Sugar beet — Area harvested in Portugal
Portugal: Sugar beet — Area harvested was 0 ha in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Portugal, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar beet — area harvested in Portugal is 0 ha, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 61 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — area harvested in Portugal peaked at 9,040 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 2018.
That places Portugal 58th out of 68 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Portugal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,300 ha | -8.0% |
| 1963 | 2,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1964 | 2,300 ha | -8.0% |
| 1965 | 2,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1966 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,740 ha | +9.6% |
| 1968 | 2,930 ha | +6.9% |
| 1969 | 2,510 ha | -14.3% |
| 1970 | 1,570 ha | -37.5% |
| 1971 | 2,321 ha | +47.8% |
| 1972 | 2,280 ha | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 2,248 ha | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 1,670 ha | -25.7% |
| 1975 | 2,177 ha | +30.4% |
| 1976 | 2,728 ha | +25.3% |
| 1977 | 3,090 ha | +13.3% |
| 1978 | 1,117 ha | -63.9% |
| 1979 | 1,117 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 917 ha | -17.9% |
| 1981 | 696 ha | -24.1% |
| 1982 | 731 ha | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 1,009 ha | +38.0% |
| 1984 | 1,102 ha | +9.2% |
| 1985 | 622 ha | -43.6% |
| 1986 | 786 ha | +26.4% |
| 1987 | 616 ha | -21.6% |
| 1988 | 265 ha | -57.0% |
| 1989 | 235 ha | -11.3% |
| 1990 | 265 ha | +12.8% |
| 1991 | 250 ha | -5.7% |
| 1992 | 367 ha | +46.8% |
| 1993 | 627 ha | +70.8% |
| 1994 | 1,049 ha | +67.3% |
| 1995 | 1,313 ha | +25.2% |
| 1996 | 737 ha | -43.9% |
| 1997 | 3,502 ha | +375.2% |
| 1998 | 3,486 ha | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 8,248 ha | +136.6% |
| 2000 | 7,892 ha | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 5,373 ha | -31.9% |
| 2002 | 9,040 ha | +68.2% |
| 2003 | 7,493 ha | -17.1% |
| 2004 | 8,358 ha | +11.5% |
| 2005 | 8,623 ha | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 4,275 ha | -50.4% |
| 2007 | 2,910 ha | -31.9% |
| 2008 | 1,586 ha | -45.5% |
| 2009 | 135 ha | -91.5% |
| 2010 | 162 ha | +20.0% |
| 2011 | 321 ha | +98.1% |
| 2012 | 371 ha | +15.6% |
| 2013 | 382 ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 354 ha | -7.3% |
| 2015 | 100 ha | -71.8% |
| 2016 | 265 ha | +165.0% |
| 2017 | 282 ha | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2019 | 0 ha | — |
| 2020 | 0 ha | — |
| 2023 | 0 ha | — |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 0 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 16,080 ha. (32 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 0 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 16,030 ha. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar beet — Area harvested in Portugal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +375.2% | 737 ha | 3,502 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,531 ha | 2,300 ha | 2,930 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,032 ha | 1,117 ha | 3,090 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 697.9 ha | 235 ha | 1,102 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,984 ha | 250 ha | 8,248 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,568 ha | 135 ha | 9,040 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 223.7 ha | 0 ha | 382 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 2 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 55 Greece 50 ha compare
- 56 Bosnia and Herzegovina 24 ha compare
- 57 Palestine 3 ha compare
- 58 Algeria 0 ha compare
- 58 Bulgaria 0 ha compare
- 58 Cyprus 0 ha
- 58 Estonia 0 ha compare
- 58 Georgia 0 ha compare
- 58 Ireland 0 ha compare
- 58 Israel 0 ha compare
- 58 Latvia 0 ha compare
- 58 Malta 0 ha
- 58 Uruguay 0 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar beet — area harvested in Portugal?
- Sugar beet — area harvested in Portugal was 0 ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 9,040 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 2018.
- How does Portugal rank for sugar beet — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 58th out of 68 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sugar beet — area harvested rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Portugal 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.