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...
What the numbers show
Sugar cane — Area harvested is currently reported for 116 countries. The highest value is 10.05 million ha in Brazil; the lowest is 0 ha in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 22,758 ha, and the mean is 246,341 ha.
Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (up 400.0%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 100.0%).
Sugar cane — Area harvested: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 4 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 209,210 ha | 2024 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 5 | China, mainland | 1.26 million ha | 2024 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 174,816 ha | 2024 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Pakistan | 1.19 million ha | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 7 | Mexico | 784,348 ha | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 7 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 99,524 ha | 2024 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Indonesia | 524,886 ha | 2024 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 71,637 ha | 2024 | up 58.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Argentina | 432,814 ha | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 9 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 53,542 ha | 2024 | down 48.0% | rising |
| 10 | Philippines | 404,914 ha | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 10 | United Republic of Tanzania | 48,196 ha | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 11 | Colombia | 357,070 ha | 2024 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 11 | Melanesia | 47,271 ha | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 12 | Australia | 340,590 ha | 2024 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 12 | Australia and New Zealand | 340,590 ha | 2024 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 12 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 33,300 ha | 2024 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Caribbean | 415,713 ha | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 13 | Polynesia | 41 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 14 | Cuba | 270,361 ha | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 14 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 ha | 2001 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 15 | South Africa | 242,267 ha | 2024 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 16 | Guatemala | 218,690 ha | 2024 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Myanmar | 178,646 ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Kenya | 134,900 ha | 2024 | up 86.9% | rising |
| 19 | Egypt | 124,299 ha | 2024 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 20 | Peru | 118,456 ha | 2024 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 20 | Côte d'Ivoire | 26,622 ha | 2024 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Dominican Republic | 110,649 ha | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 21 | Cabo Verde | 3,114 ha | 2024 | up 140.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Paraguay | 110,000 ha | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 23 | Madagascar | 100,974 ha | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 24 | Nigeria | 88,518 ha | 2024 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Uganda | 87,249 ha | 2024 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | 79,728 ha | 2024 | up 84.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Ecuador | 76,356 ha | 2024 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 28 | El Salvador | 76,307 ha | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 29 | Nicaragua | 73,028 ha | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 30 | Honduras | 73,009 ha | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 31 | Bangladesh | 67,723 ha | 2024 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 32 | Sudan | 62,527 ha | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 33 | Sudan (former) | 60,480 ha | 2011 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Eswatini | 60,000 ha | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 58,301 ha | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 36 | Nepal | 55,440 ha | 2024 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Zambia | 47,200 ha | 2024 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Belize | 41,600 ha | 2024 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 39 | Fiji | 35,000 ha | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 40 | Mauritius | 34,759 ha | 2024 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 41 | Angola | 32,772 ha | 2024 | up 161.9% | rising |
| 42 | Mozambique | 32,150 ha | 2024 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 43 | Panama | 30,500 ha | 2024 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 44 | Malawi | 27,584 ha | 2024 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Liberia | 27,491 ha | 2024 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Réunion | 25,569 ha | 2006 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 47 | Ethiopia | 23,419 ha | 2024 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 48 | Haiti | 23,189 ha | 2024 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Japan | 22,328 ha | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 50 | Sri Lanka | 18,842 ha | 2024 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 51 | Cambodia | 18,387 ha | 2024 | down 61.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Central African Republic | 18,259 ha | 2024 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 53 | Congo | 18,186 ha | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 54 | Trinidad and Tobago | 15,000 ha | 2007 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 54 | Ethiopia PDR | 15,000 ha | 1992 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 56 | Cameroon | 14,139 ha | 2024 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Guadeloupe | 12,600 ha | 2006 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 58 | Papua New Guinea | 12,226 ha | 2024 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Senegal | 11,469 ha | 2024 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Niger | 11,303 ha | 2024 | up 106.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Mali | 8,060 ha | 2024 | up 65.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Uruguay | 7,590 ha | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 63 | Rwanda | 7,279 ha | 2024 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 64 | China, Taiwan Province of | 7,122 ha | 2024 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Jamaica | 7,000 ha | 2024 | down 76.4% | falling |
| 66 | Morocco | 6,453 ha | 2024 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Ghana | 6,450 ha | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 68 | Guyana | 6,139 ha | 2024 | down 88.0% | falling |
| 69 | Somalia | 6,088 ha | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 70 | Guinea | 5,980 ha | 2024 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Burkina Faso | 5,090 ha | 2024 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Gabon | 4,268 ha | 2024 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Martinique | 3,500 ha | 2006 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Chad | 3,360 ha | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 75 | Bahamas | 2,564 ha | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 76 | Benin | 2,389 ha | 2024 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Suriname | 2,250 ha | 2024 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 78 | Puerto Rico | 2,000 ha | 2002 | down 85.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Afghanistan | 1,947 ha | 2024 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 80 | Burundi | 1,868 ha | 2024 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Barbados | 1,580 ha | 2024 | down 58.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Sierra Leone | 1,193 ha | 2024 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,000 ha | 1990 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Malaysia | 935 ha | 2024 | up 294.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Oman | 302 ha | 2024 | up 88.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Guinea-Bissau | 262 ha | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 87 | Dominica | 252 ha | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 88 | French Guiana | 170 ha | 2006 | up 142.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Grenada | 117 ha | 2024 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Portugal | 62 ha | 2017 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 91 | French Polynesia | 40 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 92 | Spain | 19 ha | 2017 | up 90.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Bhutan | 6 ha | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Brunei Darussalam | 3 ha | 2024 | — | falling |
| 95 | Djibouti | 1 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Samoa | 1 ha | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 97 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 ha | 1992 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Iraq | 0 ha | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 ha | 2006 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 97 | Lebanon | 0 ha | 2007 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Saint Lucia | 0 ha | 1966 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Singapore | 0 ha | 1992 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Yemen | 0 ha | 1997 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 26.74 million ha
- Asia 11.30 million ha
- Americas 13.57 million ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.02 million ha
- South America 11.42 million ha
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 551,150 ha
- Southern Asia 7.18 million ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 3.34 million ha
- South-Eastern Asia 2.83 million ha
- Middle Africa 162,621 ha
- Africa 1.49 million ha
- Central America 1.36 million ha
- Eastern Asia 1.29 million ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 965,862 ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 790,303 ha
- Eastern Africa 631,396 ha
- Oceania 387,902 ha
- Northern America 375,390 ha
- United States of America 375,390 ha
- Southern Africa 302,267 ha
- Western Africa 197,942 ha
- Northern Africa 193,279 ha
- Western Asia 302 ha
- European Union (27) 81 ha
- Europe 81 ha
- Southern Europe 81 ha
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.