Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Northern America
Northern America: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 832,980 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Northern America stood at 832,980 ha.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Northern America peaked at 1.04 million ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 654,868 ha, in 1961.
Northern America ranks 16th of 29 groups 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 Northern America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 654,868 ha | — |
| 1962 | 673,627 ha | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 776,873 ha | +15.3% |
| 1964 | 882,264 ha | +13.6% |
| 1965 | 785,895 ha | -10.9% |
| 1966 | 755,769 ha | -3.8% |
| 1967 | 747,389 ha | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 860,944 ha | +15.2% |
| 1969 | 881,308 ha | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 817,323 ha | -7.3% |
| 1971 | 838,131 ha | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 853,109 ha | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 820,342 ha | -3.8% |
| 1974 | 815,126 ha | -0.6% |
| 1975 | 959,126 ha | +17.7% |
| 1976 | 933,646 ha | -2.7% |
| 1977 | 825,100 ha | -11.6% |
| 1978 | 839,310 ha | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 773,410 ha | -7.9% |
| 1980 | 804,437 ha | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 831,978 ha | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 744,350 ha | -10.5% |
| 1983 | 768,830 ha | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 773,470 ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 769,800 ha | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 827,700 ha | +7.5% |
| 1987 | 862,700 ha | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 889,100 ha | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 891,300 ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 902,800 ha | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 949,075 ha | +5.1% |
| 1992 | 968,260 ha | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 976,460 ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 988,600 ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 976,700 ha | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 918,610 ha | -5.9% |
| 1997 | 961,260 ha | +4.6% |
| 1998 | 988,550 ha | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 1.04 million ha | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 990,000 ha | -4.6% |
| 2001 | 929,901 ha | -6.1% |
| 2002 | 974,842 ha | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 959,115 ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 922,690 ha | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 889,474 ha | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 905,844 ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 874,332 ha | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 764,682 ha | -12.5% |
| 2009 | 829,349 ha | +8.5% |
| 2010 | 834,272 ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 856,194 ha | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 862,580 ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 844,500 ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 823,470 ha | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 829,910 ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 832,610 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 827,120 ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 826,000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 778,600 ha | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 861,260 ha | +10.6% |
| 2021 | 842,430 ha | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 853,970 ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 846,380 ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 832,980 ha | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 779,882 ha | 654,868 ha | 882,264 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 847,462 ha | 773,410 ha | 959,126 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 816,366 ha | 744,350 ha | 891,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 966,778 ha | 902,800 ha | 1.04 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 904,023 ha | 764,682 ha | 990,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 831,526 ha | 778,600 ha | 862,580 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 847,404 ha | 832,980 ha | 861,260 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Northern America?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Northern America was 832,980 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 million ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 654,868 ha in 1961.
- How does Northern America rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Northern America ranks 16th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America 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.