Argentina vs Mexico: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Argentina
- Mexico
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 784,348 ha against 432,814 ha in Argentina, a difference of 351,534 ha.
That makes Mexico's figure about 1.8 times Argentina's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Mexico has been ahead every year.
Argentina ranks 9th and Mexico ranks 7th of 103 countries.
Mexico has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Argentina | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 216,522 ha | 445,518 ha | 228,996 ha | Mexico |
| 1970s | 288,184 ha | 501,926 ha | 213,742 ha | Mexico |
| 1980s | 297,345 ha | 553,211 ha | 255,866 ha | Mexico |
| 1990s | 273,850 ha | 592,090 ha | 318,240 ha | Mexico |
| 2000s | 306,752 ha | 661,273 ha | 354,520 ha | Mexico |
| 2010s | 365,056 ha | 759,108 ha | 394,053 ha | Mexico |
| 2020s | 446,106 ha | 793,209 ha | 347,103 ha | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Argentina or Mexico?
- Mexico, at 784,348 ha against 432,814 ha in Argentina as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Argentina and Mexico?
- 351,534 ha, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Mexico?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Argentina and Mexico rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Argentina ranks 9th and Mexico ranks 7th 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.