Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Portugal
Portugal: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 0 ha in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Portugal, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 0 ha for sugar crops primary — area harvested in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 61 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Portugal peaked at 9,090 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 2018.
That places Portugal 141st out of 155 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Portugal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,150 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,600 ha | +14.3% |
| 1963 | 3,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 3,500 ha | -5.4% |
| 1965 | 3,700 ha | +5.7% |
| 1966 | 3,790 ha | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 4,030 ha | +6.3% |
| 1968 | 4,220 ha | +4.7% |
| 1969 | 3,800 ha | -10.0% |
| 1970 | 2,860 ha | -24.7% |
| 1971 | 3,611 ha | +26.3% |
| 1972 | 3,570 ha | -1.1% |
| 1973 | 3,538 ha | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 2,960 ha | -16.3% |
| 1975 | 3,467 ha | +17.1% |
| 1976 | 4,018 ha | +15.9% |
| 1977 | 4,380 ha | +9.0% |
| 1978 | 2,407 ha | -45.0% |
| 1979 | 2,407 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,207 ha | -8.3% |
| 1981 | 1,496 ha | -32.2% |
| 1982 | 1,331 ha | -11.0% |
| 1983 | 1,409 ha | +5.9% |
| 1984 | 1,432 ha | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 922 ha | -35.6% |
| 1986 | 1,046 ha | +13.4% |
| 1987 | 736 ha | -29.6% |
| 1988 | 355 ha | -51.8% |
| 1989 | 284 ha | -20.0% |
| 1990 | 315 ha | +10.9% |
| 1991 | 300 ha | -4.8% |
| 1992 | 417 ha | +39.0% |
| 1993 | 677 ha | +62.4% |
| 1994 | 1,099 ha | +62.3% |
| 1995 | 1,363 ha | +24.0% |
| 1996 | 787 ha | -42.3% |
| 1997 | 3,552 ha | +351.3% |
| 1998 | 3,536 ha | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 8,298 ha | +134.7% |
| 2000 | 7,942 ha | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 5,423 ha | -31.7% |
| 2002 | 9,090 ha | +67.6% |
| 2003 | 7,543 ha | -17.0% |
| 2004 | 8,408 ha | +11.5% |
| 2005 | 8,673 ha | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 4,335 ha | -50.0% |
| 2007 | 2,970 ha | -31.5% |
| 2008 | 1,646 ha | -44.6% |
| 2009 | 195 ha | -88.2% |
| 2010 | 222 ha | +13.8% |
| 2011 | 381 ha | +71.6% |
| 2012 | 431 ha | +13.1% |
| 2013 | 444 ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 416 ha | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 162 ha | -61.1% |
| 2016 | 327 ha | +101.9% |
| 2017 | 344 ha | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2019 | 0 ha | — |
| 2020 | 0 ha | — |
| 2023 | 0 ha | — |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 0 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 8,999 ha. (45 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 0 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 16,030 ha. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Portugal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +351.3% | 787 ha | 3,552 ha |
| 1999 | +134.7% | 3,536 ha | 8,298 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,721 ha | 3,150 ha | 4,220 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,322 ha | 2,407 ha | 4,380 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,122 ha | 284 ha | 2,207 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,034 ha | 300 ha | 8,298 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,622 ha | 195 ha | 9,090 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 272.7 ha | 0 ha | 444 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 2 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 139 Djibouti 1 ha compare
- 139 Samoa 1 ha compare
- 141 Algeria 0 ha compare
- 141 Antigua and Barbuda 0 ha compare
- 141 Bulgaria 0 ha compare
- 141 Cyprus 0 ha
- 141 Estonia 0 ha compare
- 141 Georgia 0 ha compare
- 141 Ireland 0 ha compare
- 141 Israel 0 ha compare
- 141 Latvia 0 ha compare
- 141 Malta 0 ha
- 141 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 ha compare
- 141 Saint Lucia 0 ha compare
- 141 Singapore 0 ha compare
- 141 Yemen 0 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Portugal?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Portugal was 0 ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 9,090 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 2018.
- How does Portugal rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 141st out of 155 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Portugal 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.