Sugar beet — Area harvested in Germany
Germany: Sugar beet — Area harvested was 437,200 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Germany, 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 Germany is 437,200 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 10.5% on the previous year and up 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — area harvested in Germany peaked at 707,666 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 312,800 ha, in 2015.
Germany ranks 3rd of 73 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 510,871 ha | 477,937 ha | 556,960 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 615,957 ha | 494,515 ha | 707,666 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 632,541 ha | 576,523 ha | 706,007 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 524,553 ha | 489,163 ha | 611,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 417,858 ha | 357,600 ha | 459,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 380,062 ha | 312,800 ha | 413,900 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 401,200 ha | 386,000 ha | 437,200 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture share gdp 0.8714 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.8714 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
- Rural population 17.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 14.91 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 44.02 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar beet — area harvested in Germany?
- Sugar beet — area harvested in Germany was 437,200 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 707,666 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 312,800 ha in 2015.
- How does Germany rank for sugar beet — area harvested?
- Germany ranks 3rd out of 73 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — area harvested rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Germany 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.