Sugar cane — Area harvested in Eswatini
Eswatini: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 60,000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 60,000 ha for sugar cane — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Eswatini peaked at 60,000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5,452 ha, in 1961.
That places Eswatini 34th 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 Eswatini, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,452 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,908 ha | +8.4% |
| 1963 | 12,596 ha | +113.2% |
| 1964 | 11,000 ha | -12.7% |
| 1965 | 14,164 ha | +28.8% |
| 1966 | 10,926 ha | -22.9% |
| 1967 | 11,655 ha | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 12,950 ha | +11.1% |
| 1969 | 13,829 ha | +6.8% |
| 1970 | 14,398 ha | +4.1% |
| 1971 | 13,864 ha | -3.7% |
| 1972 | 13,558 ha | -2.2% |
| 1973 | 14,982 ha | +10.5% |
| 1974 | 16,278 ha | +8.7% |
| 1975 | 16,579 ha | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 18,314 ha | +10.5% |
| 1977 | 19,570 ha | +6.9% |
| 1978 | 20,632 ha | +5.4% |
| 1979 | 21,920 ha | +6.2% |
| 1980 | 25,829 ha | +17.8% |
| 1981 | 30,819 ha | +19.3% |
| 1982 | 34,949 ha | +13.4% |
| 1983 | 34,336 ha | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 33,566 ha | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 34,938 ha | +4.1% |
| 1986 | 35,247 ha | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 35,555 ha | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 35,910 ha | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 36,244 ha | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 36,503 ha | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 40,000 ha | +9.6% |
| 1992 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 37,867 ha | -5.3% |
| 1996 | 39,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 38,725 ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 38,494 ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 40,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 36,500 ha | -8.8% |
| 2001 | 41,000 ha | +12.3% |
| 2002 | 46,500 ha | +13.4% |
| 2003 | 48,307 ha | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 49,932 ha | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 50,932 ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 52,196 ha | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 52,233 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 52,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 52,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 52,937 ha | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 54,497 ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 55,395 ha | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 56,247 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 56,123 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 56,900 ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 57,349 ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 57,896 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 58,666 ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 59,080 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 58,523 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 56,936 ha | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 57,393 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 60,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 60,000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32,772 ha, 1.8× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 60,000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 18,222 ha, 3.3× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — Area harvested in Eswatini 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +113.2% | 5,908 ha | 12,596 ha |
| 1965 | +28.8% | 11,000 ha | 14,164 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,942 ha | 5,452 ha | 14,164 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,010 ha | 13,558 ha | 21,920 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,739 ha | 25,829 ha | 36,244 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 39,059 ha | 36,503 ha | 40,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 48,160 ha | 36,500 ha | 52,233 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 56,509 ha | 52,937 ha | 59,080 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 58,570 ha | 56,936 ha | 60,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
- 31 Bangladesh 67,723 ha compare
- 32 Sudan 62,527 ha compare
- 33 Sudan (former) 60,480 ha compare
- 35 Costa Rica 58,301 ha compare
- 36 Nepal 55,440 ha compare
- 37 Zambia 47,200 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — area harvested in Eswatini?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Eswatini was 60,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 60,000 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,452 ha in 1961.
- How does Eswatini rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Eswatini ranks 34th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.