

2024, tonnes16,741,000
Change on 2023-6.7%
Series high23,876,1622000
Series low8,406,0001965

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Sugar cane production in South Africa, 1961 to 2024

5M10M15M20M25M19611971198119912001201120241961: 8,513,000 tonnes1962: 9,751,000 tonnes1963: 9,939,000 tonnes1964: 10,661,000 tonnes1965: 8,406,000 tonnes1966: 14,102,760 tonnes1967: 16,913,456 tonnes1968: 13,719,694 tonnes1969: 14,787,864 tonnes1970: 12,143,897 tonnes1971: 16,751,114 tonnes1972: 16,804,640 tonnes1973: 15,453,687 tonnes1974: 16,895,328 tonnes1975: 16,813,536 tonnes1976: 19,220,608 tonnes1977: 19,009,024 tonnes1978: 18,931,776 tonnes1979: 18,412,000 tonnes1980: 14,062,204 tonnes1981: 19,532,128 tonnes1982: 19,339,488 tonnes1983: 13,422,876 tonnes1984: 22,356,000 tonnes1985: 18,803,008 tonnes1986: 18,252,000 tonnes1987: 21,021,008 tonnes1988: 19,811,008 tonnes1989: 18,587,000 tonnes1990: 18,083,488 tonnes1991: 20,077,969 tonnes1992: 12,955,409 tonnes1993: 11,244,445 tonnes1994: 15,683,277 tonnes1995: 16,713,650 tonnes1996: 20,950,896 tonnes1997: 22,154,776 tonnes1998: 22,930,324 tonnes1999: 21,223,100 tonnes2000: 23,876,162 tonnes2001: 21,156,536 tonnes2002: 23,012,554 tonnes2003: 20,418,932 tonnes2004: 19,094,760 tonnes2005: 21,052,266 tonnes2006: 20,278,603 tonnes2007: 19,723,916 tonnes2008: 19,255,404 tonnes2009: 18,655,088 tonnes2010: 16,015,649 tonnes2011: 16,800,277 tonnes2012: 17,278,000 tonnes2013: 20,032,969 tonnes2014: 17,755,537 tonnes2015: 14,861,401 tonnes2016: 15,074,610 tonnes2017: 17,388,177 tonnes2018: 19,301,688 tonnes2019: 19,242,000 tonnes2020: 18,220,000 tonnes2021: 17,199,000 tonnes2022: 17,911,000 tonnes2023: 17,944,000 tonnes2024: 16,741,000 tonnes5M10M15M20M25M19611983200520241961: 8,513,000 tonnes1962: 9,751,000 tonnes1963: 9,939,000 tonnes1964: 10,661,000 tonnes1965: 8,406,000 tonnes1966: 14,102,760 tonnes1967: 16,913,456 tonnes1968: 13,719,694 tonnes1969: 14,787,864 tonnes1970: 12,143,897 tonnes1971: 16,751,114 tonnes1972: 16,804,640 tonnes1973: 15,453,687 tonnes1974: 16,895,328 tonnes1975: 16,813,536 tonnes1976: 19,220,608 tonnes1977: 19,009,024 tonnes1978: 18,931,776 tonnes1979: 18,412,000 tonnes1980: 14,062,204 tonnes1981: 19,532,128 tonnes1982: 19,339,488 tonnes1983: 13,422,876 tonnes1984: 22,356,000 tonnes1985: 18,803,008 tonnes1986: 18,252,000 tonnes1987: 21,021,008 tonnes1988: 19,811,008 tonnes1989: 18,587,000 tonnes1990: 18,083,488 tonnes1991: 20,077,969 tonnes1992: 12,955,409 tonnes1993: 11,244,445 tonnes1994: 15,683,277 tonnes1995: 16,713,650 tonnes1996: 20,950,896 tonnes1997: 22,154,776 tonnes1998: 22,930,324 tonnes1999: 21,223,100 tonnes2000: 23,876,162 tonnes2001: 21,156,536 tonnes2002: 23,012,554 tonnes2003: 20,418,932 tonnes2004: 19,094,760 tonnes2005: 21,052,266 tonnes2006: 20,278,603 tonnes2007: 19,723,916 tonnes2008: 19,255,404 tonnes2009: 18,655,088 tonnes2010: 16,015,649 tonnes2011: 16,800,277 tonnes2012: 17,278,000 tonnes2013: 20,032,969 tonnes2014: 17,755,537 tonnes2015: 14,861,401 tonnes2016: 15,074,610 tonnes2017: 17,388,177 tonnes2018: 19,301,688 tonnes2019: 19,242,000 tonnes2020: 18,220,000 tonnes2021: 17,199,000 tonnes2022: 17,911,000 tonnes2023: 17,944,000 tonnes2024: 16,741,000 tonnes
tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Sugar cane, production, t (item 156, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.
All 64 values
Periodtonnes
202416,741,000
202317,944,000
202217,911,000
202117,199,000
202018,220,000
201919,242,000
201819,301,688
201717,388,177
201615,074,610
201514,861,401
201417,755,537
201320,032,969
201217,278,000
201116,800,277
201016,015,649
200918,655,088
200819,255,404
200719,723,916
200620,278,603
200521,052,266
200419,094,760
200320,418,932
200223,012,554
200121,156,536
200023,876,162
199921,223,100
199822,930,324
199722,154,776
199620,950,896
199516,713,650
199415,683,277
199311,244,445
199212,955,409
199120,077,969
199018,083,488
198918,587,000
198819,811,008
198721,021,008
198618,252,000
198518,803,008
198422,356,000
198313,422,876
198219,339,488
198119,532,128
198014,062,204
197918,412,000
197818,931,776
197719,009,024
197619,220,608
197516,813,536
197416,895,328
197315,453,687
197216,804,640
197116,751,114
197012,143,897
196914,787,864
196813,719,694
196716,913,456
196614,102,760
19658,406,000
196410,661,000
19639,939,000
19629,751,000
19618,513,000

South Africa compared with nearby places

Afghanistan: 53,326 tonnesAngola: 1,291,857 tonnesArgentina: 12,255,902 tonnesAustralia: 29,855,156 tonnesBangladesh: 2,933,694 tonnesBurkina Faso: 516,138 tonnesBurundi: 139,352 tonnesBenin: 80,553 tonnesBrunei: 56 tonnesBolivia: 11,447,542 tonnesBrazil: 759,662,482 tonnesBahamas: 63,848 tonnesBhutan: 281 tonnesBelize: 1,669,432 tonnesDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 2,505,252 tonnesCentral African Republic: 124,628 tonnesRepublic of the Congo: 677,152 tonnesCôte d’Ivoire: 2,156,598 tonnesCameroon: 872,377 tonnesChina: 102,094,400 tonnesColombia: 31,856,922 tonnesCosta Rica: 4,139,275 tonnesCuba: 9,050,600 tonnesCape Verde: 22,040 tonnesDjibouti: 56 tonnesDominican Republic: 4,948,100 tonnesEcuador: 6,378,739 tonnesEgypt: 13,314,260 tonnesEthiopia: 997,296 tonnesFiji: 1,332,000 tonnesGabon: 273,073 tonnesGhana: 156,723 tonnesGuinea: 321,921 tonnesGuatemala: 22,907,870 tonnesGuinea-Bissau: 7,008 tonnesGuyana: 320,978 tonnesHonduras: 5,753,700 tonnesHaiti: 1,539,615 tonnesIndonesia: 32,000,000 tonnesIndia: 453,158,494 tonnesIran: 9,151,144 tonnesJamaica: 428,896 tonnesJapan: 1,157,310 tonnesKenya: 9,365,300 tonnesCambodia: 645,720 tonnesKuwait: 5 tonnesLaos: 1,643,600 tonnesSri Lanka: 696,971 tonnesLiberia: 279,690 tonnesMorocco: 366,460 tonnesMadagascar: 3,162,265 tonnesMali: 585,215 tonnesMyanmar: 11,997,881 tonnesMauritius: 2,195,802 tonnesMalawi: 2,965,639 tonnesMexico: 53,051,362 tonnesMalaysia: 16,925 tonnesMozambique: 1,787,640 tonnesNiger: 476,922 tonnesNigeria: 1,509,133 tonnesNepal: 2,760,495 tonnesOman: 1,746 tonnesPanama: 1,850,000 tonnesPeru: 12,038,562 tonnesFrench Polynesia: 3,572 tonnesPapua New Guinea: 306,330 tonnesPhilippines: 18,694,653 tonnesPakistan: 84,235,451 tonnesParaguay: 6,864,550 tonnesRwanda: 156,259 tonnesSudan: 4,220,463 tonnesSierra Leone: 83,182 tonnesSenegal: 1,307,696 tonnesSomalia: 215,200 tonnesSuriname: 91,128 tonnesEl Salvador: 7,310,908 tonnesEswatini: 5,534,000 tonnesChad: 307,701 tonnesThailand: 82,435,400 tonnesTaiwan: 474,537 tonnesTanzania: 3,343,955 tonnesUganda: 6,104,830 tonnesUnited States: 31,609,950 tonnesUruguay: 541,167 tonnesVenezuela: 3,657,766 tonnesVietnam: 11,843,773 tonnesVanuatu: 1,800 tonnesSamoa: 12 tonnesSouth Africa: 16,741,000 tonnesZambia: 4,893,717 tonnesZimbabwe: 6,617,424 tonnes
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Sugar cane production, 2024, tonnes. South Africa is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Quantity of sugar cane stalks as harvested produced in the calendar year, in tonnes, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. Countries report to FAO through its annual production questionnaire; FAO fills gaps with official publications and its own estimates.

Weight of cane, not of the sugar extracted from it. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Sugar cane, production, t (item 156, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Sugar cane, production, t (item 156, element 5510) (Sugar cane production, South Africa, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Sugar cane, production, t (item 156, element 5510), Sugar cane production, South Africa, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/sugar-cane-production/south-africa. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Sugar cane, production, t (item 156, element 5510). Sugar cane production, South Africa, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/sugar-cane-production/south-africa.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Sugar cane, production, t (item 156, element 5510), Sugar cane production, South Africa, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/sugar-cane-production/south-africa (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the sugar cane production in South Africa?

Sugar cane production in South Africa was 16,741,000 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 6.7% from 2023.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Sugar cane, production, t (item 156, element 5510). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest sugar cane production in South Africa?

23,876,162 tonnes in 2000, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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