Central America vs China: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Central America
- China
How they compare
Central America currently reports 1.36 million ha against 1.27 million ha in China, a difference of 87,710 ha.
That makes Central America's figure about 1.1 times China's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Central America ahead.
Central America ranks 8th and China ranks 4th of 25 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Central America averaged higher in 4 and China in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 620,621 ha | 381,589 ha | 239,032 ha | Central America |
| 1970s | 773,728 ha | 596,336 ha | 177,392 ha | Central America |
| 1980s | 865,828 ha | 859,500 ha | 6,328 ha | Central America |
| 1990s | 977,460 ha | 1.25 million ha | 271,523 ha | China |
| 2000s | 1.14 million ha | 1.46 million ha | 315,839 ha | China |
| 2010s | 1.36 million ha | 1.59 million ha | 232,649 ha | China |
| 2020s | 1.38 million ha | 1.30 million ha | 78,396 ha | Central America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Central America or China?
- Central America, at 1.36 million ha against 1.27 million ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Central America and China?
- 87,710 ha, with Central America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and China?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Central America and China rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 8th and China ranks 4th of 25 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.