Australia vs Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Australia
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
How they compare
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) currently reports 1.02 million ha against 340,590 ha in Australia, a difference of 681,840 ha.
That makes Least Developed Countries (LDCs)'s figure about 3.0 times Australia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Least Developed Countries (LDCs) has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 12th and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd of 103 countries.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 197,120 ha | 423,234 ha | 226,114 ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
| 1970s | 253,400 ha | 526,968 ha | 273,568 ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
| 1980s | 309,435 ha | 632,555 ha | 323,119 ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
| 1990s | 365,100 ha | 690,590 ha | 325,490 ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
| 2000s | 415,647 ha | 832,120 ha | 416,473 ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
| 2010s | 385,628 ha | 997,517 ha | 611,888 ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
| 2020s | 347,159 ha | 1.02 million ha | 674,689 ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Australia or Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs), at 1.02 million ha against 340,590 ha in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Australia and Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- 681,840 ha, with Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 12th and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd 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.