Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Mali
Mali: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 8,668 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Mali, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Mali stood at 8,668 ha.
The figure is down 3.7% on the previous year and up 67.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Mali peaked at 9,846 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 300 ha, in 1961.
That places Mali 95th out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Mali, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 400 ha | +33.3% |
| 1963 | 500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1964 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1968 | 850 ha | +41.7% |
| 1969 | 943 ha | +10.9% |
| 1970 | 1,117 ha | +18.5% |
| 1971 | 901 ha | -19.3% |
| 1972 | 1,026 ha | +13.9% |
| 1973 | 1,150 ha | +12.1% |
| 1974 | 1,151 ha | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 1,100 ha | -4.4% |
| 1976 | 2,500 ha | +127.3% |
| 1977 | 3,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1978 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 4,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1980 | 4,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1981 | 4,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1982 | 2,200 ha | -45.0% |
| 1983 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1984 | 4,440 ha | +93.0% |
| 1985 | 3,258 ha | -26.6% |
| 1986 | 3,335 ha | +2.4% |
| 1987 | 3,547 ha | +6.4% |
| 1988 | 3,784 ha | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 4,304 ha | +13.7% |
| 1990 | 4,559 ha | +5.9% |
| 1991 | 4,747 ha | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 4,296 ha | -9.5% |
| 1993 | 4,294 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 3,350 ha | -22.0% |
| 1995 | 4,002 ha | +19.5% |
| 1996 | 4,009 ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 3,953 ha | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 3,991 ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 7,114 ha | +78.3% |
| 2000 | 3,928 ha | -44.8% |
| 2001 | 4,176 ha | +6.3% |
| 2002 | 4,761 ha | +14.0% |
| 2003 | 4,605 ha | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 4,466 ha | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 4,586 ha | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 4,682 ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 5,163 ha | +10.3% |
| 2008 | 5,270 ha | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 5,310 ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 5,221 ha | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 5,460 ha | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 5,600 ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 4,828 ha | -13.8% |
| 2014 | 5,184 ha | +7.4% |
| 2015 | 5,338 ha | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 7,066 ha | +32.4% |
| 2017 | 7,770 ha | +10.0% |
| 2018 | 8,861 ha | +14.0% |
| 2019 | 9,738 ha | +9.9% |
| 2020 | 9,584 ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 9,800 ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 9,846 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 9,005 ha | -8.5% |
| 2024 | 8,668 ha | -3.7% |
Mali compared with similar countries
- Mali's 8,668 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 8,668 ha, 1.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Mali's 8,668 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 18,222 ha, 48% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Mali changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +127.3% | 1,100 ha | 2,500 ha |
| 1984 | +93.0% | 2,300 ha | 4,440 ha |
| 1999 | +78.3% | 3,991 ha | 7,114 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 565.89 ha | 300 ha | 943 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,894 ha | 901 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,567 ha | 2,200 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,432 ha | 3,350 ha | 7,114 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,695 ha | 3,928 ha | 5,310 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,507 ha | 4,828 ha | 9,738 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,381 ha | 8,668 ha | 9,846 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mali
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 394.01 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 33.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 33.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 8.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Mali?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Mali was 8,668 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 9,846 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 ha in 1961.
- How does Mali rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Mali ranks 95th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is up 67.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mali 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.