Peru vs Western Africa: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Peru
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 197,942 ha against 118,456 ha in Peru, a difference of 79,486 ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 1.7 times Peru's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Peru ahead.
Peru ranks 20th and Western Africa ranks 18th of 103 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Peru averaged higher in 2 and Western Africa in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Peru | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55,854 ha | 23,527 ha | 32,326 ha | Peru |
| 1970s | 61,470 ha | 44,435 ha | 17,035 ha | Peru |
| 1980s | 62,966 ha | 93,284 ha | 30,318 ha | Western Africa |
| 1990s | 55,981 ha | 96,968 ha | 40,986 ha | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 69,451 ha | 131,173 ha | 61,722 ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 111,121 ha | 168,966 ha | 57,845 ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 119,046 ha | 198,147 ha | 79,101 ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Peru or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 197,942 ha against 118,456 ha in Peru as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Peru and Western Africa?
- 79,486 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Peru and Western Africa rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Peru ranks 20th 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.