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 149th out of 193 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.
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 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- 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)
- Rural population 34.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 218,901 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 299.02 million current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 3,586 t (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 149th out of 193 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.