Australia vs Cuba: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Australia
- Cuba
How they compare
Australia currently reports 340,590 ha against 270,361 ha in Cuba, a difference of 70,229 ha.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.3 times Cuba's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Cuba ahead.
Australia ranks 13th and Cuba ranks 15th of 113 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Cuba in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Cuba | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 197,120 ha | 1.07 million ha | 873,448 ha | Cuba |
| 1970s | 253,400 ha | 1.25 million ha | 1.00 million ha | Cuba |
| 1980s | 309,435 ha | 1.32 million ha | 1.01 million ha | Cuba |
| 1990s | 365,100 ha | 1.25 million ha | 884,630 ha | Cuba |
| 2000s | 415,647 ha | 645,280 ha | 229,633 ha | Cuba |
| 2010s | 385,628 ha | 416,497 ha | 30,869 ha | Cuba |
| 2020s | 347,159 ha | 274,051 ha | 73,108 ha | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Australia or Cuba?
- Australia, at 340,590 ha against 270,361 ha in Cuba as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Australia and Cuba?
- 70,229 ha, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Cuba?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Cuba rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 13th and Cuba ranks 15th of 113 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.