Guatemala vs Northern America: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Guatemala
- Northern America
How they compare
Northern America currently reports 375,390 ha against 218,690 ha in Guatemala, a difference of 156,700 ha.
That makes Northern America's figure about 1.7 times Guatemala's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Northern America has been ahead every year.
Guatemala ranks 16th and Northern America ranks 15th of 103 countries.
Northern America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guatemala | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,844 ha | 233,394 ha | 199,550 ha | Northern America |
| 1970s | 55,778 ha | 289,984 ha | 234,206 ha | Northern America |
| 1980s | 76,783 ha | 316,944 ha | 240,161 ha | Northern America |
| 1990s | 145,226 ha | 371,318 ha | 226,092 ha | Northern America |
| 2000s | 194,049 ha | 382,630 ha | 188,581 ha | Northern America |
| 2010s | 258,832 ha | 361,758 ha | 102,927 ha | Northern America |
| 2020s | 238,978 ha | 378,150 ha | 139,172 ha | Northern America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Guatemala or Northern America?
- Northern America, at 375,390 ha against 218,690 ha in Guatemala as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Guatemala and Northern America?
- 156,700 ha, with Northern America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Northern America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Guatemala and Northern America rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Guatemala ranks 16th 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.