Africa vs Germany: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- Germany
How they compare
Africa currently reports 1.78 million ha against 437,200 ha in Germany, a difference of 1.34 million ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 4.1 times Germany's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Germany ahead.
Africa ranks 8th and Germany ranks 11th of 29 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Germany | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 578,540 ha | 510,871 ha | 67,669 ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 862,872 ha | 615,957 ha | 246,915 ha | Africa |
| 1980s | 1.19 million ha | 632,541 ha | 558,016 ha | Africa |
| 1990s | 1.23 million ha | 524,553 ha | 709,671 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 1.40 million ha | 417,858 ha | 978,634 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 1.65 million ha | 380,062 ha | 1.27 million ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 1.78 million ha | 401,200 ha | 1.38 million ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar crops primary — area harvested, Africa or Germany?
- Africa, at 1.78 million ha against 437,200 ha in Germany as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar crops primary — area harvested between Africa and Germany?
- 1.34 million ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Germany?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Germany rank globally for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 8th and Germany ranks 11th of 29 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sugar Crops Primary — 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.