Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Middle Africa

Middle Africa: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 162,621 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
162,621 ha
Change on year
up 2.7%
Rank
8th
of 16 regions
All-time high
237,193 ha
in 1986
All-time low
37,270 ha
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024

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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

Annual values for Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961 to 2024.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 5 China (People’s Republic of) 1.49 million ha compare
  2. 6 China, mainland 1.48 million ha compare
  3. 7 Pakistan 1.19 million ha compare
  4. 8 Russian Federation 985,329 ha compare
  5. 9 Mexico 784,416 ha compare
  6. 10 Indonesia 595,128 ha compare
  7. 11 Germany 437,200 ha compare

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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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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.