Ecuador vs Nicaragua: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested

Ecuador
77,084 ha
in 2024
Nicaragua
73,028 ha
in 2023
Ecuador rank
40th
Nicaragua rank
42nd

Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested over time

  • Ecuador
  • Nicaragua
25.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k125.0k150.0k196119922024

How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 77,084 ha against 73,028 ha in Nicaragua, a difference of 4,056 ha.

That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Ecuador has been ahead every year.

Ecuador ranks 40th and Nicaragua ranks 42nd of 155 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Ecuador Nicaragua Difference Ahead
1960s 91,154 ha 25,794 ha 65,359 ha Ecuador
1970s 96,456 ha 36,354 ha 60,102 ha Ecuador
1980s 92,014 ha 40,243 ha 51,771 ha Ecuador
1990s 87,260 ha 45,704 ha 41,555 ha Ecuador
2000s 89,996 ha 48,130 ha 41,866 ha Ecuador
2010s 103,225 ha 69,112 ha 34,114 ha Ecuador
2020s 115,272 ha 73,736 ha 41,537 ha Ecuador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sugar crops primary — area harvested, Ecuador or Nicaragua?
Ecuador, at 77,084 ha against 73,028 ha in Nicaragua as of 2024.
What is the difference in sugar crops primary — area harvested between Ecuador and Nicaragua?
4,056 ha, with Ecuador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Nicaragua?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Ecuador and Nicaragua rank globally for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
Ecuador ranks 40th and Nicaragua ranks 42nd 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.