Australia vs Egypt: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested

Australia
341,130 ha
in 2024
Egypt
389,139 ha
in 2024
Australia rank
17th
Egypt rank
15th

Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested over time

  • Australia
  • Egypt
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How they compare

Egypt currently reports 389,139 ha against 341,130 ha in Australia, a difference of 48,009 ha.

That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 17th and Egypt ranks 15th of 155 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 6 and Egypt in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Egypt Difference Ahead
1960s 197,120 ha 57,158 ha 139,962 ha Australia
1970s 253,400 ha 92,474 ha 160,926 ha Australia
1980s 309,435 ha 120,582 ha 188,853 ha Australia
1990s 365,100 ha 146,098 ha 219,002 ha Australia
2000s 415,647 ha 212,394 ha 203,253 ha Australia
2010s 385,628 ha 339,294 ha 46,334 ha Australia
2020s 347,547 ha 395,903 ha 48,356 ha Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sugar crops primary — area harvested, Australia or Egypt?
Egypt, at 389,139 ha against 341,130 ha in Australia as of 2024.
What is the difference in sugar crops primary — area harvested between Australia and Egypt?
48,009 ha, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Egypt?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Australia and Egypt rank globally for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
Australia ranks 17th and Egypt ranks 15th 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

Indicator
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
200 places, 10,929 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.