Sugar cane production in Eswatini
Eswatini: Sugar cane production was 5.53 million tonnes in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane production in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar cane production in Eswatini is 5.53 million tonnes, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 6.0% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane production in Eswatini peaked at 5.76 million tonnes in 2020 and was at its lowest, 584,014 tonnes, in 1962.
That places Eswatini 30th out of 110 countries 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.02 million tonnes | 584,014 tonnes | 1.43 million tonnes | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.83 million tonnes | 1.48 million tonnes | 2.24 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.55 million tonnes | 2.78 million tonnes | 4.08 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.83 million tonnes | 3.44 million tonnes | 4.32 million tonnes | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.71 million tonnes | 3.88 million tonnes | 5.20 million tonnes | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.47 million tonnes | 5.11 million tonnes | 5.69 million tonnes | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.46 million tonnes | 5.22 million tonnes | 5.76 million tonnes | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane production in Eswatini?
- Sugar cane production in Eswatini was 5.53 million tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest sugar cane production recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 5.76 million tonnes in 2020.
- What is the lowest sugar cane production recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 584,014 tonnes in 1962.
- How does Eswatini rank for sugar cane production?
- Eswatini ranks 30th out of 110 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane production rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Sugar cane production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Sugar cane production is measured in tonnes.