Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Mexico
Mexico: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 784,416 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar crops primary — area harvested in Mexico is 784,416 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.2% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Mexico peaked at 809,385 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 347,602 ha, in 1961.
That places Mexico 9th out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Mexico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 347,602 ha | — |
| 1962 | 361,603 ha | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 377,949 ha | +4.5% |
| 1964 | 445,548 ha | +17.9% |
| 1965 | 469,860 ha | +5.5% |
| 1966 | 487,598 ha | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 489,148 ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 504,826 ha | +3.2% |
| 1969 | 525,526 ha | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 546,713 ha | +4.0% |
| 1971 | 480,988 ha | -12.0% |
| 1972 | 465,283 ha | -3.3% |
| 1973 | 502,063 ha | +7.9% |
| 1974 | 491,482 ha | -2.1% |
| 1975 | 497,691 ha | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 496,268 ha | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 463,593 ha | -6.6% |
| 1978 | 537,172 ha | +15.9% |
| 1979 | 538,005 ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 539,882 ha | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 529,639 ha | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 523,044 ha | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 507,722 ha | -2.9% |
| 1984 | 523,384 ha | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 488,723 ha | -6.6% |
| 1986 | 586,041 ha | +19.9% |
| 1987 | 615,724 ha | +5.1% |
| 1988 | 605,296 ha | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 612,675 ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 571,342 ha | -6.7% |
| 1991 | 546,999 ha | -4.3% |
| 1992 | 558,210 ha | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 561,702 ha | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 587,559 ha | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 573,063 ha | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 633,626 ha | +10.6% |
| 1997 | 614,772 ha | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 630,591 ha | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 643,165 ha | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 618,295 ha | -3.9% |
| 2001 | 623,753 ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 632,230 ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 644,413 ha | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 651,927 ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 669,798 ha | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 679,954 ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 690,461 ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 691,463 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 710,610 ha | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 703,971 ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 713,854 ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 735,167 ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 782,861 ha | +6.5% |
| 2014 | 761,902 ha | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 758,678 ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 781,121 ha | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 772,072 ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 785,973 ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 796,052 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 775,022 ha | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 809,385 ha | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 795,273 ha | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 802,291 ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 784,416 ha | -2.2% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 784,416 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 34,880 ha, 22.5× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 784,416 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 26,844 ha, 29.2× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 445,518 ha | 347,602 ha | 525,526 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 501,926 ha | 463,593 ha | 546,713 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 553,213 ha | 488,723 ha | 615,724 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 592,103 ha | 546,999 ha | 643,165 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 661,290 ha | 618,295 ha | 710,610 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 759,165 ha | 703,971 ha | 796,052 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 793,277 ha | 775,022 ha | 809,385 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 6 China, mainland 1.48 million ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 184,287 ha compare
- 7 Pakistan 1.19 million ha compare
- 7 Viet Nam 174,816 ha compare
- 8 Russian Federation 985,329 ha compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 71,637 ha compare
- 10 Indonesia 595,128 ha compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 54,723 ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Mexico?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Mexico was 784,416 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 809,385 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 347,602 ha in 1961.
- How does Mexico rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 9th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.