Sugar cane — Area harvested in Northern America
Northern America: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 375,390 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Northern America recorded 375,390 ha for sugar cane — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Northern America peaked at 417,760 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 179,000 ha, in 1961.
Northern America ranks 15th of 25 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Northern America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 179,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 193,000 ha | +7.8% |
| 1963 | 233,338 ha | +20.9% |
| 1964 | 276,639 ha | +18.6% |
| 1965 | 249,688 ha | -9.7% |
| 1966 | 253,006 ha | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 253,977 ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 245,155 ha | -3.5% |
| 1969 | 216,747 ha | -11.6% |
| 1970 | 236,293 ha | +9.0% |
| 1971 | 262,273 ha | +11.0% |
| 1972 | 284,004 ha | +8.3% |
| 1973 | 299,867 ha | +5.6% |
| 1974 | 297,076 ha | -0.9% |
| 1975 | 313,222 ha | +5.4% |
| 1976 | 302,296 ha | -3.5% |
| 1977 | 307,320 ha | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 300,970 ha | -2.1% |
| 1979 | 296,520 ha | -1.5% |
| 1980 | 296,500 ha | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 305,700 ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 300,150 ha | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 310,670 ha | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 302,420 ha | -2.7% |
| 1985 | 311,600 ha | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 322,200 ha | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 333,300 ha | +3.4% |
| 1988 | 342,100 ha | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 344,800 ha | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 321,400 ha | -6.8% |
| 1991 | 363,000 ha | +12.9% |
| 1992 | 374,400 ha | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 383,800 ha | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 379,100 ha | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 377,300 ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 359,730 ha | -4.7% |
| 1997 | 369,200 ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 383,270 ha | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 401,980 ha | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 417,760 ha | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 415,940 ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 414,080 ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 401,574 ha | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 379,680 ha | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 373,084 ha | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 363,290 ha | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 355,965 ha | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 351,271 ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 353,659 ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 355,112 ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 353,129 ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 365,190 ha | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 368,590 ha | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 351,470 ha | -4.6% |
| 2015 | 359,080 ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 365,472 ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 365,880 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 364,100 ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 369,560 ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 383,480 ha | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 378,470 ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 376,440 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 376,970 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 375,390 ha | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 233,394 ha | 179,000 ha | 276,639 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 289,984 ha | 236,293 ha | 313,222 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 316,944 ha | 296,500 ha | 344,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 371,318 ha | 321,400 ha | 401,980 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 382,630 ha | 351,271 ha | 417,760 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 361,758 ha | 351,470 ha | 369,560 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 378,150 ha | 375,390 ha | 383,480 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — area harvested in Northern America?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Northern America was 375,390 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 417,760 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 179,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Northern America rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Northern America ranks 15th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America 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.