Sugar cane — Area harvested in Panama
Panama: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 30,500 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Panama, 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 Panama is 30,500 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and down 20.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Panama peaked at 53,373 ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 13,100 ha, in 1961.
That places Panama 43rd out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Panama, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,000 ha | +22.1% |
| 1963 | 17,500 ha | +9.4% |
| 1964 | 15,760 ha | -9.9% |
| 1965 | 21,980 ha | +39.5% |
| 1966 | 18,300 ha | -16.7% |
| 1967 | 17,080 ha | -6.7% |
| 1968 | 17,670 ha | +3.5% |
| 1969 | 16,630 ha | -5.9% |
| 1970 | 17,710 ha | +6.5% |
| 1971 | 19,950 ha | +12.6% |
| 1972 | 22,360 ha | +12.1% |
| 1973 | 24,750 ha | +10.7% |
| 1974 | 25,750 ha | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 30,100 ha | +16.9% |
| 1976 | 29,680 ha | -1.4% |
| 1977 | 37,080 ha | +24.9% |
| 1978 | 41,120 ha | +10.9% |
| 1979 | 44,170 ha | +7.4% |
| 1980 | 47,850 ha | +8.3% |
| 1981 | 53,373 ha | +11.5% |
| 1982 | 50,440 ha | -5.5% |
| 1983 | 37,660 ha | -25.3% |
| 1984 | 38,080 ha | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 34,680 ha | -8.9% |
| 1986 | 33,790 ha | -2.6% |
| 1987 | 30,800 ha | -8.8% |
| 1988 | 26,000 ha | -15.6% |
| 1989 | 26,240 ha | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 26,670 ha | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 30,319 ha | +13.7% |
| 1992 | 30,390 ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 30,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 32,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 29,510 ha | -7.8% |
| 1996 | 32,720 ha | +10.9% |
| 1997 | 34,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 35,210 ha | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 33,350 ha | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 33,430 ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 25,000 ha | -25.2% |
| 2002 | 32,447 ha | +29.8% |
| 2003 | 28,858 ha | -11.1% |
| 2004 | 32,811 ha | +13.7% |
| 2005 | 33,192 ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 33,316 ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 33,913 ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 31,676 ha | -6.6% |
| 2009 | 31,825 ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 32,364 ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 32,583 ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 33,403 ha | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 36,298 ha | +8.7% |
| 2014 | 38,298 ha | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 38,208 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 37,995 ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 38,629 ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 38,749 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 37,548 ha | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 37,439 ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 36,123 ha | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 32,000 ha | -11.4% |
| 2023 | 30,050 ha | -6.1% |
| 2024 | 30,500 ha | +1.5% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 30,500 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,000 ha, 15.2× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Panama's 30,500 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 30,500 ha, 1.0× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,113 ha | 13,100 ha | 21,980 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 29,267 ha | 17,710 ha | 44,170 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 37,891 ha | 26,000 ha | 53,373 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 31,417 ha | 26,670 ha | 35,210 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 31,647 ha | 25,000 ha | 33,913 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 36,408 ha | 32,364 ha | 38,749 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,222 ha | 30,050 ha | 37,439 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Panama
More agriculture & rural data for Panama
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0262 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 518.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7724 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — area harvested in Panama?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Panama was 30,500 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 53,373 ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,100 ha in 1961.
- How does Panama rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Panama ranks 43rd out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama 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.