Central America vs Germany: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested

Central America
1.36 million ha
in 2024
Germany
437,200 ha
in 2024
Central America rank
12th
Germany rank
11th

Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested over time

  • Central America
  • Germany
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How they compare

Central America currently reports 1.36 million ha against 437,200 ha in Germany, a difference of 920,130 ha.

That makes Central America's figure about 3.1 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Central America ahead.

Central America ranks 12th and Germany ranks 11th of 29 groups.

Central America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Central America Germany Difference Ahead
1960s 620,621 ha 510,871 ha 109,749 ha Central America
1970s 773,728 ha 615,957 ha 157,771 ha Central America
1980s 865,830 ha 632,541 ha 233,289 ha Central America
1990s 977,472 ha 524,553 ha 452,919 ha Central America
2000s 1.14 million ha 417,858 ha 722,636 ha Central America
2010s 1.36 million ha 380,062 ha 978,768 ha Central America
2020s 1.38 million ha 401,200 ha 982,246 ha Central America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sugar crops primary — area harvested, Central America or Germany?
Central America, at 1.36 million ha against 437,200 ha in Germany as of 2024.
What is the difference in sugar crops primary — area harvested between Central America and Germany?
920,130 ha, with Central America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Germany?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Central America and Germany rank globally for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
Central America ranks 12th 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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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.