Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 980,538 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) stood at 980,538 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.1% on the previous year and up 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 980,538 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 256,825 ha, in 1961.
That places Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 14th out of 29 groups 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.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 256,825 ha | — |
| 1962 | 264,539 ha | +3.0% |
| 1963 | 284,422 ha | +7.5% |
| 1964 | 288,105 ha | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 300,111 ha | +4.2% |
| 1966 | 330,021 ha | +10.0% |
| 1967 | 348,097 ha | +5.5% |
| 1968 | 373,478 ha | +7.3% |
| 1969 | 395,819 ha | +6.0% |
| 1970 | 423,592 ha | +7.0% |
| 1971 | 417,546 ha | -1.4% |
| 1972 | 423,025 ha | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 440,876 ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 463,205 ha | +5.1% |
| 1975 | 487,686 ha | +5.3% |
| 1976 | 510,249 ha | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 536,199 ha | +5.1% |
| 1978 | 548,963 ha | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 564,477 ha | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 559,062 ha | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 598,548 ha | +7.1% |
| 1982 | 619,099 ha | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 662,001 ha | +6.9% |
| 1984 | 727,871 ha | +10.0% |
| 1985 | 712,561 ha | -2.1% |
| 1986 | 726,894 ha | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 710,737 ha | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 679,975 ha | -4.3% |
| 1989 | 667,354 ha | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 694,757 ha | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 691,860 ha | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 626,724 ha | -9.4% |
| 1993 | 628,711 ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 651,864 ha | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 662,908 ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 671,198 ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 688,462 ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 695,817 ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 728,972 ha | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 711,707 ha | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 686,938 ha | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 712,743 ha | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 734,826 ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 733,478 ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 734,095 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 742,245 ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 737,029 ha | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 743,348 ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 770,645 ha | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 814,128 ha | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 837,626 ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 875,707 ha | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 886,723 ha | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 869,937 ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 878,400 ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 909,261 ha | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 914,333 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 939,290 ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 960,402 ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 956,251 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 953,851 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 971,419 ha | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 933,045 ha | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 980,538 ha | +5.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 315,713 ha | 256,825 ha | 395,819 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 481,582 ha | 417,546 ha | 564,477 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 666,410 ha | 559,062 ha | 727,871 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 674,127 ha | 626,724 ha | 728,972 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 730,705 ha | 686,938 ha | 770,645 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 888,581 ha | 814,128 ha | 960,402 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 959,021 ha | 933,045 ha | 980,538 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 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
- 16 Colombia 358,250 ha compare
- 16 Polynesia 41 ha compare
- 17 Australia 341,130 ha compare
- 17 Australia and New Zealand 341,130 ha compare
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- Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.3601 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Production, annual growth rate 3.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 4.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 6.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.9081 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -1.51 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 980,538 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 980,538 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 256,825 ha in 1961.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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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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.