Sugar beet — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Sugar beet — Area harvested was 288,877 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar beet — area harvested in Africa is 288,877 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 6.9% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — area harvested in Africa peaked at 334,177 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 5,000 ha, in 1962.
Africa ranks 11th of 22 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 ha | -7.4% |
| 1963 | 6,480 ha | +29.6% |
| 1964 | 13,920 ha | +114.8% |
| 1965 | 15,590 ha | +12.0% |
| 1966 | 19,100 ha | +22.5% |
| 1967 | 25,710 ha | +34.6% |
| 1968 | 31,069 ha | +20.8% |
| 1969 | 38,199 ha | +22.9% |
| 1970 | 40,037 ha | +4.8% |
| 1971 | 47,700 ha | +19.1% |
| 1972 | 64,361 ha | +34.9% |
| 1973 | 49,920 ha | -22.4% |
| 1974 | 62,756 ha | +25.7% |
| 1975 | 68,296 ha | +8.8% |
| 1976 | 73,245 ha | +7.2% |
| 1977 | 54,510 ha | -25.6% |
| 1978 | 65,985 ha | +21.1% |
| 1979 | 72,220 ha | +9.4% |
| 1980 | 72,543 ha | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 65,058 ha | -10.3% |
| 1982 | 67,925 ha | +4.4% |
| 1983 | 81,461 ha | +19.9% |
| 1984 | 76,260 ha | -6.4% |
| 1985 | 82,394 ha | +8.0% |
| 1986 | 81,487 ha | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 84,316 ha | +3.5% |
| 1988 | 84,574 ha | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 85,118 ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 83,746 ha | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 94,334 ha | +12.6% |
| 1992 | 73,771 ha | -21.8% |
| 1993 | 84,656 ha | +14.8% |
| 1994 | 85,849 ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 84,854 ha | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 83,775 ha | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 95,669 ha | +14.2% |
| 1998 | 95,531 ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 116,785 ha | +22.2% |
| 2000 | 111,569 ha | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 112,732 ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 124,122 ha | +10.1% |
| 2003 | 120,078 ha | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 118,536 ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 139,805 ha | +17.9% |
| 2006 | 127,617 ha | -8.7% |
| 2007 | 154,796 ha | +21.3% |
| 2008 | 165,190 ha | +6.7% |
| 2009 | 161,805 ha | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 178,013 ha | +10.0% |
| 2011 | 199,625 ha | +12.1% |
| 2012 | 207,759 ha | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 231,475 ha | +11.4% |
| 2014 | 266,567 ha | +15.2% |
| 2015 | 295,730 ha | +10.9% |
| 2016 | 297,860 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 279,522 ha | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 263,299 ha | -5.8% |
| 2019 | 313,782 ha | +19.2% |
| 2020 | 200,796 ha | -36.0% |
| 2021 | 334,177 ha | +66.4% |
| 2022 | 292,164 ha | -12.6% |
| 2023 | 310,168 ha | +6.2% |
| 2024 | 288,877 ha | -6.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar beet — Area harvested in Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +114.8% | 6,480 ha | 13,920 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,830 ha | 5,000 ha | 38,199 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 59,903 ha | 40,037 ha | 73,245 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 78,114 ha | 65,058 ha | 85,118 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 89,897 ha | 73,771 ha | 116,785 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 133,625 ha | 111,569 ha | 165,190 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 253,363 ha | 178,013 ha | 313,782 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 285,236 ha | 200,796 ha | 334,177 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 8 China 217,570 ha compare
- 8 China, mainland 217,570 ha compare
- 10 Czechoslovakia 169,531 ha compare
- 11 Yugoslav SFR 142,555 ha compare
- 12 Belarus 106,000 ha compare
- 13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 102,389 ha compare
- 14 Belgium-Luxembourg 101,191 ha compare
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- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar beet — area harvested in Africa?
- Sugar beet — area harvested in Africa was 288,877 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 334,177 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,000 ha in 1962.
- How does Africa rank for sugar beet — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 11th out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar beet — 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.