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 85th of 113 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
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 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
- 82 Cabo Verde 3,114 ha compare
- 83 Bahamas 2,564 ha compare
- 84 Benin 2,389 ha compare
- 86 Puerto Rico 2,000 ha compare
- 87 Afghanistan 1,947 ha compare
- 88 Burundi 1,868 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture share gdp 6.77 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.77 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
- Rural population 34.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 218,901 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 299.02 million current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 3,586 t (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 85th out of 113 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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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.