Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 415,713 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Caribbean stood at 415,713 ha.
The figure is up 40.4% on the previous year and down 27.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 1.95 million ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 296,006 ha, in 2023.
Caribbean ranks 20th of 29 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 Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.78 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.66 million ha | -6.9% |
| 1963 | 1.53 million ha | -8.1% |
| 1964 | 1.47 million ha | -3.8% |
| 1965 | 1.49 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 1.46 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1967 | 1.52 million ha | +4.5% |
| 1968 | 1.51 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 1.40 million ha | -7.0% |
| 1970 | 1.95 million ha | +38.6% |
| 1971 | 1.81 million ha | -6.7% |
| 1972 | 1.71 million ha | -5.8% |
| 1973 | 1.61 million ha | -5.9% |
| 1974 | 1.64 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 1.61 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1976 | 1.66 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 1.56 million ha | -6.0% |
| 1978 | 1.65 million ha | +5.6% |
| 1979 | 1.74 million ha | +5.1% |
| 1980 | 1.82 million ha | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 1.63 million ha | -10.4% |
| 1982 | 1.73 million ha | +6.2% |
| 1983 | 1.59 million ha | -8.5% |
| 1984 | 1.72 million ha | +8.6% |
| 1985 | 1.72 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 1.67 million ha | -2.9% |
| 1987 | 1.70 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 1.65 million ha | -3.5% |
| 1989 | 1.73 million ha | +5.2% |
| 1990 | 1.78 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 1.82 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 1.82 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 1.59 million ha | -12.5% |
| 1994 | 1.60 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 1.53 million ha | -3.8% |
| 1996 | 1.59 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 1.57 million ha | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 1.36 million ha | -13.7% |
| 1999 | 1.22 million ha | -9.8% |
| 2000 | 1.28 million ha | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 1.24 million ha | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 1.28 million ha | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 822,922 ha | -35.7% |
| 2004 | 848,403 ha | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 694,631 ha | -18.1% |
| 2006 | 569,949 ha | -17.9% |
| 2007 | 503,948 ha | -11.6% |
| 2008 | 529,240 ha | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 574,384 ha | +8.5% |
| 2010 | 567,229 ha | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 663,052 ha | +16.9% |
| 2012 | 527,290 ha | -20.5% |
| 2013 | 567,574 ha | +7.6% |
| 2014 | 571,821 ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 599,198 ha | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 583,410 ha | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 658,809 ha | +12.9% |
| 2018 | 482,953 ha | -26.7% |
| 2019 | 560,517 ha | +16.1% |
| 2020 | 555,577 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 508,667 ha | -8.4% |
| 2022 | 362,556 ha | -28.7% |
| 2023 | 296,006 ha | -18.4% |
| 2024 | 415,713 ha | +40.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.54 million ha | 1.40 million ha | 1.78 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.69 million ha | 1.56 million ha | 1.95 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.70 million ha | 1.59 million ha | 1.82 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.59 million ha | 1.22 million ha | 1.82 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 833,699 ha | 503,948 ha | 1.28 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 578,185 ha | 482,953 ha | 663,052 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 427,704 ha | 296,006 ha | 555,577 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Caribbean was 415,713 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 1.95 million ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 296,006 ha in 2023.
- How does Caribbean rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 20th out of 29 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.