Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 131,603 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 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 Southern Europe is 131,603 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 20.7% on the previous year and down 29.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 765,045 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 95,266 ha, in 2022.
Southern Europe ranks 26th of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 482,276 ha | — |
| 1962 | 487,154 ha | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 466,341 ha | -4.3% |
| 1964 | 490,028 ha | +5.1% |
| 1965 | 538,608 ha | +9.9% |
| 1966 | 592,886 ha | +10.1% |
| 1967 | 650,562 ha | +9.7% |
| 1968 | 597,593 ha | -8.1% |
| 1969 | 604,395 ha | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 626,187 ha | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 576,695 ha | -7.9% |
| 1972 | 572,933 ha | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 551,371 ha | -3.8% |
| 1974 | 481,481 ha | -12.7% |
| 1975 | 636,389 ha | +32.2% |
| 1976 | 765,045 ha | +20.2% |
| 1977 | 686,857 ha | -10.2% |
| 1978 | 687,043 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 653,202 ha | -4.9% |
| 1980 | 648,397 ha | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 752,018 ha | +16.0% |
| 1982 | 726,672 ha | -3.4% |
| 1983 | 673,645 ha | -7.3% |
| 1984 | 632,321 ha | -6.1% |
| 1985 | 616,994 ha | -2.4% |
| 1986 | 700,979 ha | +13.6% |
| 1987 | 686,117 ha | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 644,006 ha | -6.1% |
| 1989 | 676,181 ha | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 655,037 ha | -3.1% |
| 1991 | 632,964 ha | -3.4% |
| 1992 | 629,910 ha | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 585,048 ha | -7.1% |
| 1994 | 608,096 ha | +3.9% |
| 1995 | 592,464 ha | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 557,733 ha | -5.9% |
| 1997 | 593,461 ha | +6.4% |
| 1998 | 578,041 ha | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 582,173 ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 527,098 ha | -9.5% |
| 2001 | 479,142 ha | -9.1% |
| 2002 | 494,040 ha | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 463,782 ha | -6.1% |
| 2004 | 429,860 ha | -7.3% |
| 2005 | 507,603 ha | +18.1% |
| 2006 | 327,199 ha | -35.5% |
| 2007 | 288,607 ha | -11.8% |
| 2008 | 201,371 ha | -30.2% |
| 2009 | 219,581 ha | +9.0% |
| 2010 | 214,522 ha | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 196,876 ha | -8.2% |
| 2012 | 198,936 ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 168,997 ha | -15.0% |
| 2014 | 185,824 ha | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 138,605 ha | -25.4% |
| 2016 | 136,734 ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 155,748 ha | +13.9% |
| 2018 | 134,230 ha | -13.8% |
| 2019 | 117,080 ha | -12.8% |
| 2020 | 105,684 ha | -9.7% |
| 2021 | 108,500 ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 95,266 ha | -12.2% |
| 2023 | 109,006 ha | +14.4% |
| 2024 | 131,603 ha | +20.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 545,538 ha | 466,341 ha | 650,562 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 623,720 ha | 481,481 ha | 765,045 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 675,733 ha | 616,994 ha | 752,018 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 601,493 ha | 557,733 ha | 655,037 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 393,828 ha | 201,371 ha | 527,098 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 164,755 ha | 117,080 ha | 214,522 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 110,012 ha | 95,266 ha | 131,603 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 23 Guatemala 218,690 ha compare
- 24 Myanmar 212,339 ha compare
- 25 Czechoslovakia 169,531 ha compare
- 26 Yugoslav SFR 142,555 ha compare
- 27 Kenya 134,900 ha compare
- 28 Peru 118,456 ha compare
- 29 Dominican Republic 110,649 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Southern Europe was 131,603 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 765,045 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 95,266 ha in 2022.
- How does Southern Europe rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.