Sugar cane — Area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS)
Small island developing States (SIDS): Sugar cane — Area harvested was 551,150 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS), 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 Small island developing States (SIDS) is 551,150 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 27.7% on the previous year and down 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS) peaked at 2.13 million ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 431,628 ha, in 2023.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.95 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.83 million ha | -6.3% |
| 1963 | 1.69 million ha | -7.4% |
| 1964 | 1.64 million ha | -3.1% |
| 1965 | 1.66 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 1.64 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1967 | 1.71 million ha | +4.5% |
| 1968 | 1.70 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 1.60 million ha | -5.9% |
| 1970 | 2.13 million ha | +33.4% |
| 1971 | 2.01 million ha | -5.5% |
| 1972 | 1.90 million ha | -5.4% |
| 1973 | 1.80 million ha | -5.6% |
| 1974 | 1.84 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 1.80 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1976 | 1.87 million ha | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 1.77 million ha | -5.3% |
| 1978 | 1.87 million ha | +5.5% |
| 1979 | 1.96 million ha | +4.8% |
| 1980 | 2.04 million ha | +4.2% |
| 1981 | 1.87 million ha | -8.3% |
| 1982 | 1.98 million ha | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 1.80 million ha | -8.9% |
| 1984 | 1.95 million ha | +8.2% |
| 1985 | 1.94 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 1.89 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1987 | 1.93 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 1.86 million ha | -3.4% |
| 1989 | 1.94 million ha | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 2.00 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 2.04 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 2.04 million ha | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 1.82 million ha | -11.1% |
| 1994 | 1.82 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 1.76 million ha | -3.4% |
| 1996 | 1.82 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 1.80 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 1.57 million ha | -12.9% |
| 1999 | 1.44 million ha | -8.1% |
| 2000 | 1.49 million ha | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 1.46 million ha | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 1.50 million ha | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 1.03 million ha | -31.0% |
| 2004 | 1.07 million ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 903,328 ha | -15.3% |
| 2006 | 773,815 ha | -14.3% |
| 2007 | 700,339 ha | -9.5% |
| 2008 | 730,828 ha | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 769,446 ha | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 751,190 ha | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 855,942 ha | +13.9% |
| 2012 | 711,916 ha | -16.8% |
| 2013 | 743,012 ha | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 753,601 ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 786,495 ha | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 768,377 ha | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 838,908 ha | +9.2% |
| 2018 | 646,280 ha | -23.0% |
| 2019 | 719,479 ha | +11.3% |
| 2020 | 714,072 ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 660,195 ha | -7.5% |
| 2022 | 516,627 ha | -21.7% |
| 2023 | 431,628 ha | -16.5% |
| 2024 | 551,150 ha | +27.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.71 million ha | 1.60 million ha | 1.95 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.90 million ha | 1.77 million ha | 2.13 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.92 million ha | 1.80 million ha | 2.04 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.81 million ha | 1.44 million ha | 2.04 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.04 million ha | 700,339 ha | 1.50 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 757,520 ha | 646,280 ha | 855,942 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 574,734 ha | 431,628 ha | 714,072 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS) was 551,150 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.13 million ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- The lowest recorded value was 431,628 ha in 2023.
- How does Small island developing States (SIDS) rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Small island developing States (SIDS) ranks 3rd out of 14 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Small island developing States (SIDS) 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.