Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 1.36 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Central America recorded 1.36 million ha for sugar crops primary — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Central America peaked at 1.44 million ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 500,207 ha, in 1961.
Central America ranks 12th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 500,207 ha | — |
| 1962 | 520,523 ha | +4.1% |
| 1963 | 534,416 ha | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 610,654 ha | +14.3% |
| 1965 | 643,413 ha | +5.4% |
| 1966 | 670,219 ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 676,584 ha | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 700,410 ha | +3.5% |
| 1969 | 729,160 ha | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 761,258 ha | +4.4% |
| 1971 | 710,641 ha | -6.6% |
| 1972 | 709,616 ha | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 749,105 ha | +5.6% |
| 1974 | 748,803 ha | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 787,752 ha | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 796,456 ha | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 759,044 ha | -4.7% |
| 1978 | 851,134 ha | +12.1% |
| 1979 | 863,474 ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 882,750 ha | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 868,873 ha | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 849,451 ha | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 816,929 ha | -3.8% |
| 1984 | 838,105 ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 796,627 ha | -4.9% |
| 1986 | 892,002 ha | +12.0% |
| 1987 | 921,777 ha | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 898,313 ha | -2.5% |
| 1989 | 893,473 ha | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 875,049 ha | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 894,053 ha | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 913,231 ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 911,307 ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 943,784 ha | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 944,159 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1.06 million ha | +12.3% |
| 1997 | 1.04 million ha | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 1.09 million ha | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 1.11 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 1.07 million ha | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 1.03 million ha | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 1.08 million ha | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 1.12 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 1.13 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 1.14 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 1.17 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 1.21 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 1.22 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 1.24 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 1.24 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 1.28 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 1.32 million ha | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 1.37 million ha | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 1.37 million ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 1.37 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1.39 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 1.38 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 1.42 million ha | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 1.44 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 1.38 million ha | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 1.40 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 1.39 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 1.39 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 1.36 million ha | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 620,621 ha | 500,207 ha | 729,160 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 773,728 ha | 709,616 ha | 863,474 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 865,830 ha | 796,627 ha | 921,777 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 977,472 ha | 875,049 ha | 1.11 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.14 million ha | 1.03 million ha | 1.24 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.36 million ha | 1.24 million ha | 1.44 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.38 million ha | 1.36 million ha | 1.40 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 71,637 ha compare
- 9 Mexico 784,416 ha compare
- 10 Indonesia 595,128 ha compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 54,723 ha compare
- 11 Germany 437,200 ha compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 48,196 ha compare
- 12 Argentina 432,814 ha compare
- 12 Melanesia 47,271 ha compare
- 13 France 411,630 ha compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 33,300 ha compare
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Central America?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Central America was 1.36 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.44 million ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 500,207 ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America 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.