Sugar cane — Area harvested in Portugal
Portugal: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 62 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Portugal, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar cane — area harvested in Portugal is 62 ha, measured in 2017.
That represents a change of up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Portugal peaked at 1,300 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 49 ha, in 1989.
Portugal ranks 98th of 113 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,190 ha | 650 ha | 1,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,290 ha | 1,290 ha | 1,290 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 423.9 ha | 49 ha | 1,290 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 50 ha | 50 ha | 50 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 54 ha | 50 ha | 60 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 61.25 ha | 60 ha | 62 ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 95 Dominica 252 ha compare
- 96 French Guiana 170 ha compare
- 97 Grenada 117 ha compare
- 100 French Polynesia 40 ha compare
- 101 Spain 19 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture share gdp 1.96 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.96 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
- Rural population 38.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 4.16 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.79 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 30,230 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — area harvested in Portugal?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Portugal was 62 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 1,300 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 49 ha in 1989.
- How does Portugal rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 98th out of 113 countries with data for 2017.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Portugal 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.