Africa vs Philippines: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- Philippines
How they compare
Africa currently reports 1.49 million ha against 404,914 ha in Philippines, a difference of 1.08 million ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 3.7 times Philippines's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 7th and Philippines ranks 10th of 25 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Philippines | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 560,710 ha | 294,583 ha | 266,127 ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 802,969 ha | 484,916 ha | 318,053 ha | Africa |
| 1980s | 1.11 million ha | 347,723 ha | 764,719 ha | Africa |
| 1990s | 1.14 million ha | 342,658 ha | 801,668 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 1.26 million ha | 383,613 ha | 879,256 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 1.39 million ha | 418,262 ha | 974,753 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 1.49 million ha | 406,934 ha | 1.09 million ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Africa or Philippines?
- Africa, at 1.49 million ha against 404,914 ha in Philippines as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Africa and Philippines?
- 1.08 million ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Philippines?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Philippines rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 7th and Philippines ranks 10th of 25 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sugar cane — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.