Japan vs Sri Lanka: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Japan
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Japan currently reports 22,328 ha against 18,842 ha in Sri Lanka, a difference of 3,486 ha.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.2 times Sri Lanka's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 49th and Sri Lanka ranks 50th of 103 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36,422 ha | 5,837 ha | 30,585 ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 33,210 ha | 4,950 ha | 28,260 ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 34,595 ha | 16,191 ha | 18,404 ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 25,690 ha | 22,318 ha | 3,372 ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 22,720 ha | 16,363 ha | 6,357 ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 22,830 ha | 16,849 ha | 5,981 ha | Japan |
| 2020s | 22,806 ha | 15,781 ha | 7,025 ha | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Japan or Sri Lanka?
- Japan, at 22,328 ha against 18,842 ha in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Japan and Sri Lanka?
- 3,486 ha, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Sri Lanka rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 49th and Sri Lanka ranks 50th 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.