Sugar cane — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Sugar cane — Area harvested was 1.02 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 1.02 million ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 1.05 million ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 346,180 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 346,180 ha | — |
| 1962 | 365,115 ha | +5.5% |
| 1963 | 393,049 ha | +7.7% |
| 1964 | 400,378 ha | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 411,900 ha | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 436,310 ha | +5.9% |
| 1967 | 471,357 ha | +8.0% |
| 1968 | 488,732 ha | +3.7% |
| 1969 | 496,082 ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 510,152 ha | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 513,460 ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 503,666 ha | -1.9% |
| 1973 | 506,390 ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 518,122 ha | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 521,252 ha | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 522,609 ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 536,938 ha | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 560,885 ha | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 576,205 ha | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 572,417 ha | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 606,063 ha | +5.9% |
| 1982 | 625,765 ha | +3.3% |
| 1983 | 647,556 ha | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 645,378 ha | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 643,730 ha | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 643,179 ha | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 647,095 ha | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 653,658 ha | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 640,705 ha | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 664,073 ha | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 668,592 ha | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 651,949 ha | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 656,192 ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 644,338 ha | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 674,438 ha | +4.7% |
| 1996 | 698,543 ha | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 729,366 ha | +4.4% |
| 1998 | 744,491 ha | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 773,920 ha | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 769,928 ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 809,469 ha | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 811,066 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 830,523 ha | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 816,160 ha | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 807,692 ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 841,415 ha | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 876,250 ha | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 861,644 ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 897,056 ha | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 908,442 ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 937,408 ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 954,196 ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 1.01 million ha | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 1.05 million ha | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 1.01 million ha | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 1.02 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 1.00 million ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 1.04 million ha | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 1.05 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 1.04 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 1.02 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 1.01 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 1.02 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 1.02 million ha | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 423,234 ha | 346,180 ha | 496,082 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 526,968 ha | 503,666 ha | 576,205 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 632,555 ha | 572,417 ha | 653,658 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 690,590 ha | 644,338 ha | 773,920 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 832,120 ha | 769,928 ha | 897,056 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 997,517 ha | 908,442 ha | 1.05 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.02 million ha | 1.01 million ha | 1.04 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 1.02 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 million ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 346,180 ha in 1961.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 14 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.