Mexico vs Middle Africa: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested

Mexico
784,416 ha
in 2024
Middle Africa
162,621 ha
in 2024
Mexico rank
9th
Middle Africa rank
8th

Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested over time

  • Mexico
  • Middle Africa
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How they compare

Mexico currently reports 784,416 ha against 162,621 ha in Middle Africa, a difference of 621,795 ha.

That makes Mexico's figure about 4.8 times Middle Africa's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Mexico has been ahead every year.

Mexico ranks 9th and Middle Africa ranks 8th of 155 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Mexico Middle Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 445,518 ha 49,999 ha 395,519 ha Mexico
1970s 501,926 ha 98,655 ha 403,271 ha Mexico
1980s 553,213 ha 182,652 ha 370,561 ha Mexico
1990s 592,103 ha 159,470 ha 432,633 ha Mexico
2000s 661,290 ha 129,031 ha 532,260 ha Mexico
2010s 759,165 ha 134,251 ha 624,914 ha Mexico
2020s 793,277 ha 157,938 ha 635,340 ha Mexico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sugar crops primary — area harvested, Mexico or Middle Africa?
Mexico, at 784,416 ha against 162,621 ha in Middle Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in sugar crops primary — area harvested between Mexico and Middle Africa?
621,795 ha, with Mexico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Middle Africa?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Mexico and Middle Africa rank globally for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
Mexico ranks 9th and Middle Africa ranks 8th 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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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.