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 51st out of 113 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.
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
- 48 Lao People's Democratic Republic 33,300 ha compare
- 49 Angola 32,772 ha compare
- 50 Mozambique 32,150 ha compare
- 52 Malawi 27,584 ha compare
- 53 Liberia 27,491 ha compare
- 54 Côte d'Ivoire 26,622 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Panama
- Agriculture share gdp 2.62 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.62 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
- Rural population 33.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 1.55 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 387,690 t (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 51st out of 113 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.