Sugar beet — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Sugar beet — Area harvested was 102,389 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar beet — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland recorded 102,389 ha for sugar beet — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.4% on the previous year and down 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 214,201 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 86,000 ha, in 2016.
That places United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 13th out of 68 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar beet — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 172,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 170,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 170,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 179,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 183,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 179,273 ha | -2.0% |
| 1967 | 183,725 ha | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 186,962 ha | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 184,129 ha | -1.5% |
| 1970 | 186,557 ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 189,390 ha | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 188,586 ha | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 194,251 ha | +3.0% |
| 1974 | 195,061 ha | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 198,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 206,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 202,000 ha | -1.9% |
| 1978 | 209,778 ha | +3.9% |
| 1979 | 214,201 ha | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 213,000 ha | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 210,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 204,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1983 | 199,000 ha | -2.5% |
| 1984 | 199,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 205,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 204,523 ha | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 203,000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 197,500 ha | -2.7% |
| 1989 | 197,000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 194,000 ha | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 196,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 197,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 197,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 195,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 196,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 199,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 196,000 ha | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 189,000 ha | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 183,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 173,000 ha | -5.5% |
| 2001 | 177,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 169,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 162,000 ha | -4.1% |
| 2004 | 154,000 ha | -4.9% |
| 2005 | 148,000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2006 | 131,000 ha | -11.5% |
| 2007 | 125,000 ha | -4.6% |
| 2008 | 119,654 ha | -4.3% |
| 2009 | 114,000 ha | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 118,493 ha | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 112,715 ha | -4.9% |
| 2012 | 120,081 ha | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 117,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 116,300 ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 90,000 ha | -22.6% |
| 2016 | 86,000 ha | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 111,000 ha | +29.1% |
| 2018 | 114,200 ha | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 108,000 ha | -5.4% |
| 2020 | 111,149 ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 90,788 ha | -18.3% |
| 2022 | 87,294 ha | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 99,031 ha | +13.4% |
| 2024 | 102,389 ha | +3.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar beet — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +29.1% | 86,000 ha | 111,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 178,677 ha | 170,000 ha | 186,962 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 198,382 ha | 186,557 ha | 214,201 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 203,202 ha | 197,000 ha | 213,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 194,200 ha | 183,000 ha | 199,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 147,265 ha | 114,000 ha | 177,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 109,379 ha | 86,000 ha | 120,081 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 98,130 ha | 87,294 ha | 111,149 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- 10 Czechoslovakia 169,531 ha compare
- 11 Yugoslav SFR 142,555 ha compare
- 12 Belarus 106,000 ha compare
- 14 Belgium-Luxembourg 101,191 ha compare
- 15 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 84,480 ha compare
- 16 Czechia 65,910 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar beet — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Sugar beet — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 102,389 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 214,201 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 86,000 ha in 2016.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for sugar beet — area harvested?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 13th out of 68 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — area harvested rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.