Sugar cane — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 162,621 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 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 Middle Africa is 162,621 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 19.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 237,193 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 37,270 ha, in 1961.
Middle Africa ranks 18th of 31 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 49,999 ha | 37,270 ha | 67,650 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 98,655 ha | 74,346 ha | 124,321 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 182,652 ha | 111,017 ha | 237,193 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 159,470 ha | 130,772 ha | 214,581 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 129,031 ha | 117,823 ha | 137,204 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 134,251 ha | 126,852 ha | 143,961 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 157,938 ha | 152,045 ha | 163,969 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Middle Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 57 kg/An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 8.08 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 113,974 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 19,128 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 2.18 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 16,416 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 13,891 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 270,208 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 4.75 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 7.03 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Middle Africa was 162,621 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 237,193 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 37,270 ha in 1961.
- How does Middle Africa rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 18th out of 31 regions with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.