Sugar cane — Area harvested in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 193,279 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Northern 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 Northern Africa is 193,279 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.0% on the previous year and down 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Northern Africa peaked at 298,828 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 50,000 ha, in 1961.
Northern Africa ranks 19th of 25 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 54,000 ha | +8.0% |
| 1963 | 59,781 ha | +10.7% |
| 1964 | 63,561 ha | +6.3% |
| 1965 | 61,982 ha | -2.5% |
| 1966 | 64,326 ha | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 70,572 ha | +9.7% |
| 1968 | 79,815 ha | +13.1% |
| 1969 | 85,277 ha | +6.8% |
| 1970 | 89,897 ha | +5.4% |
| 1971 | 93,260 ha | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 97,878 ha | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 97,879 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 104,080 ha | +6.3% |
| 1975 | 112,777 ha | +8.4% |
| 1976 | 118,662 ha | +5.2% |
| 1977 | 126,288 ha | +6.4% |
| 1978 | 133,918 ha | +6.0% |
| 1979 | 134,128 ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 132,544 ha | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 149,327 ha | +12.7% |
| 1982 | 158,491 ha | +6.1% |
| 1983 | 167,156 ha | +5.5% |
| 1984 | 177,418 ha | +6.1% |
| 1985 | 187,843 ha | +5.9% |
| 1986 | 202,339 ha | +7.7% |
| 1987 | 207,475 ha | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 192,765 ha | -7.1% |
| 1989 | 194,349 ha | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 190,950 ha | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 194,142 ha | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 193,978 ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 196,490 ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 203,150 ha | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 208,353 ha | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 204,209 ha | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 202,377 ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 209,851 ha | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 222,923 ha | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 214,928 ha | -3.6% |
| 2001 | 212,799 ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 213,170 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 215,085 ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 214,675 ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 218,027 ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 221,600 ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 224,074 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 218,474 ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 215,502 ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 212,038 ha | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 210,609 ha | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 208,678 ha | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 223,505 ha | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 217,238 ha | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 216,223 ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 219,291 ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 229,870 ha | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 219,118 ha | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 220,721 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 298,828 ha | +35.4% |
| 2021 | 212,443 ha | -28.9% |
| 2022 | 213,182 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 203,504 ha | -4.5% |
| 2024 | 193,279 ha | -5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 65,479 ha | 50,000 ha | 85,277 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 110,877 ha | 89,897 ha | 134,128 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 176,971 ha | 132,544 ha | 207,475 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 202,642 ha | 190,950 ha | 222,923 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 216,833 ha | 212,799 ha | 224,074 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 217,729 ha | 208,678 ha | 229,870 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 224,247 ha | 193,279 ha | 298,828 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — area harvested in Northern Africa?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Northern Africa was 193,279 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 298,828 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 50,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Northern Africa rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 19th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern 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.