China vs Thailand: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested

China
1.49 million ha
in 2024
Thailand
1.49 million ha
in 2024
China rank
5th
Thailand rank
4th

Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested over time

  • China
  • Thailand
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M196119922024

How they compare

Thailand currently reports 1.49 million ha against 1.49 million ha in China, a difference of 4,080 ha.

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

China ranks 5th and Thailand ranks 4th of 155 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 6 and Thailand in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade China Thailand Difference Ahead
1960s 536,833 ha 72,458 ha 464,375 ha China
1970s 886,626 ha 308,949 ha 577,678 ha China
1980s 1.39 million ha 543,584 ha 843,440 ha China
1990s 1.88 million ha 892,528 ha 984,407 ha China
2000s 1.72 million ha 1.01 million ha 708,455 ha China
2010s 1.78 million ha 1.41 million ha 368,706 ha China
2020s 1.48 million ha 1.53 million ha 46,492 ha Thailand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sugar crops primary — area harvested, China or Thailand?
Thailand, at 1.49 million ha against 1.49 million ha in China as of 2024.
What is the difference in sugar crops primary — area harvested between China and Thailand?
4,080 ha, with Thailand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Thailand?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do China and Thailand rank globally for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
China ranks 5th and Thailand ranks 4th 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.