Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Oceania

Oceania: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 388,442 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
388,442 ha
Change on year
up 4.0%
Rank
21st
of 29 groups
All-time high
517,732 ha
in 2003
All-time low
192,222 ha
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Oceania, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

Oceania recorded 388,442 ha for sugar crops primary — area harvested in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.0% on the previous year and down 8.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Oceania peaked at 517,732 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 192,222 ha, in 1961.

That places Oceania 21st out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Oceania, year by year

Annual values for Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Oceania, 1961 to 2024.
Year ha Change
1961 192,222 ha —
1962 198,215 ha +3.1%
1963 204,799 ha +3.3%
1964 232,179 ha +13.4%
1965 246,587 ha +6.2%
1966 268,957 ha +9.1%
1967 268,570 ha -0.1%
1968 276,629 ha +3.0%
1969 260,081 ha -6.0%
1970 266,895 ha +2.6%
1971 281,331 ha +5.4%
1972 285,658 ha +1.5%
1973 271,430 ha -5.0%
1974 298,320 ha +9.9%
1975 301,984 ha +1.2%
1976 335,425 ha +11.1%
1977 347,432 ha +3.6%
1978 305,976 ha -11.9%
1979 329,479 ha +7.7%
1980 354,565 ha +7.6%
1981 384,578 ha +8.5%
1982 391,618 ha +1.8%
1983 370,766 ha -5.3%
1984 386,269 ha +4.2%
1985 378,836 ha -1.9%
1986 382,567 ha +1.0%
1987 381,699 ha -0.2%
1988 386,039 ha +1.1%
1989 381,439 ha -1.2%
1990 406,240 ha +6.5%
1991 418,040 ha +2.9%
1992 408,041 ha -2.4%
1993 407,931 ha -0.0%
1994 418,429 ha +2.6%
1995 446,962 ha +6.8%
1996 465,021 ha +4.0%
1997 481,041 ha +3.4%
1998 485,041 ha +0.8%
1999 487,041 ha +0.4%
2000 489,043 ha +0.4%
2001 476,365 ha -2.6%
2002 499,200 ha +4.8%
2003 517,732 ha +3.7%
2004 517,185 ha -0.1%
2005 498,994 ha -3.5%
2006 464,286 ha -7.0%
2007 471,165 ha +1.5%
2008 440,084 ha -6.6%
2009 448,832 ha +2.0%
2010 444,353 ha -1.0%
2011 364,457 ha -18.0%
2012 391,238 ha +7.3%
2013 376,443 ha -3.8%
2014 423,673 ha +12.5%
2015 428,375 ha +1.1%
2016 497,547 ha +16.1%
2017 503,081 ha +1.1%
2018 491,875 ha -2.2%
2019 445,690 ha -9.4%
2020 417,185 ha -6.4%
2021 409,712 ha -1.8%
2022 388,534 ha -5.2%
2023 373,514 ha -3.9%
2024 388,442 ha +4.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 238,693 ha 192,222 ha 276,629 ha 9
1970s 302,393 ha 266,895 ha 347,432 ha 10
1980s 379,838 ha 354,565 ha 391,618 ha 10
1990s 442,379 ha 406,240 ha 487,041 ha 10
2000s 482,289 ha 440,084 ha 517,732 ha 10
2010s 436,673 ha 364,457 ha 503,081 ha 10
2020s 395,477 ha 373,514 ha 417,185 ha 5

Countries ranked near Oceania

  1. 19 Poland 277,920 ha compare
  2. 20 Cuba 270,361 ha compare
  3. 20 Caribbean 415,713 ha compare
  4. 21 Ukraine 253,600 ha compare
  5. 22 South Africa 242,267 ha compare
  6. 23 Guatemala 218,690 ha compare
  7. 24 Myanmar 212,339 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Oceania?
Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Oceania was 388,442 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Oceania?
The highest recorded value was 517,732 ha in 2003.
What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Oceania?
The lowest recorded value was 192,222 ha in 1961.
How does Oceania rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
Oceania ranks 21st out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Oceania?
Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Oceania 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.