Sugar cane — Area harvested in Argentina
Argentina: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 432,814 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Argentina recorded 432,814 ha for sugar cane — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 7.4% on the previous year and up 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Argentina peaked at 467,330 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 185,200 ha, in 1968.
That places Argentina 9th out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Argentina, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 222,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 207,400 ha | -6.9% |
| 1963 | 223,900 ha | +8.0% |
| 1964 | 231,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 249,800 ha | +8.1% |
| 1966 | 242,300 ha | -3.0% |
| 1967 | 191,200 ha | -21.1% |
| 1968 | 185,200 ha | -3.1% |
| 1969 | 195,200 ha | +5.4% |
| 1970 | 191,900 ha | -1.7% |
| 1971 | 211,400 ha | +10.2% |
| 1972 | 242,840 ha | +14.9% |
| 1973 | 271,800 ha | +11.9% |
| 1974 | 298,300 ha | +9.7% |
| 1975 | 293,200 ha | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 339,200 ha | +15.7% |
| 1977 | 350,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 343,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1979 | 340,200 ha | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 314,100 ha | -7.7% |
| 1981 | 319,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 308,500 ha | -3.5% |
| 1983 | 313,400 ha | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 317,600 ha | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 287,600 ha | -9.4% |
| 1986 | 296,250 ha | +3.0% |
| 1987 | 290,200 ha | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 296,700 ha | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 229,300 ha | -22.7% |
| 1990 | 255,649 ha | +11.5% |
| 1991 | 292,192 ha | +14.3% |
| 1992 | 254,626 ha | -12.9% |
| 1993 | 225,910 ha | -11.3% |
| 1994 | 238,973 ha | +5.8% |
| 1995 | 294,941 ha | +23.4% |
| 1996 | 296,666 ha | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 298,895 ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 305,647 ha | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 275,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 2000 | 280,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 292,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 294,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 295,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 281,886 ha | -4.4% |
| 2005 | 284,639 ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 315,000 ha | +10.7% |
| 2007 | 320,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 360,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 2009 | 345,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 275,315 ha | -20.2% |
| 2011 | 305,225 ha | +10.9% |
| 2012 | 360,000 ha | +17.9% |
| 2013 | 370,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 376,318 ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 385,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 384,129 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 381,816 ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 396,737 ha | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 416,018 ha | +4.9% |
| 2020 | 427,845 ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 444,943 ha | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 457,599 ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 467,330 ha | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 432,814 ha | -7.4% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 432,814 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 76,332 ha, 5.7× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 432,814 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 30,500 ha, 14.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 216,522 ha | 185,200 ha | 249,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 288,184 ha | 191,900 ha | 350,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 297,345 ha | 229,300 ha | 319,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 273,850 ha | 225,910 ha | 305,647 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 306,752 ha | 280,000 ha | 360,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 365,056 ha | 275,315 ha | 416,018 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 446,106 ha | 427,845 ha | 467,330 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
- 6 Pakistan 1.19 million ha compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 99,524 ha compare
- 7 Mexico 784,348 ha compare
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 71,637 ha compare
- 8 Indonesia 524,886 ha compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 53,542 ha compare
- 10 Philippines 404,914 ha compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 48,196 ha compare
- 11 Colombia 357,070 ha compare
- 11 Melanesia 47,271 ha compare
- 12 Australia 340,590 ha compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 33,300 ha compare
- 12 Australia and New Zealand 340,590 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0765 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — area harvested in Argentina?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Argentina was 432,814 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 467,330 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 185,200 ha in 1968.
- How does Argentina rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Argentina ranks 9th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina 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.