Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Bahamas
Bahamas: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 2,564 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Bahamas, 1966–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bahamas recorded 2,564 ha for sugar crops primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Bahamas peaked at 3,000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 100 ha, in 1971.
That places Bahamas 111th out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 59 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Bahamas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 350 ha | — |
| 1967 | 700 ha | +100.0% |
| 1968 | 600 ha | -14.3% |
| 1969 | 350 ha | -41.7% |
| 1970 | 800 ha | +128.6% |
| 1971 | 100 ha | -87.5% |
| 1972 | 1,400 ha | +1300.0% |
| 1973 | 1,300 ha | -7.1% |
| 1974 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1975 | 1,700 ha | +21.4% |
| 1976 | 1,900 ha | +11.8% |
| 1977 | 1,800 ha | -5.3% |
| 1978 | 1,600 ha | -11.1% |
| 1979 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1980 | 1,600 ha | -5.9% |
| 1981 | 1,800 ha | +12.5% |
| 1982 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,600 ha | -11.1% |
| 1984 | 1,800 ha | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 1,600 ha | -11.1% |
| 1986 | 1,400 ha | -12.5% |
| 1987 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,700 ha | +21.4% |
| 1989 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1990 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1991 | 1,800 ha | -5.3% |
| 1992 | 1,700 ha | -5.6% |
| 1993 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1994 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 1,700 ha | -10.5% |
| 1996 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1997 | 1,700 ha | -5.6% |
| 1998 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1999 | 2,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2000 | 2,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 2001 | 3,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 2002 | 2,200 ha | -26.7% |
| 2003 | 2,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 2004 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2,300 ha | +15.0% |
| 2007 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,382 ha | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 2,419 ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 2,440 ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 2,457 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 2,471 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 2,491 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 2,519 ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 2,543 ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 2,531 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 2,547 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 2,564 ha | +0.7% |
Bahamas compared with similar countries
- Bahamas's 2,564 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 8,999 ha, 28% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Bahamas's 2,564 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 26,844 ha, 10% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Bahamas changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +1300.0% | 100 ha | 1,400 ha |
| 1970 | +128.6% | 350 ha | 800 ha |
| 1967 | +100.0% | 350 ha | 700 ha |
| 1971 | -87.5% | 800 ha | 100 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 500 ha | 350 ha | 700 ha | 4 |
| 1970s | 1,370 ha | 100 ha | 1,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,650 ha | 1,400 ha | 1,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,810 ha | 1,700 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,290 ha | 2,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,386 ha | 2,300 ha | 2,491 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,541 ha | 2,519 ha | 2,564 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bahamas
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0051 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 203.1 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4043 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1867 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Bahamas?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Bahamas was 2,564 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 3,000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 ha in 1971.
- How does Bahamas rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Bahamas ranks 111th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahamas 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.