Eastern Africa vs Mexico: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- Mexico
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 784,348 ha against 631,396 ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 152,952 ha.
That makes Mexico's figure about 1.2 times Eastern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Mexico has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 12th and Mexico ranks 7th of 25 groups.
Mexico has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 261,989 ha | 445,518 ha | 183,528 ha | Mexico |
| 1970s | 338,754 ha | 501,926 ha | 163,172 ha | Mexico |
| 1980s | 366,512 ha | 553,211 ha | 186,699 ha | Mexico |
| 1990s | 359,997 ha | 592,090 ha | 232,092 ha | Mexico |
| 2000s | 426,759 ha | 661,273 ha | 234,514 ha | Mexico |
| 2010s | 552,066 ha | 759,108 ha | 207,043 ha | Mexico |
| 2020s | 604,383 ha | 793,209 ha | 188,826 ha | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Eastern Africa or Mexico?
- Mexico, at 784,348 ha against 631,396 ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Eastern Africa and Mexico?
- 152,952 ha, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Mexico?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Mexico rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 12th and Mexico ranks 7th 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.