Sugar cane production in Cuba
In 2024 Cuba produced 9.1 million t of sugar cane, the 22nd largest in the world (0.47% of the world total). Over ten years it fell by 49%. The record was 82.9 million t in 1970. Area harvested: 270,361 ha, yield 33.5 t/ha.
The 2024 figure is estimated by FAO.
- Production, 2024
- 9.1 million t
- World rank
- 22 of 94
- 10-year change
- −49%
- Record
- 82.9 million t
- 1970
Sugar cane in Cuba, 1961–2024 (tonnes)
Cuba compared with the world, 2024
- Share of world total
- 0.47%
- 0.94% in 2014
- Yield, t/ha
- 33.5
- world 72.5 (−54%)
- kg per person
- 824
- world 238
- 10-year change
- −49%
- world +2.8%
Position in the world ranking
| # | Country | Tonnes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Kenya | 9,365,300 | 0.48% |
| 21 | Iran | 9,151,144 | 0.47% |
| 22 | Cuba | 9,050,600 | 0.47% |
| 23 | El Salvador | 7,310,908 | 0.38% |
| 24 | Paraguay | 6,864,550 | 0.35% |
Map of world production of sugar cane
Share of the world total; Cuba is outlined. Small island states are not drawn at this scale.
By year
| Year | Tonnes | Change | Area harvested, ha | Yield, t/ha |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9,050,600 | +77% | 270,361 | 33.48 |
| 2023 | 5,100,000 | −27% | 145,293 | 35.10 |
| 2022 | 7,000,000 | −32% | 213,600 | 32.77 |
| 2021 | 10,230,634 | −26% | 348,000 | 29.40 |
| 2020 | 13,871,764 | −18% | 393,000 | 35.30 |
| 2019 | 17,000,000 | +35% | 392,900 | 43.27 |
| 2018 | 12,600,000 | −37% | 314,400 | 40.08 |
| 2017 | 19,900,000 | +11% | 496,174 | 40.11 |
| 2016 | 18,000,000 | −6.7% | 421,600 | 42.69 |
| 2015 | 19,300,000 | +8.4% | 435,600 | 44.31 |
| 2014 | 17,800,000 | +11% | 405,200 | 43.93 |
| 2013 | 16,100,000 | +9.5% | 400,300 | 40.22 |
| 2012 | 14,700,000 | +24% | 361,300 | 40.69 |
| 2011 | 11,900,000 | +2.6% | 506,100 | 23.51 |
| 2010 | 11,600,000 | −22% | 431,400 | 26.89 |
| 2009 | 14,900,000 | −5.1% | 434,700 | 34.28 |
| 2008 | 15,700,000 | +32% | 380,300 | 41.28 |
| 2007 | 11,900,000 | +7.6% | 329,500 | 36.12 |
| 2006 | 11,060,000 | −4.7% | 397,100 | 27.85 |
| 2005 | 11,600,000 | −51% | 517,200 | 22.43 |
| 2004 | 23,800,000 | +7.7% | 661,000 | 36.01 |
| 2003 | 22,100,000 | −36% | 643,800 | 34.33 |
| 2002 | 34,700,000 | +8.1% | 1,041,200 | 33.33 |
| 2001 | 32,100,000 | −12% | 1,007,100 | 31.87 |
| 2000 | 36,400,000 | +7.1% | 1,040,900 | 34.97 |
| 1999 | 34,000,000 | +3.7% | 995,800 | 34.14 |
| 1998 | 32,800,000 | −16% | 1,048,500 | 31.28 |
| 1997 | 38,900,000 | −5.8% | 1,246,300 | 31.21 |
| 1996 | 41,300,000 | +23% | 1,244,500 | 33.19 |
| 1995 | 33,600,000 | −22% | 1,177,400 | 28.54 |
| 1994 | 43,200,000 | −1.1% | 1,248,900 | 34.59 |
| 1993 | 43,700,000 | −34% | 1,211,700 | 36.07 |
| 1992 | 66,300,000 | −17% | 1,451,700 | 45.67 |
| 1991 | 79,700,000 | −2.6% | 1,452,200 | 54.88 |
| 1990 | 81,800,000 | +1.0% | 1,420,300 | 57.59 |
| 1989 | 81,002,896 | +9.8% | 1,350,600 | 59.98 |
| 1988 | 73,744,608 | +4.2% | 1,297,300 | 56.84 |
| 1987 | 70,801,808 | +3.4% | 1,358,300 | 52.13 |
| 1986 | 68,500,000 | +1.6% | 1,328,600 | 51.56 |
| 1985 | 67,400,000 | −13% | 1,347,800 | 50.01 |
| 1984 | 77,400,000 | +11% | 1,349,500 | 57.35 |
| 1983 | 69,700,000 | −4.7% | 1,200,300 | 58.07 |
| 1982 | 73,100,000 | +9.6% | 1,327,300 | 55.07 |
| 1981 | 66,678,496 | +4.2% | 1,209,300 | 55.14 |
| 1980 | 63,977,408 | −17% | 1,391,900 | 45.96 |
| 1979 | 77,311,408 | +11% | 1,312,800 | 58.89 |
| 1978 | 69,653,008 | +15% | 1,236,783 | 56.32 |
| 1977 | 60,353,008 | +13% | 1,137,491 | 53.06 |
| 1976 | 53,486,000 | +2.1% | 1,226,144 | 43.62 |
| 1975 | 52,389,008 | −1.0% | 1,181,399 | 44.34 |
| 1974 | 52,914,000 | +5.3% | 1,190,700 | 44.44 |
| 1973 | 50,270,000 | +7.4% | 1,155,900 | 43.49 |
| 1972 | 46,800,000 | −14% | 1,250,700 | 37.42 |
| 1971 | 54,700,000 | −34% | 1,353,900 | 40.40 |
| 1970 | 82,900,000 | +89% | 1,497,600 | 55.36 |
| 1969 | 43,800,000 | −4.2% | 968,000 | 45.25 |
| 1968 | 45,700,000 | −11% | 1,075,800 | 42.48 |
| 1967 | 51,200,000 | +35% | 1,070,700 | 47.82 |
| 1966 | 37,800,000 | −25% | 1,006,600 | 37.55 |
| 1965 | 50,695,296 | +36% | 1,054,680 | 48.07 |
| 1964 | 37,202,800 | +18% | 1,002,240 | 37.12 |
| 1963 | 31,418,896 | −14% | 1,064,038 | 29.53 |
| 1962 | 36,721,104 | −34% | 1,132,267 | 32.43 |
| 1961 | 55,885,920 | — | 1,260,782 | 44.33 |
Questions and answers
What is the production of sugar cane in Cuba?
Cuba produced 9.1 million t in 2024, 0.47% of the world total, according to FAOSTAT.
Where does Cuba rank in the world for production of sugar cane?
Cuba ranked 22nd of 94 countries in 2024. The largest producer was Brazil with 39.2% of the world total.
How has the production of sugar cane in Cuba changed?
It fell by 49% between 2014 and 2024, compared with +2.8% for the world. The record was 82.9 million t in 1970.
What is the yield of sugar cane in Cuba?
33.5 tonnes per hectare in 2024 (9.1 million t from 270,361 ha), against a world average of 72.5 t/ha.
Where does this data come from?
From FAOSTAT, the statistics database of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; the 2024 figure for Cuba is estimated by FAO. Shares, ranks and per-person figures are calculated by Husfarm.
Other large producers
Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.