Sugar cane — Area harvested in Fiji
Fiji: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 35,000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Fiji, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar cane — area harvested in Fiji is 35,000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 13.5% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Fiji peaked at 74,388 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 30,848 ha, in 2023.
That places Fiji 39th out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Fiji, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 35,490 ha | — |
| 1962 | 35,490 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 35,602 ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 41,606 ha | +16.9% |
| 1965 | 42,734 ha | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 43,332 ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 44,515 ha | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 46,351 ha | +4.1% |
| 1969 | 47,064 ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 46,135 ha | -2.0% |
| 1971 | 47,350 ha | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 43,710 ha | -7.7% |
| 1973 | 45,325 ha | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 44,921 ha | -0.9% |
| 1975 | 44,921 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 46,970 ha | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 52,000 ha | +10.7% |
| 1978 | 54,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1979 | 62,000 ha | +14.8% |
| 1980 | 66,000 ha | +6.5% |
| 1981 | 66,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 69,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1983 | 59,000 ha | -14.5% |
| 1984 | 69,000 ha | +16.9% |
| 1985 | 71,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 69,000 ha | -2.8% |
| 1987 | 71,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 64,000 ha | -9.9% |
| 1989 | 64,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 70,000 ha | +9.4% |
| 1991 | 72,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 73,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 73,890 ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 74,388 ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 73,921 ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 73,980 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 73,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 57,000 ha | -21.9% |
| 1999 | 65,000 ha | +14.0% |
| 2000 | 63,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2001 | 66,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 65,000 ha | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 61,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 2004 | 61,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 58,000 ha | -4.9% |
| 2006 | 58,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 54,000 ha | -6.9% |
| 2008 | 51,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 49,000 ha | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 45,000 ha | -8.2% |
| 2011 | 46,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 42,000 ha | -8.7% |
| 2013 | 38,000 ha | -9.5% |
| 2014 | 38,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 41,000 ha | +7.9% |
| 2016 | 39,000 ha | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 38,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 37,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 38,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 38,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 34,000 ha | -10.5% |
| 2022 | 39,976 ha | +17.6% |
| 2023 | 30,848 ha | -22.8% |
| 2024 | 35,000 ha | +13.5% |
Fiji compared with similar countries
- Fiji's 35,000 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 76,332 ha, 46% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Fiji's 35,000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 28,664 ha, 1.2× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 41,354 ha | 35,490 ha | 47,064 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 48,733 ha | 43,710 ha | 62,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 66,800 ha | 59,000 ha | 71,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 70,618 ha | 57,000 ha | 74,388 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 58,600 ha | 49,000 ha | 66,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 40,200 ha | 37,000 ha | 46,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 35,565 ha | 30,848 ha | 39,976 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Fiji
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1405 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 932.92 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6777 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4046 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — area harvested in Fiji?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Fiji was 35,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 74,388 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,848 ha in 2023.
- How does Fiji rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Fiji ranks 39th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Fiji 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.