Sugar cane — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 81 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Europe recorded 81 ha for sugar cane — area harvested in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 6,790 ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 60 ha, in 2008.
That places Southern Europe 23rd out of 25 groups with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,050 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,560 ha | +8.4% |
| 1963 | 6,236 ha | -4.9% |
| 1964 | 6,380 ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 6,289 ha | -1.4% |
| 1966 | 6,672 ha | +6.1% |
| 1967 | 6,755 ha | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 6,765 ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 6,737 ha | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 6,690 ha | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 6,790 ha | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 6,190 ha | -8.8% |
| 1973 | 5,890 ha | -4.8% |
| 1974 | 5,490 ha | -6.8% |
| 1975 | 4,990 ha | -9.1% |
| 1976 | 5,290 ha | +6.0% |
| 1977 | 5,690 ha | +7.6% |
| 1978 | 5,490 ha | -3.5% |
| 1979 | 5,859 ha | +6.7% |
| 1980 | 5,890 ha | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 5,100 ha | -13.4% |
| 1982 | 4,700 ha | -7.8% |
| 1983 | 4,200 ha | -10.6% |
| 1984 | 4,130 ha | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 3,900 ha | -5.6% |
| 1986 | 3,460 ha | -11.3% |
| 1987 | 2,805 ha | -18.9% |
| 1988 | 2,501 ha | -10.8% |
| 1989 | 2,198 ha | -12.1% |
| 1990 | 2,193 ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 2,154 ha | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 2,156 ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 2,014 ha | -6.6% |
| 1994 | 1,689 ha | -16.1% |
| 1995 | 1,456 ha | -13.8% |
| 1996 | 1,199 ha | -17.7% |
| 1997 | 1,259 ha | +5.0% |
| 1998 | 1,321 ha | +4.9% |
| 1999 | 1,350 ha | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 1,118 ha | -17.2% |
| 2001 | 1,017 ha | -9.0% |
| 2002 | 932 ha | -8.4% |
| 2003 | 1,150 ha | +23.4% |
| 2004 | 1,145 ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 664 ha | -42.0% |
| 2006 | 352 ha | -47.0% |
| 2007 | 70 ha | -80.1% |
| 2008 | 60 ha | -14.3% |
| 2009 | 63 ha | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 65 ha | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 62 ha | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 66 ha | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 70 ha | +6.1% |
| 2014 | 68 ha | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 69 ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 79 ha | +14.5% |
| 2017 | 81 ha | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,494 ha | 6,050 ha | 6,765 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,837 ha | 4,990 ha | 6,790 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,888 ha | 2,198 ha | 5,890 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,679 ha | 1,199 ha | 2,193 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 657.1 ha | 60 ha | 1,150 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 70 ha | 62 ha | 81 ha | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Southern Europe was 81 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 6,790 ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 60 ha in 2008.
- How does Southern Europe rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 23rd out of 25 groups with data for 2017.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.