Eastern Africa vs Indonesia: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- Indonesia
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 631,396 ha against 524,886 ha in Indonesia, a difference of 106,510 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 1.2 times Indonesia's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eastern Africa ahead.
Eastern Africa ranks 12th and Indonesia ranks 8th of 25 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eastern Africa averaged higher in 6 and Indonesia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Indonesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 261,989 ha | 74,100 ha | 187,889 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1970s | 338,754 ha | 106,900 ha | 231,854 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1980s | 366,512 ha | 268,997 ha | 97,514 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1990s | 359,997 ha | 395,733 ha | 35,736 ha | Indonesia |
| 2000s | 426,759 ha | 386,756 ha | 40,004 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 552,066 ha | 440,991 ha | 111,075 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 604,383 ha | 485,748 ha | 118,635 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Eastern Africa or Indonesia?
- Eastern Africa, at 631,396 ha against 524,886 ha in Indonesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Eastern Africa and Indonesia?
- 106,510 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Indonesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Indonesia rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 12th 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.