Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 1.78 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 1.78 million ha for sugar crops primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Africa peaked at 1.81 million ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 431,282 ha, in 1961.
Africa ranks 8th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 431,282 ha | — |
| 1962 | 450,685 ha | +4.5% |
| 1963 | 509,120 ha | +13.0% |
| 1964 | 528,584 ha | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 565,458 ha | +7.0% |
| 1966 | 618,237 ha | +9.3% |
| 1967 | 675,427 ha | +9.3% |
| 1968 | 693,538 ha | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 734,529 ha | +5.9% |
| 1970 | 741,610 ha | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 771,357 ha | +4.0% |
| 1972 | 793,056 ha | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 787,980 ha | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 831,972 ha | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 870,150 ha | +4.6% |
| 1976 | 923,283 ha | +6.1% |
| 1977 | 944,434 ha | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 962,392 ha | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 1.00 million ha | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 999,369 ha | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 1.09 million ha | +8.6% |
| 1982 | 1.11 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 1.13 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 1.24 million ha | +9.5% |
| 1985 | 1.26 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 1.29 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 1.28 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 1.27 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 1.23 million ha | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 1.25 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 1.27 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 1.16 million ha | -9.0% |
| 1993 | 1.17 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 1.21 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 1.20 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 1.24 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 1.25 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 1.28 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 1.32 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 1.32 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 1.33 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 1.38 million ha | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 1.40 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 1.39 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 1.43 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 1.41 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 1.43 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 1.42 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 1.46 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 1.47 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 1.51 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 1.56 million ha | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 1.64 million ha | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 1.67 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 1.69 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 1.70 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 1.69 million ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 1.72 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 1.81 million ha | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 1.75 million ha | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 1.80 million ha | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 1.79 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 1.77 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 1.78 million ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 578,540 ha | 431,282 ha | 734,529 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 862,872 ha | 741,610 ha | 1.00 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.19 million ha | 999,369 ha | 1.29 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.23 million ha | 1.16 million ha | 1.32 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.40 million ha | 1.32 million ha | 1.46 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.65 million ha | 1.47 million ha | 1.81 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.78 million ha | 1.75 million ha | 1.80 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 209,210 ha compare
- 5 China 1.49 million ha compare
- 6 China, mainland 1.48 million ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 184,287 ha compare
- 7 Pakistan 1.19 million ha compare
- 7 Viet Nam 174,816 ha compare
- 8 Russian Federation 985,329 ha compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 71,637 ha compare
- 9 Mexico 784,416 ha compare
- 10 Indonesia 595,128 ha compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 54,723 ha compare
- 11 Germany 437,200 ha compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 48,196 ha compare
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- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Africa?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Africa was 1.78 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.81 million ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 431,282 ha in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 8th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar Crops Primary — 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.