Guatemala vs Western Africa: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Guatemala
- Western Africa
How they compare
Guatemala currently reports 218,690 ha against 197,942 ha in Western Africa, a difference of 20,748 ha.
That makes Guatemala's figure about 1.1 times Western Africa's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Guatemala ahead.
Guatemala ranks 16th and Western Africa ranks 18th of 103 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Guatemala averaged higher in 6 and Western Africa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guatemala | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,844 ha | 23,527 ha | 10,317 ha | Guatemala |
| 1970s | 55,778 ha | 44,435 ha | 11,343 ha | Guatemala |
| 1980s | 76,783 ha | 93,284 ha | 16,501 ha | Western Africa |
| 1990s | 145,226 ha | 96,968 ha | 48,258 ha | Guatemala |
| 2000s | 194,049 ha | 131,173 ha | 62,876 ha | Guatemala |
| 2010s | 258,832 ha | 168,966 ha | 89,865 ha | Guatemala |
| 2020s | 238,978 ha | 198,147 ha | 40,831 ha | Guatemala |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Guatemala or Western Africa?
- Guatemala, at 218,690 ha against 197,942 ha in Western Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Guatemala and Western Africa?
- 20,748 ha, with Guatemala ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Guatemala and Western Africa rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Guatemala ranks 16th and Western Africa ranks 18th 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.