Sugar cane — Area harvested in Indonesia
Indonesia: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 524,886 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Indonesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Indonesia recorded 524,886 ha for sugar cane — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Indonesia peaked at 524,886 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 66,000 ha, in 1963.
That places Indonesia 8th out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 80,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 75,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1963 | 66,000 ha | -12.0% |
| 1964 | 84,000 ha | +27.3% |
| 1965 | 86,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 66,800 ha | -22.3% |
| 1967 | 75,000 ha | +12.3% |
| 1968 | 66,800 ha | -10.9% |
| 1969 | 67,300 ha | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 69,600 ha | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 71,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 74,800 ha | +5.4% |
| 1973 | 85,500 ha | +14.3% |
| 1974 | 90,100 ha | +5.4% |
| 1975 | 105,000 ha | +16.5% |
| 1976 | 116,000 ha | +10.5% |
| 1977 | 125,000 ha | +7.8% |
| 1978 | 153,000 ha | +22.4% |
| 1979 | 179,000 ha | +17.0% |
| 1980 | 189,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1981 | 193,100 ha | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 255,000 ha | +32.1% |
| 1983 | 255,260 ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 231,422 ha | -9.3% |
| 1985 | 273,294 ha | +18.1% |
| 1986 | 302,972 ha | +10.9% |
| 1987 | 310,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 340,000 ha | +9.7% |
| 1989 | 339,925 ha | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 345,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 365,000 ha | +5.8% |
| 1992 | 394,543 ha | +8.1% |
| 1993 | 417,634 ha | +5.9% |
| 1994 | 418,200 ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 411,990 ha | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 430,361 ha | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 378,100 ha | -12.1% |
| 1998 | 405,400 ha | +7.2% |
| 1999 | 391,100 ha | -3.5% |
| 2000 | 365,962 ha | -6.4% |
| 2001 | 386,084 ha | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 350,723 ha | -9.2% |
| 2003 | 335,725 ha | -4.3% |
| 2004 | 344,793 ha | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 382,083 ha | +10.8% |
| 2006 | 396,441 ha | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 427,799 ha | +7.9% |
| 2008 | 436,505 ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 441,440 ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 436,600 ha | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 435,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 442,658 ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 470,941 ha | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 472,676 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 455,819 ha | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 447,350 ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 420,146 ha | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 415,663 ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 413,054 ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 418,996 ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 449,008 ha | +7.2% |
| 2022 | 524,804 ha | +16.9% |
| 2023 | 511,048 ha | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 524,886 ha | +2.7% |
Indonesia compared with similar countries
- Indonesia's 524,886 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 76,332 ha, 6.9× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Indonesia's 524,886 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 28,664 ha, 18.3× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 74,100 ha | 66,000 ha | 86,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 106,900 ha | 69,600 ha | 179,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 268,997 ha | 189,000 ha | 340,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 395,733 ha | 345,000 ha | 430,361 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 386,756 ha | 335,725 ha | 441,440 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 440,991 ha | 413,054 ha | 472,676 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 485,748 ha | 418,996 ha | 524,886 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
- 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
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 71,637 ha compare
- 9 Argentina 432,814 ha compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 53,542 ha compare
- 10 Philippines 404,914 ha compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 48,196 ha compare
- 11 Colombia 357,070 ha compare
- 11 Melanesia 47,271 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Indonesia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.131 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 662.79 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7808 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4061 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — area harvested in Indonesia?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Indonesia was 524,886 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 524,886 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 66,000 ha in 1963.
- How does Indonesia rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Indonesia ranks 8th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Indonesia 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.