Sugar Crops Primary β€” Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Sugar Crops Primary β€” Area harvested was 1.07 million ha in 2024. β–² Rising

Latest (2024)
1.07 million ha
Change on year
down 0.2%
Rank
10th
of 35 regions
All-time high
1.10 million ha
in 2019
All-time low
371,917 ha
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sugar Crops Primary β€” Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

Least Developed Countries (LDCs) recorded 1.07 million ha for sugar crops primary β€” area harvested in 2024.

The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sugar crops primary β€” area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 1.10 million ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 371,917 ha, in 1961.

That places Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 10th out of 35 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 451,886 ha 371,917 ha 528,316 ha 9
1970s 558,526 ha 535,510 ha 606,569 ha 10
1980s 661,306 ha 601,493 ha 680,681 ha 10
1990s 721,852 ha 674,488 ha 810,101 ha 10
2000s 877,077 ha 807,809 ha 942,576 ha 10
2010s 1.04 million ha 949,932 ha 1.10 million ha 10
2020s 1.07 million ha 1.07 million ha 1.08 million ha 5

Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

  1. 7 Ψ¨Ψ§ΩƒΨ³ΨͺΨ§Ω† 1.19 million ha compare
  2. 8 Russian Federation 985,329 ha compare
  3. 9 Ψ§Ω„Ω…ΩƒΨ³ΩŠΩƒ 784,416 ha compare
  4. 10 Ψ₯Ω†Ψ―ΩˆΩ†ΩŠΨ³ΩŠΨ§ 595,128 ha compare
  5. 11 Ψ£Ω„Ω…Ψ§Ω†ΩŠΨ§ 437,200 ha compare
  6. 12 Ψ§Ω„Ψ£Ψ±Ψ¬Ω†ΨͺΩŠΩ† 432,814 ha compare
  7. 13 فرنسا 411,630 ha compare

See the full ranking of 200 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is sugar crops primary β€” area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
Sugar crops primary β€” area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 1.07 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sugar crops primary β€” area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
The highest recorded value was 1.10 million ha in 2019.
What is the lowest sugar crops primary β€” area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
The lowest recorded value was 371,917 ha in 1961.
How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for sugar crops primary β€” area harvested?
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 10th out of 35 regions with data for 2024.
Is sugar crops primary β€” area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar Crops Primary β€” Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Sugar Crops Primary β€” Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
200 places, 10,929 data points, 1961–2024
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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.