Puerto Rico vs Suriname: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Puerto Rico
- Suriname
How they compare
Suriname currently reports 2,250 ha against 2,000 ha in Puerto Rico, a difference of 250 ha.
That makes Suriname's figure about 1.1 times Puerto Rico's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 42 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Puerto Rico ahead.
Puerto Rico ranks 78th and Suriname ranks 77th of 103 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Puerto Rico averaged higher in 4 and Suriname in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Puerto Rico | Suriname | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 111,667 ha | 2,315 ha | 109,352 ha | Puerto Rico |
| 1970s | 53,218 ha | 2,286 ha | 50,932 ha | Puerto Rico |
| 1980s | 23,524 ha | 2,224 ha | 21,300 ha | Puerto Rico |
| 1990s | 12,317 ha | 2,300 ha | 10,018 ha | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 2,200 ha | 3,000 ha | 800 ha | Suriname |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Puerto Rico or Suriname?
- Suriname, at 2,250 ha against 2,000 ha in Puerto Rico as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Puerto Rico and Suriname?
- 250 ha, with Suriname ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and Suriname?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2002.
- How do Puerto Rico and Suriname rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Puerto Rico ranks 78th and Suriname ranks 77th 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.