Sugar cane — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 340,590 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Australia recorded 340,590 ha for sugar cane — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 3.1% on the previous year and down 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Australia peaked at 453,470 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 156,521 ha, in 1961.
That places Australia 13th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 197,120 ha | 156,521 ha | 230,052 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 253,400 ha | 220,521 ha | 295,162 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 309,435 ha | 288,277 ha | 318,483 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 365,100 ha | 328,000 ha | 420,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 415,647 ha | 380,543 ha | 448,189 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 385,628 ha | 308,104 ha | 453,470 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 347,159 ha | 330,456 ha | 366,426 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 11 Philippines 404,914 ha compare
- 12 Colombia 357,070 ha compare
- 13 Australia and New Zealand 340,590 ha compare
- 15 Cuba 270,361 ha compare
- 16 Guatemala 218,690 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture share gdp 2.27 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.27 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 12.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 3.39 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 40.76 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 368,735 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — area harvested in Australia?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Australia was 340,590 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 453,470 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 156,521 ha in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 13th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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.