Sugar cane — Area harvested in Guyana
Guyana: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 6,139 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Guyana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar cane — area harvested in Guyana stood at 6,139 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 50.6% on the previous year and down 88.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Guyana peaked at 67,217 ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 6,139 ha, in 2024.
That places Guyana 68th 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 Guyana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 43,641 ha | — |
| 1962 | 40,563 ha | -7.1% |
| 1963 | 39,260 ha | -3.2% |
| 1964 | 38,519 ha | -1.9% |
| 1965 | 43,343 ha | +12.5% |
| 1966 | 41,994 ha | -3.1% |
| 1967 | 46,659 ha | +11.1% |
| 1968 | 43,482 ha | -6.8% |
| 1969 | 51,002 ha | +17.3% |
| 1970 | 43,374 ha | -15.0% |
| 1971 | 55,736 ha | +28.5% |
| 1972 | 52,778 ha | -5.3% |
| 1973 | 45,324 ha | -14.1% |
| 1974 | 55,846 ha | +23.2% |
| 1975 | 41,132 ha | -26.3% |
| 1976 | 54,211 ha | +31.8% |
| 1977 | 50,510 ha | -6.8% |
| 1978 | 58,436 ha | +15.7% |
| 1979 | 55,765 ha | -4.6% |
| 1980 | 49,371 ha | -11.5% |
| 1981 | 67,217 ha | +36.1% |
| 1982 | 64,749 ha | -3.7% |
| 1983 | 46,141 ha | -28.7% |
| 1984 | 47,766 ha | +3.5% |
| 1985 | 38,602 ha | -19.2% |
| 1986 | 47,000 ha | +21.8% |
| 1987 | 44,000 ha | -6.4% |
| 1988 | 43,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 37,000 ha | -14.0% |
| 1990 | 40,000 ha | +8.1% |
| 1991 | 42,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 42,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 42,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 44,494 ha | +5.9% |
| 1995 | 41,840 ha | -6.0% |
| 1996 | 45,617 ha | +9.0% |
| 1997 | 46,396 ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 44,265 ha | -4.6% |
| 1999 | 44,700 ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 44,200 ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 44,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 41,600 ha | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 42,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 50,400 ha | +20.0% |
| 2005 | 46,800 ha | -7.1% |
| 2006 | 42,400 ha | -9.4% |
| 2007 | 39,700 ha | -6.4% |
| 2008 | 49,100 ha | +23.7% |
| 2009 | 48,300 ha | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 41,648 ha | -13.8% |
| 2011 | 51,068 ha | +22.6% |
| 2012 | 49,002 ha | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 45,963 ha | -6.2% |
| 2014 | 50,965 ha | +10.9% |
| 2015 | 48,583 ha | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 44,273 ha | -8.9% |
| 2017 | 37,939 ha | -14.3% |
| 2018 | 20,704 ha | -45.4% |
| 2019 | 17,763 ha | -14.2% |
| 2020 | 18,818 ha | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 15,228 ha | -19.1% |
| 2022 | 15,686 ha | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 12,422 ha | -20.8% |
| 2024 | 6,139 ha | -50.6% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 6,139 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,000 ha, 3.1× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Guyana's 6,139 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 30,500 ha, 20% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43,163 ha | 38,519 ha | 51,002 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 51,311 ha | 41,132 ha | 58,436 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 48,485 ha | 37,000 ha | 67,217 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 43,331 ha | 40,000 ha | 46,396 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 44,870 ha | 39,700 ha | 50,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 40,791 ha | 17,763 ha | 51,068 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,659 ha | 6,139 ha | 18,818 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Guyana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0773 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 2,507 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5708 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7351 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — area harvested in Guyana?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Guyana was 6,139 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 67,217 ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,139 ha in 2024.
- How does Guyana rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Guyana ranks 68th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 88.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guyana 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.