Sugar cane — Area harvested in Suriname
Suriname: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 2,250 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Suriname, 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 Suriname is 2,250 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Suriname peaked at 3,285 ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 1,485 ha, in 1961.
Suriname ranks 77th of 103 countries 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 Suriname, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,485 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,689 ha | +13.7% |
| 1963 | 1,977 ha | +17.1% |
| 1964 | 1,833 ha | -7.3% |
| 1965 | 2,351 ha | +28.3% |
| 1966 | 2,568 ha | +9.2% |
| 1967 | 2,459 ha | -4.2% |
| 1968 | 3,285 ha | +33.6% |
| 1969 | 3,188 ha | -3.0% |
| 1970 | 2,424 ha | -24.0% |
| 1971 | 2,632 ha | +8.6% |
| 1972 | 2,432 ha | -7.6% |
| 1973 | 2,300 ha | -5.4% |
| 1974 | 2,304 ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 2,286 ha | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 2,120 ha | -7.3% |
| 1977 | 2,188 ha | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 1,742 ha | -20.4% |
| 1979 | 2,429 ha | +39.4% |
| 1980 | 2,392 ha | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 2,422 ha | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 2,489 ha | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 2,500 ha | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 2,491 ha | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 2,523 ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 2,523 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,500 ha | -40.5% |
| 1988 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 1,800 ha | +12.5% |
| 1990 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1991 | 2,300 ha | +21.1% |
| 1992 | 2,250 ha | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 2,245 ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 2,200 ha | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 3,000 ha | +36.4% |
| 1996 | 2,200 ha | -26.7% |
| 1997 | 3,000 ha | +36.4% |
| 1998 | 1,700 ha | -43.3% |
| 1999 | 2,200 ha | +29.4% |
| 2000 | 3,000 ha | +36.4% |
| 2001 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,750 ha | -41.7% |
| 2004 | 1,750 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,750 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 3,000 ha | +71.4% |
| 2007 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 3,050 ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 3,050 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 3,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 3,050 ha | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 3,050 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 2,983 ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 3,016 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 2,688 ha | -10.9% |
| 2018 | 2,472 ha | -8.0% |
| 2019 | 1,966 ha | -20.5% |
| 2020 | 1,843 ha | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 2,228 ha | +20.9% |
| 2022 | 2,407 ha | +8.0% |
| 2023 | 2,283 ha | -5.2% |
| 2024 | 2,250 ha | -1.4% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 2,250 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 76,332 ha, 3% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 2,250 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 30,500 ha, 7% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — Area harvested in Suriname changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +71.4% | 1,750 ha | 3,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,315 ha | 1,485 ha | 3,285 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,286 ha | 1,742 ha | 2,632 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,224 ha | 1,500 ha | 2,523 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,300 ha | 1,700 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,635 ha | 1,750 ha | 3,050 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,822 ha | 1,966 ha | 3,050 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,202 ha | 1,843 ha | 2,407 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 20.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0677 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 471.32 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7818 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3421 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — area harvested in Suriname?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Suriname was 2,250 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 3,285 ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,485 ha in 1961.
- How does Suriname rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Suriname ranks 77th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname 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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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.