Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 1.07 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
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 — 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 — 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.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 371,917 ha | — |
| 1962 | 391,215 ha | +5.2% |
| 1963 | 419,349 ha | +7.2% |
| 1964 | 427,678 ha | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 440,200 ha | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 466,610 ha | +6.0% |
| 1967 | 501,657 ha | +7.5% |
| 1968 | 520,032 ha | +3.7% |
| 1969 | 528,316 ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 541,729 ha | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 544,760 ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 535,510 ha | -1.7% |
| 1973 | 537,769 ha | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 549,599 ha | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 552,987 ha | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 554,263 ha | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 568,987 ha | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 593,089 ha | +4.2% |
| 1979 | 606,569 ha | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 601,493 ha | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 635,771 ha | +5.7% |
| 1982 | 655,515 ha | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 675,999 ha | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 674,330 ha | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 673,280 ha | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 671,105 ha | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 675,982 ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 680,681 ha | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 668,899 ha | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 692,831 ha | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 697,861 ha | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 681,410 ha | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 685,967 ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 674,488 ha | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 707,008 ha | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 730,713 ha | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 761,506 ha | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 776,631 ha | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 810,101 ha | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 807,809 ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 850,154 ha | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 853,466 ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 873,215 ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 860,457 ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 854,003 ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 889,749 ha | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 927,959 ha | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 911,384 ha | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 942,576 ha | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 949,932 ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 983,245 ha | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 1.00 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 1.05 million ha | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 1.10 million ha | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 1.05 million ha | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 1.06 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 1.05 million ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 1.09 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 1.10 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 1.08 million ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 1.08 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 1.07 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 1.07 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 1.07 million ha | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
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- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Sugar crops primary — 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 — 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 — 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 — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 16 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — 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 — 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.