El Salvador vs Kenya: Sugar cane production

El Salvador
7.31 million tonnes
in 2024
Kenya
9.37 million tonnes
in 2024
El Salvador rank
23rd
Kenya rank
20th

Sugar cane production over time

  • El Salvador
  • Kenya
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M10.0M196119922024

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 9.37 million tonnes against 7.31 million tonnes in El Salvador, a difference of 2.05 million tonnes.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.3 times El Salvador's.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 23rd and Kenya ranks 20th of 110 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 4 and Kenya in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Kenya Difference Ahead
1960s 1.26 million tonnes 801,738 tonnes 456,540 tonnes El Salvador
1970s 2.81 million tonnes 2.18 million tonnes 632,123 tonnes El Salvador
1980s 2.94 million tonnes 4.22 million tonnes 1.27 million tonnes Kenya
1990s 4.32 million tonnes 4.44 million tonnes 117,996 tonnes Kenya
2000s 4.96 million tonnes 4.65 million tonnes 306,373 tonnes El Salvador
2010s 6.72 million tonnes 5.88 million tonnes 842,412 tonnes El Salvador
2020s 7.41 million tonnes 7.64 million tonnes 227,986 tonnes Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sugar cane production, El Salvador or Kenya?
Kenya, at 9.37 million tonnes against 7.31 million tonnes in El Salvador as of 2024.
What is the difference in sugar cane production between El Salvador and Kenya?
2.05 million tonnes, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Kenya?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Kenya rank globally for sugar cane production?
El Salvador ranks 23rd and Kenya ranks 20th of 110 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Sugar cane production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Sugar cane production
Unit
tonnes
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
110 places, 6,454 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Sugar cane production is measured in tonnes.