Central America vs Indonesia: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Central America
- Indonesia
How they compare
Central America currently reports 1.36 million ha against 524,886 ha in Indonesia, a difference of 832,374 ha.
That makes Central America's figure about 2.6 times Indonesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Central America has been ahead every year.
Central America ranks 8th and Indonesia ranks 8th of 25 groups.
Central America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Indonesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 620,621 ha | 74,100 ha | 546,521 ha | Central America |
| 1970s | 773,728 ha | 106,900 ha | 666,828 ha | Central America |
| 1980s | 865,828 ha | 268,997 ha | 596,831 ha | Central America |
| 1990s | 977,460 ha | 395,733 ha | 581,727 ha | Central America |
| 2000s | 1.14 million ha | 386,756 ha | 753,722 ha | Central America |
| 2010s | 1.36 million ha | 440,991 ha | 917,782 ha | Central America |
| 2020s | 1.38 million ha | 485,748 ha | 897,628 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 Indonesia?
- Central America, at 1.36 million ha against 524,886 ha in Indonesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Central America and Indonesia?
- 832,374 ha, with Central America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Indonesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Central America and Indonesia rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 8th and Indonesia ranks 8th 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.