Uganda vs Zimbabwe: Sugar cane — Area harvested
Sugar cane — Area harvested over time
- Uganda
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Uganda currently reports 87,249 ha against 79,728 ha in Zimbabwe, a difference of 7,521 ha.
That makes Uganda's figure about 1.1 times Zimbabwe's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Uganda ahead.
Uganda ranks 25th and Zimbabwe ranks 26th of 103 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Uganda averaged higher in 4 and Zimbabwe in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Uganda | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,344 ha | 12,406 ha | 8,938 ha | Uganda |
| 1970s | 30,073 ha | 22,209 ha | 7,864 ha | Uganda |
| 1980s | 30,400 ha | 31,782 ha | 1,382 ha | Zimbabwe |
| 1990s | 18,700 ha | 32,778 ha | 14,078 ha | Zimbabwe |
| 2000s | 32,420 ha | 40,809 ha | 8,389 ha | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 67,110 ha | 52,280 ha | 14,830 ha | Uganda |
| 2020s | 85,783 ha | 76,567 ha | 9,216 ha | Uganda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar cane — area harvested, Uganda or Zimbabwe?
- Uganda, at 87,249 ha against 79,728 ha in Zimbabwe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar cane — area harvested between Uganda and Zimbabwe?
- 7,521 ha, with Uganda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Uganda and Zimbabwe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Uganda and Zimbabwe rank globally for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Uganda ranks 25th and Zimbabwe ranks 26th 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.