Sugar cane — Area harvested by country

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...

Countries reporting
113
Highest
10.05 million ha
Brazil
Lowest
0 ha
Syrian Arab Republic
Median
22,328 ha
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
8,401

What the numbers show

Sugar cane — Area harvested is currently reported for 113 countries. The highest value is 10.05 million ha in Brazil; the lowest is 0 ha in Syrian Arab Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 22,328 ha, and the mean is 250,349 ha.

Over the past decade 49 countries rose and 58 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (up 400.0%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).

Sugar cane — Area harvested: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 10.05 million ha 2024 down 3.5% volatile
2 India 5.74 million ha 2024 up 15.0% rising
3 Thailand 1.49 million ha 2024 up 10.2% volatile
4 China 1.27 million ha 2024 down 28.2% rising
5 China, mainland 1.26 million ha 2024 down 28.3% rising
6 Pakistan 1.19 million ha 2024 up 4.6% rising
7 Mexico 784,348 ha 2024 up 3.0% rising
8 Indonesia 524,886 ha 2024 up 11.0% volatile
9 Argentina 432,814 ha 2024 up 15.0% rising
10 Caribbean 415,713 ha 2024 down 27.3% falling
11 Philippines 404,914 ha 2024 down 6.3% rising
12 Colombia 357,070 ha 2024 down 11.0% rising
13 Australia 340,590 ha 2024 down 9.2% rising
13 Australia and New Zealand 340,590 ha 2024 down 9.2% rising
15 Cuba 270,361 ha 2024 down 33.3% falling
16 Guatemala 218,690 ha 2024 down 17.7% volatile
17 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 209,210 ha 2024 up 40.6% volatile
18 Myanmar 178,646 ha 2024 up 0.1% volatile
19 Viet Nam 174,816 ha 2024 down 42.7% volatile
20 Kenya 134,900 ha 2024 up 86.9% rising
21 Egypt 124,299 ha 2024 down 10.9% rising
22 Peru 118,456 ha 2024 down 8.2% rising
23 Dominican Republic 110,649 ha 2024 up 4.3% falling
24 Paraguay 110,000 ha 2024 down 6.8% rising
25 Madagascar 100,974 ha 2024 up 8.4% rising
26 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 99,524 ha 2024 up 11.7% volatile
27 Nigeria 88,518 ha 2024 up 8.1% volatile
28 Uganda 87,249 ha 2024 up 29.9% volatile
29 Zimbabwe 79,728 ha 2024 up 84.9% volatile
30 Ecuador 76,356 ha 2024 down 21.2% rising
31 El Salvador 76,307 ha 2024 down 4.4% rising
32 Nicaragua 73,028 ha 2023 up 7.6% rising
33 Honduras 73,009 ha 2024 up 14.4% rising
34 Democratic Republic of the Congo 71,637 ha 2024 up 58.0% volatile
35 Bangladesh 67,723 ha 2024 down 36.8% falling
36 Sudan 62,527 ha 2024 down 10.5% falling
37 Sudan (former) 60,480 ha 2011 down 5.3% volatile
38 Eswatini 60,000 ha 2024 up 6.9% rising
39 Costa Rica 58,301 ha 2024 down 7.8% rising
40 Nepal 55,440 ha 2024 down 15.6% volatile
41 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 53,542 ha 2024 down 48.0% rising
42 United Republic of Tanzania 48,196 ha 2024 down 3.4% rising
43 Melanesia 47,271 ha 2024 down 2.4% rising
44 Zambia 47,200 ha 2024 up 6.1% volatile
45 Belize 41,600 ha 2024 up 53.4% rising
46 Fiji 35,000 ha 2024 down 7.9% falling
47 Mauritius 34,759 ha 2024 down 31.4% falling
48 Lao People's Democratic Republic 33,300 ha 2024 down 2.3% volatile
49 Angola 32,772 ha 2024 up 161.9% rising
50 Mozambique 32,150 ha 2024 down 30.6% falling
51 Panama 30,500 ha 2024 down 20.4% rising
52 Malawi 27,584 ha 2024 down 8.9% volatile
53 Liberia 27,491 ha 2024 up 5.4% volatile
54 Côte d'Ivoire 26,622 ha 2024 up 4.1% volatile
55 Ethiopia 23,419 ha 2024 down 22.1% rising
56 Haiti 23,189 ha 2024 down 4.5% volatile
57 Japan 22,328 ha 2024 down 2.5% falling
58 Sri Lanka 18,842 ha 2024 down 9.6% rising
59 Cambodia 18,387 ha 2024 down 61.2% volatile
60 Congo 18,186 ha 2024 up 2.2% rising
61 Trinidad and Tobago 15,000 ha 2007 down 33.5% falling
61 Ethiopia PDR 15,000 ha 1992 up 5.6% rising
63 Cameroon 14,139 ha 2024 down 53.7% volatile
64 Guadeloupe 12,600 ha 2006 up 2.9% falling
65 Papua New Guinea 12,226 ha 2024 up 17.4% volatile
66 Senegal 11,469 ha 2024 up 31.8% volatile
67 Niger 11,303 ha 2024 up 106.0% volatile
68 Mali 8,060 ha 2024 up 65.0% volatile
69 Uruguay 7,590 ha 2024 down 2.7% flat
70 Rwanda 7,279 ha 2024 up 18.0% volatile
71 China, Taiwan Province of 7,122 ha 2024 down 10.3% volatile
72 Jamaica 7,000 ha 2024 down 76.4% falling
73 Morocco 6,453 ha 2024 down 18.4% volatile
74 Ghana 6,450 ha 2024 up 7.5% rising
75 Guyana 6,139 ha 2024 down 88.0% falling
76 Somalia 6,088 ha 2024 down 6.4% rising
77 Guinea 5,980 ha 2024 up 6.9% volatile
78 Burkina Faso 5,090 ha 2024 up 9.8% volatile
79 Gabon 4,268 ha 2024 down 7.1% volatile
80 Martinique 3,500 ha 2006 up 21.5% volatile
81 Chad 3,360 ha 2024 up 6.7% rising
82 Cabo Verde 3,114 ha 2024 up 140.5% volatile
83 Bahamas 2,564 ha 2024 up 7.6% rising
84 Benin 2,389 ha 2024 up 10.9% volatile
85 Suriname 2,250 ha 2024 down 25.0% rising
86 Puerto Rico 2,000 ha 2002 down 85.9% volatile
87 Afghanistan 1,947 ha 2024 down 39.3% falling
88 Burundi 1,868 ha 2024 down 37.7% volatile
89 Barbados 1,580 ha 2024 down 58.7% volatile
90 Sierra Leone 1,193 ha 2024 up 7.0% volatile
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,000 ha 1990 up 400.0% volatile
92 Malaysia 935 ha 2024 up 294.5% volatile
93 Oman 302 ha 2024 up 88.8% volatile
94 Guinea-Bissau 262 ha 2024 up 7.8% rising
95 Dominica 252 ha 2024 up 5.0% rising
96 French Guiana 170 ha 2006 up 142.9% volatile
97 Grenada 117 ha 2024 down 27.8% volatile
98 Portugal 62 ha 2017 up 3.3% volatile
99 Polynesia 41 ha 2024 unchanged rising
100 French Polynesia 40 ha 2024 unchanged rising
101 Spain 19 ha 2017 up 90.0% volatile
102 Bhutan 6 ha 2024 down 14.3% volatile
103 Brunei Darussalam 3 ha 2024 falling
104 Djibouti 1 ha 2024 unchanged flat
104 Samoa 1 ha 2024 unchanged flat
106 Antigua and Barbuda 0 ha 1992 down 100.0% volatile
106 Iraq 0 ha 2021 down 100.0% volatile
106 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 ha 2006 down 100.0% falling
106 Lebanon 0 ha 2007 down 100.0% volatile
106 Saint Lucia 0 ha 1966 down 100.0% volatile
106 Singapore 0 ha 1992 down 100.0% volatile
106 Yemen 0 ha 1997 volatile
106 Syrian Arab Republic 0 ha 2001 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Sugar cane — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
142 places, 8,401 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.