Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Pakistan
Pakistan: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 1.19 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Pakistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar crops primary — area harvested in Pakistan is 1.19 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Pakistan peaked at 1.34 million ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 389,450 ha, in 1961.
Pakistan ranks 7th of 155 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 389,450 ha | — |
| 1962 | 447,570 ha | +14.9% |
| 1963 | 533,910 ha | +19.3% |
| 1964 | 482,540 ha | -9.6% |
| 1965 | 506,140 ha | +4.9% |
| 1966 | 601,900 ha | +18.9% |
| 1967 | 652,310 ha | +8.4% |
| 1968 | 510,180 ha | -21.8% |
| 1969 | 554,370 ha | +8.7% |
| 1970 | 636,790 ha | +14.9% |
| 1971 | 647,060 ha | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 566,390 ha | -12.5% |
| 1973 | 540,600 ha | -4.6% |
| 1974 | 652,000 ha | +20.6% |
| 1975 | 678,881 ha | +4.1% |
| 1976 | 710,193 ha | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 801,882 ha | +12.9% |
| 1978 | 836,998 ha | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 766,557 ha | -8.4% |
| 1980 | 731,704 ha | -4.5% |
| 1981 | 840,429 ha | +14.9% |
| 1982 | 959,169 ha | +14.1% |
| 1983 | 920,419 ha | -4.0% |
| 1984 | 904,700 ha | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 907,400 ha | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 783,200 ha | -13.7% |
| 1987 | 771,700 ha | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 853,400 ha | +10.6% |
| 1989 | 888,200 ha | +4.1% |
| 1990 | 865,256 ha | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 894,300 ha | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 905,031 ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 892,991 ha | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 969,762 ha | +8.6% |
| 1995 | 1.02 million ha | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 970,978 ha | -4.5% |
| 1997 | 969,800 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 1.06 million ha | +9.3% |
| 1999 | 1.16 million ha | +9.4% |
| 2000 | 1.02 million ha | -12.4% |
| 2001 | 968,400 ha | -4.7% |
| 2002 | 1.01 million ha | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 1.11 million ha | +9.8% |
| 2004 | 1.08 million ha | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 969,213 ha | -10.4% |
| 2006 | 910,401 ha | -6.1% |
| 2007 | 1.03 million ha | +13.2% |
| 2008 | 1.24 million ha | +20.6% |
| 2009 | 1.03 million ha | -17.0% |
| 2010 | 942,800 ha | -8.6% |
| 2011 | 987,712 ha | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 1.06 million ha | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 1.17 million ha | +10.8% |
| 2014 | 1.14 million ha | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 1.13 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 1.22 million ha | +7.6% |
| 2017 | 1.34 million ha | +10.2% |
| 2018 | 1.10 million ha | -17.9% |
| 2019 | 1.04 million ha | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 1.17 million ha | +12.0% |
| 2021 | 1.26 million ha | +8.2% |
| 2022 | 1.32 million ha | +4.7% |
| 2023 | 1.18 million ha | -10.5% |
| 2024 | 1.19 million ha | +1.1% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 1.19 million ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 23,189 ha, 51.5× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 1.19 million ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 310 ha, 3851.4× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 519,819 ha | 389,450 ha | 652,310 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 683,735 ha | 540,600 ha | 836,998 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 856,032 ha | 731,704 ha | 959,169 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 970,484 ha | 865,256 ha | 1.16 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.04 million ha | 910,401 ha | 1.24 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.11 million ha | 942,800 ha | 1.34 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.22 million ha | 1.17 million ha | 1.32 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 4 Thailand 1.49 million ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 324,286 ha compare
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 209,210 ha compare
- 5 China 1.49 million ha compare
- 6 China, mainland 1.48 million ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 184,287 ha compare
- 7 Viet Nam 174,816 ha compare
- 8 Russian Federation 985,329 ha compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 71,637 ha compare
- 9 Mexico 784,416 ha compare
- 10 Indonesia 595,128 ha compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 54,723 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Pakistan?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Pakistan was 1.19 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 1.34 million ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 389,450 ha in 1961.
- How does Pakistan rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Pakistan ranks 7th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.