Caribbean vs Colombia: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Colombia
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 415,713 ha against 357,070 ha in Colombia, a difference of 58,643 ha.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 1.2 times Colombia's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Caribbean ahead.
Caribbean ranks 11th and Colombia ranks 11th of 31 groups.
Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Colombia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.54 million ha | 276,723 ha | 1.26 million ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 1.69 million ha | 262,990 ha | 1.43 million ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 1.70 million ha | 307,896 ha | 1.39 million ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 1.59 million ha | 365,946 ha | 1.22 million ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 833,699 ha | 398,574 ha | 435,125 ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 578,185 ha | 430,557 ha | 147,628 ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 427,704 ha | 373,862 ha | 53,841 ha | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Caribbean or Colombia?
- Caribbean, at 415,713 ha against 357,070 ha in Colombia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Caribbean and Colombia?
- 58,643 ha, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Colombia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Colombia rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 11th and Colombia ranks 11th of 31 groups.
- 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.