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

Latest (2024)
980,538 ha
Change on year
up 5.1%
Rank
14th
of 29 groups
All-time high
980,538 ha
in 2024
All-time low
256,825 ha
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024

200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k1.0M196119922024

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

Annual values for Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961 to 2024.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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)

  1. 11 Germany 437,200 ha compare
  2. 11 United Republic of Tanzania 48,196 ha compare
  3. 12 Argentina 432,814 ha compare
  4. 12 Melanesia 47,271 ha compare
  5. 13 France 411,630 ha compare
  6. 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 33,300 ha compare
  7. 14 Philippines 404,914 ha compare
  8. 14 Republic of Moldova 14,107 ha compare
  9. 15 Egypt 389,139 ha compare
  10. 15 Syrian Arab Republic 102 ha compare
  11. 16 Colombia 358,250 ha compare
  12. 16 Polynesia 41 ha compare
  13. 17 Australia 341,130 ha compare
  14. 17 Australia and New Zealand 341,130 ha compare

See the full ranking of 200 places →

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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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Indicator
Sugar Crops Primary — 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.