Sugar cane — Area harvested in Thailand
Thailand: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 1.49 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 1.49 million ha for sugar cane — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 9.0% on the previous year and up 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Thailand peaked at 1.84 million ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 55,200 ha, in 1963.
That places Thailand 3rd out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Thailand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 63,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 60,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1963 | 55,200 ha | -8.0% |
| 1964 | 72,320 ha | +31.0% |
| 1965 | 85,120 ha | +17.7% |
| 1966 | 83,680 ha | -1.7% |
| 1967 | 57,760 ha | -31.0% |
| 1968 | 71,680 ha | +24.1% |
| 1969 | 103,360 ha | +44.2% |
| 1970 | 118,240 ha | +14.4% |
| 1971 | 137,920 ha | +16.6% |
| 1972 | 158,560 ha | +15.0% |
| 1973 | 181,280 ha | +14.3% |
| 1974 | 258,609 ha | +42.7% |
| 1975 | 303,200 ha | +17.2% |
| 1976 | 373,600 ha | +23.2% |
| 1977 | 494,080 ha | +32.2% |
| 1978 | 559,680 ha | +13.3% |
| 1979 | 504,320 ha | -9.9% |
| 1980 | 425,600 ha | -15.6% |
| 1981 | 456,524 ha | +7.3% |
| 1982 | 613,316 ha | +34.3% |
| 1983 | 577,160 ha | -5.9% |
| 1984 | 535,902 ha | -7.1% |
| 1985 | 531,048 ha | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 545,981 ha | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 520,153 ha | -4.7% |
| 1988 | 570,634 ha | +9.7% |
| 1989 | 659,520 ha | +15.6% |
| 1990 | 686,400 ha | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 782,312 ha | +14.0% |
| 1992 | 916,359 ha | +17.1% |
| 1993 | 991,589 ha | +8.2% |
| 1994 | 799,539 ha | -19.4% |
| 1995 | 922,705 ha | +15.4% |
| 1996 | 985,004 ha | +6.8% |
| 1997 | 980,261 ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 943,580 ha | -3.7% |
| 1999 | 917,532 ha | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 913,639 ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 877,023 ha | -4.0% |
| 2002 | 1.01 million ha | +15.3% |
| 2003 | 1.14 million ha | +12.7% |
| 2004 | 1.12 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 1.07 million ha | -4.9% |
| 2006 | 965,333 ha | -9.5% |
| 2007 | 1.01 million ha | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 1.05 million ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 963,646 ha | -8.6% |
| 2010 | 1.01 million ha | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 1.26 million ha | +24.7% |
| 2012 | 1.28 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 1.32 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 1.35 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 1.40 million ha | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 1.43 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 1.40 million ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 1.79 million ha | +27.6% |
| 2019 | 1.84 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 1.71 million ha | -6.6% |
| 2021 | 1.37 million ha | -20.1% |
| 2022 | 1.43 million ha | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 1.64 million ha | +14.8% |
| 2024 | 1.49 million ha | -9.0% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 1.49 million ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 76,332 ha, 19.5× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 1.49 million ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 28,664 ha, 52.0× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 72,458 ha | 55,200 ha | 103,360 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 308,949 ha | 118,240 ha | 559,680 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 543,584 ha | 425,600 ha | 659,520 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 892,528 ha | 686,400 ha | 991,589 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.01 million ha | 877,023 ha | 1.14 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.41 million ha | 1.01 million ha | 1.84 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.53 million ha | 1.37 million ha | 1.71 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — area harvested in Thailand?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Thailand was 1.49 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 1.84 million ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 55,200 ha in 1963.
- How does Thailand rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Thailand ranks 3rd out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Thailand 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.