Sugar beet — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Sugar beet — Area harvested was 21,966 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Morocco recorded 21,966 ha for sugar beet — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 29.9% on the previous year and down 58.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 69,500 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 3,480 ha, in 1963.
That places Morocco 29th out of 68 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,480 ha | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 8,630 ha | +148.0% |
| 1965 | 9,140 ha | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 14,100 ha | +54.3% |
| 1967 | 20,200 ha | +43.3% |
| 1968 | 25,600 ha | +26.7% |
| 1969 | 32,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1970 | 35,000 ha | +9.4% |
| 1971 | 43,000 ha | +22.9% |
| 1972 | 60,400 ha | +40.5% |
| 1973 | 45,000 ha | -25.5% |
| 1974 | 57,700 ha | +28.2% |
| 1975 | 62,100 ha | +7.6% |
| 1976 | 67,000 ha | +7.9% |
| 1977 | 48,200 ha | -28.1% |
| 1978 | 59,000 ha | +22.4% |
| 1979 | 62,500 ha | +5.9% |
| 1980 | 63,400 ha | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 56,910 ha | -10.2% |
| 1982 | 57,315 ha | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 66,300 ha | +15.7% |
| 1984 | 53,100 ha | -19.9% |
| 1985 | 55,401 ha | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 55,200 ha | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 60,971 ha | +10.5% |
| 1988 | 61,240 ha | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 63,085 ha | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 64,300 ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 69,216 ha | +7.6% |
| 1992 | 52,100 ha | -24.7% |
| 1993 | 62,400 ha | +19.8% |
| 1994 | 62,900 ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 58,100 ha | -7.6% |
| 1996 | 56,446 ha | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 62,900 ha | +11.4% |
| 1998 | 48,900 ha | -22.3% |
| 1999 | 60,700 ha | +24.1% |
| 2000 | 54,100 ha | -10.9% |
| 2001 | 52,800 ha | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 59,500 ha | +12.7% |
| 2003 | 64,900 ha | +9.1% |
| 2004 | 59,300 ha | -8.6% |
| 2005 | 69,500 ha | +17.2% |
| 2006 | 49,300 ha | -29.1% |
| 2007 | 50,200 ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 56,700 ha | +12.9% |
| 2009 | 50,400 ha | -11.1% |
| 2010 | 43,200 ha | -14.3% |
| 2011 | 47,069 ha | +9.0% |
| 2012 | 28,881 ha | -38.6% |
| 2013 | 37,205 ha | +28.8% |
| 2014 | 52,954 ha | +42.3% |
| 2015 | 60,909 ha | +15.0% |
| 2016 | 60,978 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 57,794 ha | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 53,960 ha | -6.6% |
| 2019 | 57,171 ha | +6.0% |
| 2020 | 57,589 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 45,162 ha | -21.6% |
| 2022 | 38,794 ha | -14.1% |
| 2023 | 31,322 ha | -19.3% |
| 2024 | 21,966 ha | -29.9% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 21,966 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,151 ha, 19.1× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 21,966 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 337 ha, 65.2× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar beet — Area harvested in Morocco 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 | +148.0% | 3,480 ha | 8,630 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,350 ha | 3,480 ha | 32,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 53,990 ha | 35,000 ha | 67,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 59,292 ha | 53,100 ha | 66,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 59,796 ha | 48,900 ha | 69,216 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 56,670 ha | 49,300 ha | 69,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 50,012 ha | 28,881 ha | 60,978 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 38,967 ha | 21,966 ha | 57,589 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
- 26 Kazakhstan 25,010 ha compare
- 27 Slovakia 23,550 ha compare
- 28 Romania 22,920 ha compare
- 30 Canada 18,300 ha compare
- 31 Turkmenistan 17,900 ha compare
- 32 Switzerland 16,774 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar beet — area harvested in Morocco?
- Sugar beet — area harvested in Morocco was 21,966 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 69,500 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,480 ha in 1963.
- How does Morocco rank for sugar beet — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 29th out of 68 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.