Argentina vs Australia: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Argentina
- Australia
How they compare
Argentina currently reports 432,814 ha against 340,590 ha in Australia, a difference of 92,224 ha.
That makes Argentina's figure about 1.3 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Argentina ahead.
Argentina ranks 9th and Australia ranks 12th of 103 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 3 and Australia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Argentina | Australia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 216,522 ha | 197,120 ha | 19,402 ha | Argentina |
| 1970s | 288,184 ha | 253,400 ha | 34,784 ha | Argentina |
| 1980s | 297,345 ha | 309,435 ha | 12,090 ha | Australia |
| 1990s | 273,850 ha | 365,100 ha | 91,250 ha | Australia |
| 2000s | 306,752 ha | 415,647 ha | 108,895 ha | Australia |
| 2010s | 365,056 ha | 385,628 ha | 20,572 ha | Australia |
| 2020s | 446,106 ha | 347,159 ha | 98,947 ha | Argentina |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Argentina or Australia?
- Argentina, at 432,814 ha against 340,590 ha in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Argentina and Australia?
- 92,224 ha, with Argentina ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Australia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Argentina and Australia rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Argentina ranks 9th and Australia ranks 12th of 103 countries.
- 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.