China vs Thailand: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- China
- Thailand
How they compare
Thailand currently reports 1.49 million ha against 1.27 million ha in China, a difference of 221,650 ha.
That makes Thailand's figure about 1.2 times China's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China ahead.
China ranks 4th and Thailand ranks 3rd of 103 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 6 and Thailand in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 381,589 ha | 72,458 ha | 309,131 ha | China |
| 1970s | 596,336 ha | 308,949 ha | 287,388 ha | China |
| 1980s | 859,500 ha | 543,584 ha | 315,916 ha | China |
| 1990s | 1.25 million ha | 892,528 ha | 356,455 ha | China |
| 2000s | 1.46 million ha | 1.01 million ha | 443,952 ha | China |
| 2010s | 1.59 million ha | 1.41 million ha | 182,602 ha | China |
| 2020s | 1.30 million ha | 1.53 million ha | 223,128 ha | Thailand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, China or Thailand?
- Thailand, at 1.49 million ha against 1.27 million ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between China and Thailand?
- 221,650 ha, with Thailand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Thailand?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Thailand rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- China ranks 4th and Thailand ranks 3rd 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.