Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Belgium
Belgium: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 58,330 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Belgium stood at 58,330 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.1% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Belgium peaked at 96,500 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 52,341 ha, in 2015.
That places Belgium 50th out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Belgium, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 90,900 ha | — |
| 2001 | 95,600 ha | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 96,500 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 91,177 ha | -5.5% |
| 2004 | 87,754 ha | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 85,527 ha | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 82,912 ha | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 82,659 ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 64,296 ha | -22.2% |
| 2009 | 62,740 ha | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 59,303 ha | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 62,199 ha | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 61,600 ha | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 59,800 ha | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 58,600 ha | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 52,341 ha | -10.7% |
| 2016 | 55,504 ha | +6.0% |
| 2017 | 62,470 ha | +12.6% |
| 2018 | 62,700 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 57,610 ha | -8.1% |
| 2020 | 56,750 ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 55,190 ha | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 53,260 ha | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 56,050 ha | +5.2% |
| 2024 | 58,330 ha | +4.1% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 58,330 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 8,999 ha, 6.5× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 58,330 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 16,030 ha, 3.6× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 84,006 ha | 62,740 ha | 96,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 59,213 ha | 52,341 ha | 62,700 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 55,916 ha | 53,260 ha | 58,330 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Belgium?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Belgium was 58,330 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 96,500 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 52,341 ha in 2015.
- How does Belgium rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Belgium ranks 50th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium 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.