Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Austria
Austria: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 43,000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Austria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Austria stood at 43,000 ha.
The figure is up 20.5% on the previous year and down 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Austria peaked at 59,894 ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 26,320 ha, in 2020.
Austria ranks 56th of 155 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Austria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 38,618 ha | — |
| 1962 | 47,980 ha | +24.2% |
| 1963 | 48,259 ha | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 52,600 ha | +9.0% |
| 1965 | 38,199 ha | -27.4% |
| 1966 | 46,637 ha | +22.1% |
| 1967 | 42,164 ha | -9.6% |
| 1968 | 43,971 ha | +4.3% |
| 1969 | 46,866 ha | +6.6% |
| 1970 | 43,827 ha | -6.5% |
| 1971 | 38,930 ha | -11.2% |
| 1972 | 48,411 ha | +24.4% |
| 1973 | 51,300 ha | +6.0% |
| 1974 | 53,666 ha | +4.6% |
| 1975 | 59,894 ha | +11.6% |
| 1976 | 56,070 ha | -6.4% |
| 1977 | 56,018 ha | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 43,818 ha | -21.8% |
| 1979 | 45,247 ha | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 50,732 ha | +12.1% |
| 1981 | 58,602 ha | +15.5% |
| 1982 | 58,480 ha | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 42,034 ha | -28.1% |
| 1984 | 51,243 ha | +21.9% |
| 1985 | 42,745 ha | -16.6% |
| 1986 | 28,177 ha | -34.1% |
| 1987 | 39,123 ha | +38.8% |
| 1988 | 37,605 ha | -3.9% |
| 1989 | 47,491 ha | +26.3% |
| 1990 | 49,758 ha | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 51,430 ha | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 53,846 ha | +4.7% |
| 1993 | 53,398 ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 52,019 ha | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 51,643 ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 53,082 ha | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 51,569 ha | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 49,598 ha | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 46,473 ha | -6.3% |
| 2000 | 42,836 ha | -7.8% |
| 2001 | 44,704 ha | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 44,464 ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 43,223 ha | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 44,737 ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 44,690 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 39,401 ha | -11.8% |
| 2007 | 42,270 ha | +7.3% |
| 2008 | 43,032 ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 43,860 ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 44,841 ha | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 46,580 ha | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 49,263 ha | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 50,849 ha | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 50,604 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 45,436 ha | -10.2% |
| 2016 | 43,497 ha | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 42,684 ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 31,250 ha | -26.8% |
| 2019 | 27,880 ha | -10.8% |
| 2020 | 26,320 ha | -5.6% |
| 2021 | 37,850 ha | +43.8% |
| 2022 | 33,990 ha | -10.2% |
| 2023 | 35,680 ha | +5.0% |
| 2024 | 43,000 ha | +20.5% |
Austria compared with similar countries
- Austria's 43,000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 8,999 ha, 4.8× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Austria's 43,000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 16,030 ha, 2.7× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45,033 ha | 38,199 ha | 52,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 49,718 ha | 38,930 ha | 59,894 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 45,623 ha | 28,177 ha | 58,602 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 51,282 ha | 46,473 ha | 53,846 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 43,322 ha | 39,401 ha | 44,737 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 43,288 ha | 27,880 ha | 50,849 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 35,368 ha | 26,320 ha | 43,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Austria
More agriculture & rural data for Austria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0126 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 791 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.4906 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3028 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Austria?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Austria was 43,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 59,894 ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,320 ha in 2020.
- How does Austria rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Austria ranks 56th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Austria 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.