Colombia vs Cuba: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Colombia
- Cuba
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 357,070 ha against 270,361 ha in Cuba, a difference of 86,709 ha.
That makes Colombia's figure about 1.3 times Cuba's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Cuba ahead.
Colombia ranks 11th and Cuba ranks 14th of 103 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 2 and Cuba in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Cuba | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 276,723 ha | 1.07 million ha | 793,845 ha | Cuba |
| 1970s | 262,990 ha | 1.25 million ha | 991,351 ha | Cuba |
| 1980s | 307,896 ha | 1.32 million ha | 1.01 million ha | Cuba |
| 1990s | 365,946 ha | 1.25 million ha | 883,784 ha | Cuba |
| 2000s | 398,574 ha | 645,280 ha | 246,706 ha | Cuba |
| 2010s | 430,557 ha | 416,497 ha | 14,060 ha | Colombia |
| 2020s | 373,862 ha | 274,051 ha | 99,812 ha | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Colombia or Cuba?
- Colombia, at 357,070 ha against 270,361 ha in Cuba as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Colombia and Cuba?
- 86,709 ha, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Cuba?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Colombia and Cuba rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 11th and Cuba ranks 14th 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.