Sugar cane — Area harvested in Angola
Angola: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 32,772 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Angola, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar cane — area harvested in Angola is 32,772 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.2% on the previous year and up 161.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Angola peaked at 32,772 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7,000 ha, in 1993.
That places Angola 41st out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Angola, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1971 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1972 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 17,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1974 | 13,000 ha | -23.5% |
| 1975 | 10,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 1976 | 13,000 ha | +30.0% |
| 1977 | 12,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1978 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 10,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1981 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 8,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1983 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 9,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1986 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 8,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1990 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 9,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1992 | 8,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1993 | 7,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1994 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 9,000 ha | +28.6% |
| 1996 | 8,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1997 | 8,500 ha | +6.2% |
| 1998 | 9,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1999 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 9,400 ha | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 9,500 ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 9,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 9,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 9,100 ha | -4.2% |
| 2005 | 9,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 12,000 ha | +31.9% |
| 2007 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 2008 | 13,500 ha | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 13,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 13,500 ha | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 13,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 12,513 ha | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 11,228 ha | -10.3% |
| 2016 | 13,001 ha | +15.8% |
| 2017 | 14,798 ha | +13.8% |
| 2018 | 16,395 ha | +10.8% |
| 2019 | 19,331 ha | +17.9% |
| 2020 | 22,085 ha | +14.2% |
| 2021 | 25,404 ha | +15.0% |
| 2022 | 25,767 ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 30,003 ha | +16.4% |
| 2024 | 32,772 ha | +9.2% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 32,772 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32,772 ha, 1.0× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Angola's 32,772 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 18,222 ha, 1.8× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,000 ha | 14,000 ha | 14,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,600 ha | 10,000 ha | 17,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,800 ha | 8,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,250 ha | 7,000 ha | 9,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,760 ha | 9,100 ha | 13,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,977 ha | 11,228 ha | 19,331 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,206 ha | 22,085 ha | 32,772 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Angola
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 38.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2524 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 789.91 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2141 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2854 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — area harvested in Angola?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Angola was 32,772 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 32,772 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,000 ha in 1993.
- How does Angola rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Angola ranks 41st out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 161.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Angola data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar cane — 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.