Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Suriname
Suriname: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 50,824 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Suriname, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 50,824 ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and down 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Suriname peaked at 75,313 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 26,340 ha, in 1961.
That places Suriname 137th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Suriname, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 26,340 ha | — |
| 1962 | 27,730 ha | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 27,948 ha | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 30,913 ha | +10.6% |
| 1965 | 33,838 ha | +9.5% |
| 1966 | 29,624 ha | -12.5% |
| 1967 | 34,016 ha | +14.8% |
| 1968 | 35,576 ha | +4.6% |
| 1969 | 32,686 ha | -8.1% |
| 1970 | 39,261 ha | +20.1% |
| 1971 | 40,279 ha | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 37,549 ha | -6.8% |
| 1973 | 45,134 ha | +20.2% |
| 1974 | 44,473 ha | -1.5% |
| 1975 | 47,646 ha | +7.1% |
| 1976 | 48,494 ha | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 49,810 ha | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 55,340 ha | +11.1% |
| 1979 | 59,013 ha | +6.6% |
| 1980 | 65,139 ha | +10.4% |
| 1981 | 71,028 ha | +9.0% |
| 1982 | 72,706 ha | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 73,465 ha | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 74,992 ha | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 75,043 ha | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 75,313 ha | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 71,295 ha | -5.3% |
| 1988 | 69,661 ha | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 69,967 ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 52,132 ha | -25.5% |
| 1991 | 60,168 ha | +15.4% |
| 1992 | 68,835 ha | +14.4% |
| 1993 | 58,809 ha | -14.6% |
| 1994 | 60,195 ha | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 61,531 ha | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 61,830 ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 53,555 ha | -13.4% |
| 1998 | 50,185 ha | -6.3% |
| 1999 | 48,493 ha | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 42,016 ha | -13.4% |
| 2001 | 50,822 ha | +21.0% |
| 2002 | 40,081 ha | -21.1% |
| 2003 | 52,453 ha | +30.9% |
| 2004 | 49,046 ha | -6.5% |
| 2005 | 45,582 ha | -7.1% |
| 2006 | 44,252 ha | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 42,105 ha | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 43,666 ha | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 54,502 ha | +24.8% |
| 2010 | 53,568 ha | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 56,944 ha | +6.3% |
| 2012 | 51,390 ha | -9.8% |
| 2013 | 58,293 ha | +13.4% |
| 2014 | 62,247 ha | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 59,283 ha | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 62,749 ha | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 59,340 ha | -5.4% |
| 2018 | 56,282 ha | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 60,239 ha | +7.0% |
| 2020 | 57,853 ha | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 56,869 ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 48,965 ha | -13.9% |
| 2023 | 51,917 ha | +6.0% |
| 2024 | 50,824 ha | -2.1% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 50,824 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 354,364 ha, 14% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 50,824 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 170,633 ha, 30% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,963 ha | 26,340 ha | 35,576 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 46,700 ha | 37,549 ha | 59,013 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 71,861 ha | 65,139 ha | 75,313 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 57,573 ha | 48,493 ha | 68,835 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 46,452 ha | 40,081 ha | 54,502 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 58,034 ha | 51,390 ha | 62,749 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 53,286 ha | 48,965 ha | 57,853 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
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)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Suriname?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Suriname was 50,824 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 75,313 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,340 ha in 1961.
- How does Suriname rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Suriname ranks 137th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — 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.