Guyana vs Jamaica: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Guyana
- Jamaica
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 7,000 ha against 6,139 ha in Guyana, a difference of 861 ha.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.1 times Guyana's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Jamaica ahead.
Guyana ranks 68th and Jamaica ranks 65th of 103 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Guyana averaged higher in 5 and Jamaica in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guyana | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43,163 ha | 64,515 ha | 21,352 ha | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 51,311 ha | 56,481 ha | 5,170 ha | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 48,485 ha | 41,234 ha | 7,251 ha | Guyana |
| 1990s | 43,331 ha | 39,964 ha | 3,368 ha | Guyana |
| 2000s | 44,870 ha | 31,559 ha | 13,311 ha | Guyana |
| 2010s | 40,791 ha | 24,426 ha | 16,365 ha | Guyana |
| 2020s | 13,659 ha | 8,949 ha | 4,710 ha | Guyana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Guyana or Jamaica?
- Jamaica, at 7,000 ha against 6,139 ha in Guyana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Guyana and Jamaica?
- 861 ha, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Jamaica?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Guyana and Jamaica rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Guyana ranks 68th and Jamaica ranks 65th 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.