Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Southern Europe

Southern Europe: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 131,603 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
131,603 ha
Change on year
up 20.7%
Rank
26th
of 29 groups
All-time high
765,045 ha
in 1976
All-time low
95,266 ha
in 2022
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 1961–2024

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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

Annual values for Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 1961 to 2024.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 23 Guatemala 218,690 ha compare
  2. 24 Myanmar 212,339 ha compare
  3. 25 Czechoslovakia 169,531 ha compare
  4. 26 Yugoslav SFR 142,555 ha compare
  5. 27 Kenya 134,900 ha compare
  6. 28 Peru 118,456 ha compare
  7. 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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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.