Sugar cane — Area harvested in Grenada
Grenada: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 117 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Grenada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar cane — area harvested in Grenada stood at 117 ha.
The figure is down 39.7% on the previous year and down 27.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Grenada peaked at 490 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 74 ha, in 2020.
That places Grenada 89th out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Grenada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 400 ha | +33.3% |
| 1963 | 430 ha | +7.5% |
| 1964 | 450 ha | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 429 ha | -4.7% |
| 1966 | 445 ha | +3.7% |
| 1967 | 490 ha | +10.1% |
| 1968 | 445 ha | -9.2% |
| 1969 | 422 ha | -5.2% |
| 1970 | 345 ha | -18.2% |
| 1971 | 269 ha | -22.0% |
| 1972 | 243 ha | -9.7% |
| 1973 | 122 ha | -49.8% |
| 1974 | 100 ha | -18.0% |
| 1975 | 264 ha | +164.0% |
| 1976 | 324 ha | +22.7% |
| 1977 | 365 ha | +12.7% |
| 1978 | 405 ha | +11.0% |
| 1979 | 406 ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 330 ha | -18.7% |
| 1981 | 242 ha | -26.7% |
| 1982 | 180 ha | -25.6% |
| 1983 | 158 ha | -12.2% |
| 1984 | 140 ha | -11.4% |
| 1985 | 130 ha | -7.1% |
| 1986 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 140 ha | +7.7% |
| 1998 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 150 ha | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 160 ha | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 162 ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 163 ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 164 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 146 ha | -11.0% |
| 2018 | 131 ha | -10.3% |
| 2019 | 109 ha | -16.8% |
| 2020 | 74 ha | -32.1% |
| 2021 | 126 ha | +70.3% |
| 2022 | 141 ha | +11.9% |
| 2023 | 194 ha | +37.6% |
| 2024 | 117 ha | -39.7% |
Grenada compared with similar countries
- Grenada's 117 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 76,332 ha, 0% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Grenada's 117 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 30,500 ha, 0% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — Area harvested in Grenada 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +164.0% | 100 ha | 264 ha |
| 2021 | +70.3% | 74 ha | 126 ha |
| 1973 | -49.8% | 243 ha | 122 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 423.44 ha | 300 ha | 490 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 284.3 ha | 100 ha | 406 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 170 ha | 130 ha | 330 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 134 ha | 130 ha | 150 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 154 ha | 150 ha | 160 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 151.5 ha | 109 ha | 164 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 130.4 ha | 74 ha | 194 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Grenada
- 86 Guinea-Bissau 262 ha compare
- 87 Dominica 252 ha compare
- 88 French Guiana 170 ha compare
- 90 Portugal 62 ha compare
- 91 French Polynesia 40 ha compare
- 92 Spain 19 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Grenada
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.9004 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0254 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 307.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0888 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6333 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — area harvested in Grenada?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Grenada was 117 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Grenada?
- The highest recorded value was 490 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Grenada?
- The lowest recorded value was 74 ha in 2020.
- How does Grenada rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Grenada ranks 89th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Grenada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Grenada 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.