Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 1.62 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar crops primary — area harvested in European Union (27) is 1.62 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 10.3% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in European Union (27) peaked at 3.45 million ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 1.32 million ha, in 2015.
That places European Union (27) 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 European Union (27), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.35 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 2.39 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 2.35 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1964 | 2.60 million ha | +10.8% |
| 1965 | 2.57 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1966 | 2.42 million ha | -5.6% |
| 1967 | 2.49 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 2.54 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 2.51 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1970 | 2.51 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 2.52 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 2.67 million ha | +5.9% |
| 1973 | 2.81 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 2.76 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1975 | 3.27 million ha | +18.7% |
| 1976 | 3.45 million ha | +5.6% |
| 1977 | 3.30 million ha | -4.5% |
| 1978 | 3.21 million ha | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 3.06 million ha | -4.9% |
| 1980 | 3.04 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 3.38 million ha | +11.0% |
| 1982 | 3.28 million ha | -2.9% |
| 1983 | 2.99 million ha | -8.8% |
| 1984 | 3.05 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 2.93 million ha | -3.9% |
| 1986 | 2.92 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 2.85 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1988 | 2.78 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 2.86 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 2.81 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 2.70 million ha | -3.9% |
| 1992 | 2.72 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 2.73 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 2.72 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 2.77 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 2.82 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 2.79 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 2.68 million ha | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 2.54 million ha | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 2.34 million ha | -8.0% |
| 2001 | 2.31 million ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 2.32 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 2.16 million ha | -6.5% |
| 2004 | 2.10 million ha | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 2.13 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 1.77 million ha | -16.5% |
| 2007 | 1.72 million ha | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 1.43 million ha | -17.3% |
| 2009 | 1.50 million ha | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 1.49 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 1.54 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 1.55 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 1.46 million ha | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 1.52 million ha | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 1.32 million ha | -13.0% |
| 2016 | 1.44 million ha | +9.2% |
| 2017 | 1.64 million ha | +13.9% |
| 2018 | 1.62 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 1.53 million ha | -5.5% |
| 2020 | 1.49 million ha | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 1.49 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 1.43 million ha | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 1.47 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 1.62 million ha | +10.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.47 million ha | 2.35 million ha | 2.60 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.96 million ha | 2.51 million ha | 3.45 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.01 million ha | 2.78 million ha | 3.38 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.73 million ha | 2.54 million ha | 2.82 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.98 million ha | 1.43 million ha | 2.34 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.51 million ha | 1.32 million ha | 1.64 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.50 million ha | 1.43 million ha | 1.62 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in European Union (27)?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in European Union (27) was 1.62 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 European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 3.45 million ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.32 million ha in 2015.
- How does European Union (27) rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- European Union (27) ranks 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.