Sugar cane — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 6,453 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Morocco recorded 6,453 ha for sugar cane — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 4.4% on the previous year and down 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 17,940 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Morocco 66th out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1975 | 4,400 ha | +120.0% |
| 1976 | 1,800 ha | -59.1% |
| 1977 | 3,600 ha | +100.0% |
| 1978 | 4,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1979 | 4,100 ha | -8.9% |
| 1980 | 4,022 ha | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 7,240 ha | +80.0% |
| 1982 | 7,600 ha | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 9,400 ha | +23.7% |
| 1984 | 11,300 ha | +20.2% |
| 1985 | 12,800 ha | +13.3% |
| 1986 | 12,400 ha | -3.1% |
| 1987 | 13,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 15,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1989 | 15,277 ha | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 14,846 ha | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 14,772 ha | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 15,100 ha | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 15,311 ha | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 15,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 14,900 ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 14,300 ha | -4.0% |
| 1997 | 11,100 ha | -22.4% |
| 1998 | 16,074 ha | +44.8% |
| 1999 | 17,940 ha | +11.6% |
| 2000 | 17,400 ha | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 17,900 ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 13,800 ha | -22.9% |
| 2003 | 12,600 ha | -8.7% |
| 2004 | 13,400 ha | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 13,300 ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 14,340 ha | +7.8% |
| 2007 | 14,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 13,400 ha | -4.3% |
| 2009 | 12,400 ha | -7.5% |
| 2010 | 10,300 ha | -16.9% |
| 2011 | 13,420 ha | +30.3% |
| 2012 | 10,105 ha | -24.7% |
| 2013 | 15,457 ha | +53.0% |
| 2014 | 7,911 ha | -48.8% |
| 2015 | 8,483 ha | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 10,434 ha | +23.0% |
| 2017 | 10,596 ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 8,746 ha | -17.5% |
| 2019 | 11,306 ha | +29.3% |
| 2020 | 11,763 ha | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 9,468 ha | -19.5% |
| 2022 | 9,317 ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 6,753 ha | -27.5% |
| 2024 | 6,453 ha | -4.4% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 6,453 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32,772 ha, 20% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 6,453 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 302 ha, 21.4× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — Area harvested in Morocco 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 | +120.0% | 2,000 ha | 4,400 ha |
| 1977 | +100.0% | 1,800 ha | 3,600 ha |
| 1981 | +80.0% | 4,022 ha | 7,240 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,040 ha | 0 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,804 ha | 4,022 ha | 15,277 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,934 ha | 11,100 ha | 17,940 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,254 ha | 12,400 ha | 17,900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,676 ha | 7,911 ha | 15,457 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,751 ha | 6,453 ha | 11,763 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — area harvested in Morocco?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Morocco was 6,453 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 17,940 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Morocco rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 66th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Morocco 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.