Sugar cane — Area harvested in China
China: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 1.27 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Area harvested in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar cane — area harvested in China stood at 1.27 million ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 28.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in China peaked at 1.82 million ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 251,600 ha, in 1962.
China ranks 4th of 103 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 292,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 251,600 ha | -14.0% |
| 1963 | 282,482 ha | +12.3% |
| 1964 | 405,183 ha | +43.4% |
| 1965 | 465,028 ha | +14.8% |
| 1966 | 454,924 ha | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 436,252 ha | -4.1% |
| 1968 | 420,948 ha | -3.5% |
| 1969 | 425,281 ha | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 477,562 ha | +12.3% |
| 1971 | 519,303 ha | +8.7% |
| 1972 | 571,415 ha | +10.0% |
| 1973 | 607,026 ha | +6.2% |
| 1974 | 596,800 ha | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 626,199 ha | +4.9% |
| 1976 | 653,700 ha | +4.4% |
| 1977 | 629,872 ha | -3.6% |
| 1978 | 659,122 ha | +4.6% |
| 1979 | 622,365 ha | -5.6% |
| 1980 | 591,314 ha | -5.0% |
| 1981 | 658,066 ha | +11.3% |
| 1982 | 758,582 ha | +15.3% |
| 1983 | 748,816 ha | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 814,854 ha | +8.8% |
| 1985 | 1.05 million ha | +29.2% |
| 1986 | 1.02 million ha | -3.3% |
| 1987 | 925,264 ha | -9.1% |
| 1988 | 998,000 ha | +7.9% |
| 1989 | 1.03 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 1.08 million ha | +4.6% |
| 1991 | 1.23 million ha | +13.9% |
| 1992 | 1.31 million ha | +6.7% |
| 1993 | 1.15 million ha | -12.0% |
| 1994 | 1.12 million ha | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 1.19 million ha | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 1.26 million ha | +6.4% |
| 1997 | 1.36 million ha | +7.9% |
| 1998 | 1.45 million ha | +6.4% |
| 1999 | 1.35 million ha | -7.1% |
| 2000 | 1.22 million ha | -9.1% |
| 2001 | 1.28 million ha | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 1.42 million ha | +10.9% |
| 2003 | 1.43 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 1.39 million ha | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 1.37 million ha | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 1.39 million ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 1.60 million ha | +14.9% |
| 2008 | 1.75 million ha | +9.9% |
| 2009 | 1.71 million ha | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 1.70 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 1.73 million ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 1.80 million ha | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 1.82 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 1.77 million ha | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 1.49 million ha | -16.0% |
| 2016 | 1.41 million ha | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 1.38 million ha | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 1.41 million ha | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 1.40 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 1.36 million ha | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 1.32 million ha | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 1.30 million ha | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 1.27 million ha | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 1.27 million ha | -0.2% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 1.27 million ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 76,332 ha, 16.6× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- China's 1.27 million ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 28,664 ha, 44.3× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — Area harvested in China 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +43.4% | 282,482 ha | 405,183 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 381,589 ha | 251,600 ha | 465,028 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 596,336 ha | 477,562 ha | 659,122 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 859,500 ha | 591,314 ha | 1.05 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.25 million ha | 1.08 million ha | 1.45 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.46 million ha | 1.22 million ha | 1.75 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.59 million ha | 1.38 million ha | 1.82 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.30 million ha | 1.27 million ha | 1.36 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 1 Brazil 10.05 million ha compare
- 2 India 5.74 million ha compare
- 3 Thailand 1.49 million ha compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 209,210 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 1.26 million ha compare
- 5 Viet Nam 174,816 ha compare
- 6 Pakistan 1.19 million ha compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 99,524 ha compare
- 7 Mexico 784,348 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — area harvested in China?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in China was 1.27 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 1.82 million ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 251,600 ha in 1962.
- How does China rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- China ranks 4th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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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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.