Sugar cane — Producer Price in South Africa
South Africa: Sugar cane — Producer Price was 51.1 USD in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Producer Price in South Africa, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 51.1 USD for sugar cane — producer price in 2024. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is up 5.4% on the previous year and up 27.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — producer price in South Africa peaked at 51.1 USD in 2024 and was at its lowest, 16.3 USD, in 2002.
South Africa ranks 19th of 50 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Producer Price in South Africa, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 20.6 USD | — |
| 1992 | 33.3 USD | +61.7% |
| 1993 | 30.6 USD | -8.1% |
| 1994 | 29.3 USD | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 28.9 USD | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 25.4 USD | -12.1% |
| 1997 | 25.8 USD | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 22.8 USD | -11.6% |
| 1999 | 19.8 USD | -13.2% |
| 2000 | 18.9 USD | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 18.6 USD | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 16.3 USD | -12.4% |
| 2003 | 22.3 USD | +36.8% |
| 2004 | 24.6 USD | +10.3% |
| 2005 | 27.2 USD | +10.6% |
| 2006 | 26.6 USD | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 27.8 USD | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 25.5 USD | -8.3% |
| 2009 | 33.5 USD | +31.4% |
| 2010 | 44.9 USD | +34.0% |
| 2011 | 48.5 USD | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 47.4 USD | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 40.9 USD | -13.7% |
| 2014 | 40 USD | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 35.8 USD | -10.5% |
| 2016 | 38.3 USD | +7.0% |
| 2017 | 39.1 USD | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 34.1 USD | -12.8% |
| 2019 | 35.9 USD | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 37.2 USD | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 43.6 USD | +17.2% |
| 2022 | 39.6 USD | -9.2% |
| 2023 | 48.5 USD | +22.5% |
| 2024 | 51.1 USD | +5.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26.28 USD | 19.8 USD | 33.3 USD | 9 |
| 2000s | 24.13 USD | 16.3 USD | 33.5 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 40.49 USD | 34.1 USD | 48.5 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 44 USD | 37.2 USD | 51.1 USD | 5 |
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More economy & growth data for South Africa
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 0.4836 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.4 Percent per annum (2029)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per capita 5,013 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 7.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.986 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current US$), per capita 6,505 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), annual growth rate 4.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per unit of GDP 17.64 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per capita 116,367 current LCU per person (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 2.43 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — producer price in South Africa?
- Sugar cane — producer price in South Africa was 51.1 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — producer price recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 51.1 USD in 2024.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — producer price recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.3 USD in 2002.
- How does South Africa rank for sugar cane — producer price?
- South Africa ranks 19th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — producer price rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar cane — Producer Price (USD/tonne). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This sub-domain contains data on agriculture producer prices and the producer price index. Agriculture producer prices are prices received by farmers for primary crops, live animals and livestock primary products as collected at the point of initial sale (prices paid at the farm gate). Annual data are provided from 1991 (while mothly data start in January 2010) for 180 countries and 212 products. The producer price index is the index of agricultural producer prices that measures the average annual change over time in the selling prices received by farmers (prices at the farm gate or at the first point of sale). The three categories of producer price index available in FAOSTAT comprise: single-item price index, commodity group index and the agriculture producer price index.