Egypt vs Middle Africa: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Egypt
- Middle Africa
How they compare
Middle Africa currently reports 162,621 ha against 124,299 ha in Egypt, a difference of 38,322 ha.
That makes Middle Africa's figure about 1.3 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 19th and Middle Africa ranks 6th of 103 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 3 and Middle Africa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Middle Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 57,158 ha | 49,999 ha | 7,159 ha | Egypt |
| 1970s | 92,114 ha | 98,655 ha | 6,540 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1980s | 108,456 ha | 182,652 ha | 74,196 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1990s | 120,847 ha | 159,470 ha | 38,623 ha | Middle Africa |
| 2000s | 135,568 ha | 129,031 ha | 6,538 ha | Egypt |
| 2010s | 137,362 ha | 134,251 ha | 3,112 ha | Egypt |
| 2020s | 151,723 ha | 157,938 ha | 6,215 ha | Middle Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Egypt or Middle Africa?
- Middle Africa, at 162,621 ha against 124,299 ha in Egypt as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Egypt and Middle Africa?
- 38,322 ha, with Middle Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Middle Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Middle Africa rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 19th and Middle Africa ranks 6th 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.