Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 341,130 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar crops primary — area harvested in Australia is 341,130 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 3.1% on the previous year and down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Australia peaked at 453,470 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 156,521 ha, in 1961.
Australia ranks 17th of 155 countries 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 Australia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 156,521 ha | — |
| 1962 | 162,514 ha | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 168,981 ha | +4.0% |
| 1964 | 190,355 ha | +12.6% |
| 1965 | 203,635 ha | +7.0% |
| 1966 | 225,407 ha | +10.7% |
| 1967 | 223,829 ha | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 230,052 ha | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 212,786 ha | -7.5% |
| 1970 | 220,521 ha | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 233,737 ha | +6.0% |
| 1972 | 241,699 ha | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 225,854 ha | -6.6% |
| 1974 | 253,142 ha | +12.1% |
| 1975 | 256,800 ha | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 288,186 ha | +12.2% |
| 1977 | 295,162 ha | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 251,700 ha | -14.7% |
| 1979 | 267,197 ha | +6.2% |
| 1980 | 288,277 ha | +7.9% |
| 1981 | 315,944 ha | +9.6% |
| 1982 | 318,483 ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 307,155 ha | -3.6% |
| 1984 | 312,634 ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 303,700 ha | -2.9% |
| 1986 | 311,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1987 | 307,161 ha | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 317,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 313,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 332,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 1991 | 341,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 329,000 ha | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 328,000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 338,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 365,000 ha | +8.0% |
| 1996 | 383,000 ha | +4.9% |
| 1997 | 401,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 1998 | 420,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 1999 | 414,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 419,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 403,324 ha | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 426,159 ha | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 448,189 ha | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 447,644 ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 433,953 ha | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 397,745 ha | -8.3% |
| 2007 | 408,624 ha | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 380,543 ha | -6.9% |
| 2009 | 391,291 ha | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 389,471 ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 308,104 ha | -20.9% |
| 2012 | 338,626 ha | +9.9% |
| 2013 | 329,303 ha | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 375,216 ha | +13.9% |
| 2015 | 376,530 ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 447,204 ha | +18.8% |
| 2017 | 453,470 ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 442,958 ha | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 395,399 ha | -10.7% |
| 2020 | 366,426 ha | -7.3% |
| 2021 | 362,760 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 336,463 ha | -7.2% |
| 2023 | 330,956 ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 341,130 ha | +3.1% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 341,130 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 8,999 ha, 37.9× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Australia's 341,130 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 53,114 ha, 6.4× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 197,120 ha | 156,521 ha | 230,052 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 253,400 ha | 220,521 ha | 295,162 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 309,435 ha | 288,277 ha | 318,483 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 365,100 ha | 328,000 ha | 420,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 415,647 ha | 380,543 ha | 448,189 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 385,628 ha | 308,104 ha | 453,470 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 347,547 ha | 330,956 ha | 366,426 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 14 Philippines 404,914 ha compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 14,107 ha compare
- 15 Egypt 389,139 ha compare
- 15 Syrian Arab Republic 102 ha compare
- 16 Colombia 358,250 ha compare
- 16 Polynesia 41 ha compare
- 17 Australia and New Zealand 341,130 ha compare
- 19 Poland 277,920 ha compare
- 20 Cuba 270,361 ha compare
- 20 Caribbean 415,713 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Australia?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Australia was 341,130 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 453,470 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 156,521 ha in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 17th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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.