Cuba vs Northern America: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Cuba
- Northern America
How they compare
Northern America currently reports 375,390 ha against 270,361 ha in Cuba, a difference of 105,029 ha.
That makes Northern America's figure about 1.4 times Cuba's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Cuba ahead.
Cuba ranks 14th and Northern America ranks 15th of 103 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cuba averaged higher in 6 and Northern America in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.07 million ha | 233,394 ha | 837,173 ha | Cuba |
| 1970s | 1.25 million ha | 289,984 ha | 964,357 ha | Cuba |
| 1980s | 1.32 million ha | 316,944 ha | 999,146 ha | Cuba |
| 1990s | 1.25 million ha | 371,318 ha | 878,412 ha | Cuba |
| 2000s | 645,280 ha | 382,630 ha | 262,650 ha | Cuba |
| 2010s | 416,497 ha | 361,758 ha | 54,739 ha | Cuba |
| 2020s | 274,051 ha | 378,150 ha | 104,099 ha | Northern America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Cuba or Northern America?
- Northern America, at 375,390 ha against 270,361 ha in Cuba as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Cuba and Northern America?
- 105,029 ha, with Northern America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Northern America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Cuba and Northern America rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Cuba ranks 14th and Northern America ranks 15th 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.