Australia vs Northern America: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested over time
- Australia
- Northern America
How they compare
Northern America currently reports 832,980 ha against 341,130 ha in Australia, a difference of 491,850 ha.
That makes Northern America's figure about 2.4 times Australia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Northern America has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 17th and Northern America ranks 16th of 155 countries.
Northern America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 197,120 ha | 779,882 ha | 582,762 ha | Northern America |
| 1970s | 253,400 ha | 847,462 ha | 594,062 ha | Northern America |
| 1980s | 309,435 ha | 816,366 ha | 506,931 ha | Northern America |
| 1990s | 365,100 ha | 966,778 ha | 601,678 ha | Northern America |
| 2000s | 415,647 ha | 904,023 ha | 488,376 ha | Northern America |
| 2010s | 385,628 ha | 831,526 ha | 445,898 ha | Northern America |
| 2020s | 347,547 ha | 847,404 ha | 499,857 ha | Northern America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar crops primary — area harvested, Australia or Northern America?
- Northern America, at 832,980 ha against 341,130 ha in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar crops primary — area harvested between Australia and Northern America?
- 491,850 ha, with Northern America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Northern America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Northern America rank globally for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 17th and Northern America ranks 16th 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.