Jamaica vs Uruguay: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Jamaica
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 7,590 ha against 7,000 ha in Jamaica, a difference of 590 ha.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Jamaica's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Jamaica ahead.
Jamaica ranks 65th and Uruguay ranks 62nd of 103 countries.
Jamaica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 64,515 ha | 3,901 ha | 60,614 ha | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 56,481 ha | 8,020 ha | 48,461 ha | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 41,234 ha | 10,037 ha | 31,197 ha | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 39,964 ha | 5,761 ha | 34,202 ha | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 31,559 ha | 3,827 ha | 27,732 ha | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 24,426 ha | 6,910 ha | 17,516 ha | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 8,949 ha | 6,978 ha | 1,971 ha | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Jamaica or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 7,590 ha against 7,000 ha in Jamaica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Jamaica and Uruguay?
- 590 ha, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Uruguay?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Jamaica and Uruguay rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 65th and Uruguay ranks 62nd 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.