Middle Africa vs South Africa: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Middle Africa
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 242,267 ha against 162,621 ha in Middle Africa, a difference of 79,646 ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.5 times Middle Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.
Middle Africa ranks 6th and South Africa ranks 15th of 14 groups.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Middle Africa | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 49,999 ha | 148,773 ha | 98,774 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 98,655 ha | 193,240 ha | 94,585 ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 182,652 ha | 259,286 ha | 76,634 ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 159,470 ha | 286,191 ha | 126,722 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 129,031 ha | 310,911 ha | 181,880 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 134,251 ha | 263,495 ha | 129,244 ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 157,938 ha | 250,712 ha | 92,774 ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Middle Africa or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 242,267 ha against 162,621 ha in Middle Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Middle Africa and South Africa?
- 79,646 ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Middle Africa and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Middle Africa and South Africa rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 6th and South Africa ranks 15th of 14 groups.
- 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.