Sugar beet — Area harvested in Romania
Romania: Sugar beet — Area harvested was 22,920 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Romania, 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 Romania is 22,920 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 84.1% on the previous year and down 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — area harvested in Romania peaked at 282,352 ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 8,890 ha, in 2022.
Romania ranks 28th of 68 countries 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 Romania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 172,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 154,800 ha | -10.0% |
| 1963 | 178,500 ha | +15.3% |
| 1964 | 190,300 ha | +6.6% |
| 1965 | 189,933 ha | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 194,300 ha | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 176,100 ha | -9.4% |
| 1968 | 184,752 ha | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 188,025 ha | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 169,878 ha | -9.7% |
| 1971 | 178,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1972 | 196,600 ha | +10.4% |
| 1973 | 235,100 ha | +19.6% |
| 1974 | 218,500 ha | -7.1% |
| 1975 | 246,928 ha | +13.0% |
| 1976 | 234,700 ha | -5.0% |
| 1977 | 254,563 ha | +8.5% |
| 1978 | 249,064 ha | -2.2% |
| 1979 | 258,701 ha | +3.9% |
| 1980 | 237,724 ha | -8.1% |
| 1981 | 282,352 ha | +18.8% |
| 1982 | 268,672 ha | -4.8% |
| 1983 | 256,495 ha | -4.5% |
| 1984 | 279,986 ha | +9.2% |
| 1985 | 275,500 ha | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 267,900 ha | -2.8% |
| 1987 | 260,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1988 | 248,200 ha | -4.5% |
| 1989 | 255,900 ha | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 162,675 ha | -36.4% |
| 1991 | 201,573 ha | +23.9% |
| 1992 | 179,942 ha | -10.7% |
| 1993 | 97,192 ha | -46.0% |
| 1994 | 129,972 ha | +33.7% |
| 1995 | 133,209 ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 135,886 ha | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 125,272 ha | -7.8% |
| 1998 | 114,199 ha | -8.8% |
| 1999 | 64,665 ha | -43.4% |
| 2000 | 44,825 ha | -30.7% |
| 2001 | 38,370 ha | -14.4% |
| 2002 | 40,746 ha | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 37,936 ha | -6.9% |
| 2004 | 20,767 ha | -45.3% |
| 2005 | 25,023 ha | +20.5% |
| 2006 | 39,149 ha | +56.5% |
| 2007 | 28,443 ha | -27.3% |
| 2008 | 20,254 ha | -28.8% |
| 2009 | 21,157 ha | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 21,627 ha | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 18,796 ha | -13.1% |
| 2012 | 27,074 ha | +44.0% |
| 2013 | 28,038 ha | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 31,268 ha | +11.5% |
| 2015 | 26,536 ha | -15.1% |
| 2016 | 24,617 ha | -7.2% |
| 2017 | 28,099 ha | +14.1% |
| 2018 | 25,720 ha | -8.5% |
| 2019 | 22,730 ha | -11.6% |
| 2020 | 21,330 ha | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 19,640 ha | -7.9% |
| 2022 | 8,890 ha | -54.7% |
| 2023 | 12,450 ha | +40.0% |
| 2024 | 22,920 ha | +84.1% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 22,920 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 16,080 ha, 1.4× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Romania's 22,920 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 16,030 ha, 1.4× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar beet — Area harvested in Romania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +84.1% | 12,450 ha | 22,920 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 180,968 ha | 154,800 ha | 194,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 224,203 ha | 169,878 ha | 258,701 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 263,273 ha | 237,724 ha | 282,352 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 134,458 ha | 64,665 ha | 201,573 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 31,667 ha | 20,254 ha | 44,825 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,450 ha | 18,796 ha | 31,268 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,046 ha | 8,890 ha | 22,920 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar beet — area harvested in Romania?
- Sugar beet — area harvested in Romania was 22,920 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 282,352 ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,890 ha in 2022.
- How does Romania rank for sugar beet — area harvested?
- Romania ranks 28th out of 68 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — area harvested rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Romania 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.