Barbados vs Malaysia: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Barbados
- Malaysia
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 1,580 ha against 935 ha in Malaysia, a difference of 645 ha.
That makes Barbados's figure about 1.7 times Malaysia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 81st and Malaysia ranks 84th of 103 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 4 and Malaysia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,241 ha | 1,393 ha | 18,848 ha | Barbados |
| 1970s | 17,264 ha | 16,084 ha | 1,180 ha | Barbados |
| 1980s | 13,907 ha | 20,396 ha | 6,489 ha | Malaysia |
| 1990s | 9,074 ha | 22,426 ha | 13,352 ha | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 7,314 ha | 15,023 ha | 7,708 ha | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 3,742 ha | 2,354 ha | 1,388 ha | Barbados |
| 2020s | 2,083 ha | 1,243 ha | 840.2 ha | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Barbados or Malaysia?
- Barbados, at 1,580 ha against 935 ha in Malaysia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Barbados and Malaysia?
- 645 ha, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Malaysia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Malaysia rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Barbados ranks 81st and Malaysia ranks 84th 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.