Eastern Africa vs Philippines: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- Philippines
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 631,396 ha against 404,914 ha in Philippines, a difference of 226,482 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 1.6 times Philippines's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Philippines ahead.
Eastern Africa ranks 12th and Philippines ranks 10th of 25 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eastern Africa averaged higher in 5 and Philippines in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Philippines | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 261,989 ha | 294,583 ha | 32,594 ha | Philippines |
| 1970s | 338,754 ha | 484,916 ha | 146,162 ha | Philippines |
| 1980s | 366,512 ha | 347,723 ha | 18,788 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1990s | 359,997 ha | 342,658 ha | 17,339 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 426,759 ha | 383,613 ha | 43,146 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 552,066 ha | 418,262 ha | 133,804 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 604,383 ha | 406,934 ha | 197,449 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 Philippines?
- Eastern Africa, at 631,396 ha against 404,914 ha in Philippines as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Eastern Africa and Philippines?
- 226,482 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Philippines?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Philippines rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 12th and Philippines ranks 10th 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.