Sugar cane — Area harvested in Cambodia
Cambodia: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 18,387 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Cambodia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar cane — area harvested in Cambodia stood at 18,387 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 61.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Cambodia peaked at 47,400 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 1980.
That places Cambodia 51st out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Cambodia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,815 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1963 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 4,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 4,300 ha | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 5,000 ha | +16.3% |
| 1968 | 6,300 ha | +26.0% |
| 1969 | 5,700 ha | -9.5% |
| 1970 | 7,400 ha | +29.8% |
| 1971 | 3,700 ha | -50.0% |
| 1972 | 4,400 ha | +18.9% |
| 1973 | 3,900 ha | -11.4% |
| 1974 | 3,800 ha | -2.6% |
| 1975 | 4,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1976 | 3,900 ha | -2.5% |
| 1977 | 3,500 ha | -10.3% |
| 1978 | 3,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1979 | 2,200 ha | -26.7% |
| 1980 | 2,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1981 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 8,000 ha | +300.0% |
| 1983 | 9,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1984 | 7,000 ha | -22.2% |
| 1985 | 8,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1986 | 7,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1987 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 6,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1991 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 6,473 ha | +7.9% |
| 1994 | 7,000 ha | +8.1% |
| 1995 | 7,420 ha | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 7,022 ha | -5.4% |
| 1997 | 8,035 ha | +14.4% |
| 1998 | 6,933 ha | -13.7% |
| 1999 | 8,374 ha | +20.8% |
| 2000 | 7,480 ha | -10.7% |
| 2001 | 7,727 ha | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 9,395 ha | +21.6% |
| 2003 | 8,482 ha | -9.7% |
| 2004 | 6,739 ha | -20.5% |
| 2005 | 5,992 ha | -11.1% |
| 2006 | 8,296 ha | +38.5% |
| 2007 | 10,458 ha | +26.1% |
| 2008 | 13,297 ha | +27.1% |
| 2009 | 13,533 ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 17,072 ha | +26.2% |
| 2011 | 22,069 ha | +29.3% |
| 2012 | 27,859 ha | +26.2% |
| 2013 | 34,100 ha | +22.4% |
| 2014 | 47,400 ha | +39.0% |
| 2015 | 19,200 ha | -59.5% |
| 2016 | 17,500 ha | -8.9% |
| 2017 | 19,100 ha | +9.1% |
| 2018 | 20,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 17,000 ha | -15.0% |
| 2020 | 18,740 ha | +10.2% |
| 2021 | 18,580 ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 18,106 ha | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 18,475 ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 18,387 ha | -0.5% |
Cambodia compared with similar countries
- Cambodia's 18,387 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32,772 ha, 56% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Cambodia's 18,387 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 28,664 ha, 64% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — Area harvested in Cambodia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +300.0% | 2,000 ha | 8,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,591 ha | 3,815 ha | 6,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,980 ha | 2,200 ha | 7,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,400 ha | 2,000 ha | 9,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,926 ha | 6,000 ha | 8,374 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,140 ha | 5,992 ha | 13,533 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,130 ha | 17,000 ha | 47,400 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,458 ha | 18,106 ha | 18,740 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cambodia
- 48 Haiti 23,189 ha compare
- 49 Japan 22,328 ha compare
- 50 Sri Lanka 18,842 ha compare
- 52 Central African Republic 18,259 ha compare
- 53 Congo 18,186 ha compare
- 54 Ethiopia PDR 15,000 ha compare
- 54 Trinidad and Tobago 15,000 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cambodia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.49 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1611 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 462.77 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7882 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5889 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 3.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — area harvested in Cambodia?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Cambodia was 18,387 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 47,400 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1980.
- How does Cambodia rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Cambodia ranks 51st out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cambodia 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.