Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Germany
Germany: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 437,200 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Germany, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Germany recorded 437,200 ha for sugar crops primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 10.5% on the previous year and up 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Germany peaked at 707,666 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 312,800 ha, in 2015.
That places Germany 11th out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Germany, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 477,937 ha | — |
| 1962 | 522,533 ha | +9.3% |
| 1963 | 532,808 ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 556,960 ha | +4.5% |
| 1965 | 519,395 ha | -6.7% |
| 1966 | 504,568 ha | -2.9% |
| 1967 | 503,220 ha | -0.3% |
| 1968 | 493,591 ha | -1.9% |
| 1969 | 486,829 ha | -1.4% |
| 1970 | 494,515 ha | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 525,736 ha | +6.3% |
| 1972 | 553,003 ha | +5.2% |
| 1973 | 580,936 ha | +5.1% |
| 1974 | 603,384 ha | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 691,204 ha | +14.6% |
| 1976 | 707,666 ha | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 692,123 ha | -2.2% |
| 1978 | 663,575 ha | -4.1% |
| 1979 | 647,432 ha | -2.4% |
| 1980 | 645,637 ha | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 706,007 ha | +9.4% |
| 1982 | 674,886 ha | -4.4% |
| 1983 | 630,803 ha | -6.5% |
| 1984 | 645,856 ha | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 635,772 ha | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 614,392 ha | -3.4% |
| 1987 | 595,038 ha | -3.2% |
| 1988 | 576,523 ha | -3.1% |
| 1989 | 600,494 ha | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 611,500 ha | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 554,143 ha | -9.4% |
| 1992 | 533,648 ha | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 521,724 ha | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 499,987 ha | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 512,850 ha | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 515,476 ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 503,664 ha | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 503,376 ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 489,163 ha | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 452,006 ha | -7.6% |
| 2001 | 447,697 ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 459,400 ha | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 445,630 ha | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 440,545 ha | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 420,100 ha | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 357,600 ha | -14.9% |
| 2007 | 402,697 ha | +12.6% |
| 2008 | 369,300 ha | -8.3% |
| 2009 | 383,600 ha | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 364,120 ha | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 398,100 ha | +9.3% |
| 2012 | 402,100 ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 357,400 ha | -11.1% |
| 2014 | 372,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 312,800 ha | -16.0% |
| 2016 | 364,300 ha | +16.5% |
| 2017 | 406,700 ha | +11.6% |
| 2018 | 413,900 ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 408,700 ha | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 386,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 2021 | 390,700 ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 396,300 ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 395,800 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 437,200 ha | +10.5% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 437,200 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 8,999 ha, 48.6× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Germany's 437,200 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 16,030 ha, 27.3× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 510,871 ha | 477,937 ha | 556,960 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 615,957 ha | 494,515 ha | 707,666 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 632,541 ha | 576,523 ha | 706,007 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 524,553 ha | 489,163 ha | 611,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 417,858 ha | 357,600 ha | 459,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 380,062 ha | 312,800 ha | 413,900 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 401,200 ha | 386,000 ha | 437,200 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
- 8 Russian Federation 985,329 ha compare
- 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 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
More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0087 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 527.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6813 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1786 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Germany?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Germany was 437,200 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 707,666 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 312,800 ha in 2015.
- How does Germany rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Germany ranks 11th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Germany 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.