Sugar cane — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 302,267 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 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 Southern Africa is 302,267 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 6.8% on the previous year and down 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 374,263 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 101,452 ha, in 1961.
Southern Africa ranks 17th 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 Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 101,452 ha | — |
| 1962 | 101,908 ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 133,629 ha | +31.1% |
| 1964 | 143,856 ha | +7.7% |
| 1965 | 166,354 ha | +15.6% |
| 1966 | 184,833 ha | +11.1% |
| 1967 | 211,780 ha | +14.6% |
| 1968 | 195,068 ha | -7.9% |
| 1969 | 198,556 ha | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 179,842 ha | -9.4% |
| 1971 | 197,101 ha | +9.6% |
| 1972 | 193,962 ha | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 195,666 ha | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 203,628 ha | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 203,148 ha | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 219,714 ha | +8.2% |
| 1977 | 236,643 ha | +7.7% |
| 1978 | 232,768 ha | -1.6% |
| 1979 | 240,021 ha | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 238,456 ha | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 288,381 ha | +20.9% |
| 1982 | 301,238 ha | +4.5% |
| 1983 | 266,363 ha | -11.6% |
| 1984 | 306,580 ha | +15.1% |
| 1985 | 301,378 ha | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 310,974 ha | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 309,809 ha | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 312,330 ha | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 294,739 ha | -5.6% |
| 1990 | 301,190 ha | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 316,015 ha | +4.9% |
| 1992 | 308,301 ha | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 309,677 ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 324,237 ha | +4.7% |
| 1995 | 310,979 ha | -4.1% |
| 1996 | 338,655 ha | +8.9% |
| 1997 | 335,301 ha | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 354,851 ha | +5.8% |
| 1999 | 353,294 ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 359,358 ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 366,704 ha | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 367,734 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 374,263 ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 365,942 ha | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 369,788 ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 357,796 ha | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 359,613 ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 339,380 ha | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 330,133 ha | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 324,017 ha | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 307,301 ha | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 312,489 ha | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 322,186 ha | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 329,053 ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 315,390 ha | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 307,269 ha | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 311,808 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 335,507 ha | +7.6% |
| 2019 | 335,022 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 307,773 ha | -8.1% |
| 2021 | 296,088 ha | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 315,796 ha | +6.7% |
| 2023 | 324,487 ha | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 302,267 ha | -6.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 159,715 ha | 101,452 ha | 211,780 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 210,249 ha | 179,842 ha | 240,021 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 293,025 ha | 238,456 ha | 312,330 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 325,250 ha | 301,190 ha | 354,851 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 359,071 ha | 330,133 ha | 374,263 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 320,004 ha | 307,269 ha | 335,507 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 309,282 ha | 296,088 ha | 324,487 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Southern Africa was 302,267 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 374,263 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 101,452 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 17th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.