Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Suriname
Suriname: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 169 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Suriname, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 169 ha for cassava, fresh — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 9.6% on the previous year and down 33.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Suriname peaked at 668 ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 115 ha, in 2008.
Suriname ranks 72nd of 91 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 254.78 ha | 182 ha | 307 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 317.8 ha | 215 ha | 392 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 392 ha | 156 ha | 668 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 314.6 ha | 195 ha | 508 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 191.5 ha | 115 ha | 265 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 234.7 ha | 146 ha | 288 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 198.8 ha | 169 ha | 223 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
- 69 French Polynesia 199 ha compare
- 69 Solomon Islands 199 ha compare
- 71 New Caledonia 190 ha compare
- 73 Guadeloupe 155 ha compare
- 74 Trinidad and Tobago 149 ha compare
- 75 Martinique 141 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 20.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0677 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 471.32 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7818 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3421 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 6.77 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.77 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — area harvested in Suriname?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Suriname was 169 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 668 ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 115 ha in 2008.
- How does Suriname rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Suriname ranks 72nd out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Suriname data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cassava, fresh — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.