Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Northern America

Northern America: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 832,980 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
832,980 ha
Change on year
down 1.6%
Rank
16th
of 29 groups
All-time high
1.04 million ha
in 1999
All-time low
654,868 ha
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Northern America, 1961–2024

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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

Annual values for Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Northern America, 1961 to 2024.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

Countries ranked near Northern America

  1. 13 France 411,630 ha compare
  2. 14 Philippines 404,914 ha compare
  3. 15 Egypt 389,139 ha compare
  4. 16 Colombia 358,250 ha compare
  5. 17 Australia 341,130 ha compare
  6. 17 Australia and New Zealand 341,130 ha compare
  7. 19 Poland 277,920 ha compare

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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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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.