Argentina vs Central America: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested over time
- Argentina
- Central America
How they compare
Central America currently reports 1.36 million ha against 432,814 ha in Argentina, a difference of 924,516 ha.
That makes Central America's figure about 3.1 times Argentina's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Central America has been ahead every year.
Argentina ranks 12th and Central America ranks 12th of 155 countries.
Central America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Argentina | Central America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 216,522 ha | 620,621 ha | 404,098 ha | Central America |
| 1970s | 288,184 ha | 773,728 ha | 485,544 ha | Central America |
| 1980s | 297,345 ha | 865,830 ha | 568,485 ha | Central America |
| 1990s | 273,850 ha | 977,472 ha | 703,622 ha | Central America |
| 2000s | 306,752 ha | 1.14 million ha | 833,742 ha | Central America |
| 2010s | 365,056 ha | 1.36 million ha | 993,774 ha | Central America |
| 2020s | 446,106 ha | 1.38 million ha | 937,340 ha | Central America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar crops primary — area harvested, Argentina or Central America?
- Central America, at 1.36 million ha against 432,814 ha in Argentina as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar crops primary — area harvested between Argentina and Central America?
- 924,516 ha, with Central America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Central America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Argentina and Central America rank globally for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Argentina ranks 12th and Central America ranks 12th of 155 countries.
- 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.