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 6th of 35 groups on this measure, in the top 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 | 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
- 3 USSR 3.17 million ha compare
- 4 Thailand 1.49 million ha compare
- 5 China (People’s Republic of) 1.49 million ha compare
- 6 China, mainland 1.48 million ha compare
- 7 Pakistan 1.19 million ha compare
- 8 Russian Federation 985,329 ha compare
- 9 Mexico 784,416 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 706,446 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 50 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.37 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 47.50 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 31.26 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.29 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 15,779 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 613,627 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 26.38 million t (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 47.50 million An (2024)
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 6th out of 35 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.