Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 28,419 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Morocco recorded 28,419 ha for sugar crops primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 25.4% on the previous year and down 53.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 83,988 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 3,480 ha, in 1963.
Morocco ranks 66th of 155 countries on this measure, 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 Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,480 ha | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 8,630 ha | +148.0% |
| 1965 | 9,140 ha | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 14,100 ha | +54.3% |
| 1967 | 20,200 ha | +43.3% |
| 1968 | 25,600 ha | +26.7% |
| 1969 | 32,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1970 | 35,000 ha | +9.4% |
| 1971 | 43,000 ha | +22.9% |
| 1972 | 60,400 ha | +40.5% |
| 1973 | 45,000 ha | -25.5% |
| 1974 | 59,700 ha | +32.7% |
| 1975 | 66,500 ha | +11.4% |
| 1976 | 68,800 ha | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 51,800 ha | -24.7% |
| 1978 | 63,500 ha | +22.6% |
| 1979 | 66,600 ha | +4.9% |
| 1980 | 67,422 ha | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 64,150 ha | -4.9% |
| 1982 | 64,915 ha | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 75,700 ha | +16.6% |
| 1984 | 64,400 ha | -14.9% |
| 1985 | 68,201 ha | +5.9% |
| 1986 | 67,600 ha | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 73,971 ha | +9.4% |
| 1988 | 76,240 ha | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 78,362 ha | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 79,146 ha | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 83,988 ha | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 67,200 ha | -20.0% |
| 1993 | 77,711 ha | +15.6% |
| 1994 | 77,900 ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 73,000 ha | -6.3% |
| 1996 | 70,746 ha | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 74,000 ha | +4.6% |
| 1998 | 64,974 ha | -12.2% |
| 1999 | 78,640 ha | +21.0% |
| 2000 | 71,500 ha | -9.1% |
| 2001 | 70,700 ha | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 73,300 ha | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 77,500 ha | +5.7% |
| 2004 | 72,700 ha | -6.2% |
| 2005 | 82,800 ha | +13.9% |
| 2006 | 63,640 ha | -23.1% |
| 2007 | 64,200 ha | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 70,100 ha | +9.2% |
| 2009 | 62,800 ha | -10.4% |
| 2010 | 53,500 ha | -14.8% |
| 2011 | 60,489 ha | +13.1% |
| 2012 | 38,986 ha | -35.5% |
| 2013 | 52,662 ha | +35.1% |
| 2014 | 60,865 ha | +15.6% |
| 2015 | 69,393 ha | +14.0% |
| 2016 | 71,412 ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 68,390 ha | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 62,706 ha | -8.3% |
| 2019 | 68,477 ha | +9.2% |
| 2020 | 69,352 ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 54,630 ha | -21.2% |
| 2022 | 48,111 ha | -11.9% |
| 2023 | 38,075 ha | -20.9% |
| 2024 | 28,419 ha | -25.4% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 28,419 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 23,189 ha, 1.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 28,419 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 310 ha, 91.7× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Morocco 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +148.0% | 3,480 ha | 8,630 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,350 ha | 3,480 ha | 32,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 56,030 ha | 35,000 ha | 68,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 70,096 ha | 64,150 ha | 78,362 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 74,730 ha | 64,974 ha | 83,988 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 70,924 ha | 62,800 ha | 82,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 60,688 ha | 38,986 ha | 71,412 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 47,717 ha | 28,419 ha | 69,352 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Morocco?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Morocco was 28,419 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 83,988 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,480 ha in 1963.
- How does Morocco rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 66th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.