Sugar beet — Area harvested in Canada
Canada: Sugar beet — Area harvested was 18,300 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar beet — area harvested in Canada stood at 18,300 ha.
That represents a change of up 38.6% on the previous year and up 125.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — area harvested in Canada peaked at 40,999 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 6,900 ha, in 2008.
That places Canada 30th out of 68 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Canada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 34,368 ha | — |
| 1962 | 34,267 ha | -0.3% |
| 1963 | 38,535 ha | +12.5% |
| 1964 | 40,999 ha | +6.4% |
| 1965 | 34,407 ha | -16.1% |
| 1966 | 32,889 ha | -4.4% |
| 1967 | 33,712 ha | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 32,239 ha | -4.4% |
| 1969 | 32,061 ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 27,830 ha | -13.2% |
| 1971 | 32,818 ha | +17.9% |
| 1972 | 31,407 ha | -4.3% |
| 1973 | 27,777 ha | -11.6% |
| 1974 | 27,335 ha | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 32,166 ha | +17.7% |
| 1976 | 32,100 ha | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 25,600 ha | -20.2% |
| 1978 | 24,710 ha | -3.5% |
| 1979 | 23,760 ha | -3.8% |
| 1980 | 26,570 ha | +11.8% |
| 1981 | 29,290 ha | +10.2% |
| 1982 | 28,700 ha | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 30,900 ha | +7.7% |
| 1984 | 27,400 ha | -11.3% |
| 1985 | 12,000 ha | -56.2% |
| 1986 | 23,400 ha | +95.0% |
| 1987 | 22,600 ha | -3.4% |
| 1988 | 20,600 ha | -8.8% |
| 1989 | 22,600 ha | +9.7% |
| 1990 | 24,100 ha | +6.6% |
| 1991 | 24,875 ha | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 22,660 ha | -8.9% |
| 1993 | 22,260 ha | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 25,500 ha | +14.6% |
| 1995 | 24,700 ha | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 23,350 ha | -5.5% |
| 1997 | 14,160 ha | -39.4% |
| 1998 | 18,200 ha | +28.5% |
| 1999 | 17,400 ha | -4.4% |
| 2000 | 16,600 ha | -4.6% |
| 2001 | 11,700 ha | -29.5% |
| 2002 | 10,100 ha | -13.7% |
| 2003 | 12,100 ha | +19.8% |
| 2004 | 14,200 ha | +17.4% |
| 2005 | 13,400 ha | -5.6% |
| 2006 | 15,000 ha | +11.9% |
| 2007 | 13,800 ha | -8.0% |
| 2008 | 6,900 ha | -50.0% |
| 2009 | 10,900 ha | +58.0% |
| 2010 | 11,300 ha | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 12,100 ha | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 10,100 ha | -16.5% |
| 2013 | 8,900 ha | -11.9% |
| 2014 | 8,100 ha | -9.0% |
| 2015 | 7,300 ha | -9.9% |
| 2016 | 11,300 ha | +54.8% |
| 2017 | 10,500 ha | -7.1% |
| 2018 | 18,200 ha | +73.3% |
| 2019 | 12,400 ha | -31.9% |
| 2020 | 15,700 ha | +26.6% |
| 2021 | 15,400 ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 17,200 ha | +11.7% |
| 2023 | 13,200 ha | -23.3% |
| 2024 | 18,300 ha | +38.6% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 18,300 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 16,080 ha, 1.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar beet — Area harvested in Canada 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +95.0% | 12,000 ha | 23,400 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34,831 ha | 32,061 ha | 40,999 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 28,550 ha | 23,760 ha | 32,818 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 24,406 ha | 12,000 ha | 30,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,720 ha | 14,160 ha | 25,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,470 ha | 6,900 ha | 16,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,020 ha | 7,300 ha | 18,200 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,960 ha | 13,200 ha | 18,300 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More agriculture & rural data for Canada
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 31.61 % change on previous year (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0193 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,092 current US$ per person (2022)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0803 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1712 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.9% (2022)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.9% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar beet — area harvested in Canada?
- Sugar beet — area harvested in Canada was 18,300 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 40,999 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,900 ha in 2008.
- How does Canada rank for sugar beet — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 30th out of 68 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — area harvested rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 125.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada 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.