Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 162,621 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 162,621 ha for sugar crops primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 19.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 237,193 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 37,270 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 37,270 ha | — |
| 1962 | 39,270 ha | +5.4% |
| 1963 | 49,780 ha | +26.8% |
| 1964 | 37,780 ha | -24.1% |
| 1965 | 40,580 ha | +7.4% |
| 1966 | 53,700 ha | +32.3% |
| 1967 | 59,300 ha | +10.4% |
| 1968 | 64,660 ha | +9.0% |
| 1969 | 67,650 ha | +4.6% |
| 1970 | 74,346 ha | +9.9% |
| 1971 | 79,930 ha | +7.5% |
| 1972 | 76,986 ha | -3.7% |
| 1973 | 81,650 ha | +6.1% |
| 1974 | 92,741 ha | +13.6% |
| 1975 | 100,048 ha | +7.9% |
| 1976 | 108,185 ha | +8.1% |
| 1977 | 124,094 ha | +14.7% |
| 1978 | 124,321 ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 124,245 ha | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 116,222 ha | -6.5% |
| 1981 | 111,017 ha | -4.5% |
| 1982 | 124,427 ha | +12.1% |
| 1983 | 157,962 ha | +27.0% |
| 1984 | 220,327 ha | +39.5% |
| 1985 | 220,273 ha | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 237,193 ha | +7.7% |
| 1987 | 220,119 ha | -7.2% |
| 1988 | 219,206 ha | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 199,771 ha | -8.9% |
| 1990 | 214,581 ha | +7.4% |
| 1991 | 209,057 ha | -2.6% |
| 1992 | 175,991 ha | -15.8% |
| 1993 | 160,059 ha | -9.1% |
| 1994 | 150,352 ha | -6.1% |
| 1995 | 144,133 ha | -4.1% |
| 1996 | 140,127 ha | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 135,942 ha | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 133,681 ha | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 130,772 ha | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 131,945 ha | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 130,503 ha | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 137,204 ha | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 135,708 ha | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 135,787 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 134,688 ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 124,125 ha | -7.8% |
| 2007 | 117,823 ha | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 118,684 ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 123,839 ha | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 131,911 ha | +6.5% |
| 2011 | 134,655 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 133,630 ha | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 135,494 ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 135,854 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 131,294 ha | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 131,740 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 126,852 ha | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 137,115 ha | +8.1% |
| 2019 | 143,961 ha | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 152,698 ha | +6.1% |
| 2021 | 163,969 ha | +7.4% |
| 2022 | 152,045 ha | -7.3% |
| 2023 | 158,355 ha | +4.2% |
| 2024 | 162,621 ha | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 49,999 ha | 37,270 ha | 67,650 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 98,655 ha | 74,346 ha | 124,321 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 182,652 ha | 111,017 ha | 237,193 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 159,470 ha | 130,772 ha | 214,581 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 129,031 ha | 117,823 ha | 137,204 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 134,251 ha | 126,852 ha | 143,961 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 157,938 ha | 152,045 ha | 163,969 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 5 China (People’s Republic of) 1.49 million ha compare
- 6 China, mainland 1.48 million ha compare
- 7 Pakistan 1.19 million ha compare
- 8 Russian Federation 985,329 ha compare
- 9 Mexico 784,416 ha compare
- 10 Indonesia 595,128 ha compare
- 11 Germany 437,200 ha compare
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- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield 8,676 kg/ha (2024)
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- Pulses, Total — Production 1.74 million t (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Middle Africa was 162,621 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 237,193 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 37,270 ha in 1961.
- How does Middle Africa rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 8th out of 16 regions with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.