Sugar cane — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Sugar cane — Area harvested was 3.34 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar cane — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) stood at 3.34 million ha.
The figure is up 6.4% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 3.90 million ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 2.44 million ha, in 1964.
That places Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 5th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.57 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 2.54 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 2.54 million ha | -0.0% |
| 1964 | 2.44 million ha | -3.9% |
| 1965 | 2.51 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1966 | 2.61 million ha | +4.3% |
| 1967 | 2.78 million ha | +6.3% |
| 1968 | 2.66 million ha | -4.2% |
| 1969 | 2.64 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1970 | 3.29 million ha | +25.0% |
| 1971 | 3.20 million ha | -2.8% |
| 1972 | 3.02 million ha | -5.8% |
| 1973 | 2.91 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1974 | 3.09 million ha | +6.2% |
| 1975 | 3.11 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 3.21 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 3.24 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 3.40 million ha | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 3.44 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 3.51 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 3.44 million ha | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 3.72 million ha | +8.1% |
| 1983 | 3.57 million ha | -4.2% |
| 1984 | 3.70 million ha | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 3.73 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 3.59 million ha | -3.8% |
| 1987 | 3.62 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 3.64 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 3.74 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 3.78 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 3.90 million ha | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 3.90 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 3.66 million ha | -6.1% |
| 1994 | 3.75 million ha | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 3.76 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 3.81 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 3.84 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 3.76 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 3.78 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 3.69 million ha | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 3.64 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 3.74 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 3.45 million ha | -7.9% |
| 2004 | 3.40 million ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 3.13 million ha | -7.9% |
| 2006 | 2.98 million ha | -4.9% |
| 2007 | 3.10 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 3.30 million ha | +6.6% |
| 2009 | 3.18 million ha | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 3.10 million ha | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 3.30 million ha | +6.3% |
| 2012 | 3.27 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 3.49 million ha | +6.9% |
| 2014 | 3.49 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 3.42 million ha | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 3.51 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 3.67 million ha | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 3.30 million ha | -10.2% |
| 2019 | 3.33 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 3.52 million ha | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 3.49 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 3.40 million ha | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 3.14 million ha | -7.6% |
| 2024 | 3.34 million ha | +6.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +25.0% | 2.64 million ha | 3.29 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.59 million ha | 2.44 million ha | 2.78 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.19 million ha | 2.91 million ha | 3.44 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.63 million ha | 3.44 million ha | 3.74 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.79 million ha | 3.66 million ha | 3.90 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.36 million ha | 2.98 million ha | 3.74 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.39 million ha | 3.10 million ha | 3.67 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.37 million ha | 3.14 million ha | 3.52 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- 2 India 5.74 million ha compare
- 3 Thailand 1.49 million ha compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 209,210 ha compare
- 4 China 1.27 million ha compare
- 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
- 8 Indonesia 524,886 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 3.34 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 3.90 million ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.44 million ha in 1964.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 5th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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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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.