Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in United States of America

United States of America: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 814,680 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
814,680 ha
Change on year
down 2.2%
Rank
17th
of 29 groups
All-time high
1.02 million ha
in 1999
All-time low
620,500 ha
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in United States of America, 1961–2024

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

Analysis

United States of America recorded 814,680 ha for sugar crops primary — area harvested in 2024.

The figure is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in United States of America peaked at 1.02 million ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 620,500 ha, in 1961.

United States of America ranks 17th of 29 groups on this measure, 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 United States of America, year by year

Annual values for Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in United States of America, 1961 to 2024.
Year ha Change
1961 620,500 ha
1962 639,360 ha +3.0%
1963 738,338 ha +15.5%
1964 841,265 ha +13.9%
1965 751,488 ha -10.7%
1966 722,880 ha -3.8%
1967 713,677 ha -1.3%
1968 828,705 ha +16.1%
1969 849,247 ha +2.5%
1970 789,493 ha -7.0%
1971 805,313 ha +2.0%
1972 821,702 ha +2.0%
1973 792,565 ha -3.5%
1974 787,791 ha -0.6%
1975 926,960 ha +17.7%
1976 901,546 ha -2.7%
1977 799,500 ha -11.3%
1978 814,600 ha +1.9%
1979 749,650 ha -8.0%
1980 777,867 ha +3.8%
1981 802,688 ha +3.2%
1982 715,650 ha -10.8%
1983 737,930 ha +3.1%
1984 746,070 ha +1.1%
1985 757,800 ha +1.6%
1986 804,300 ha +6.1%
1987 840,100 ha +4.5%
1988 868,500 ha +3.4%
1989 868,700 ha +0.0%
1990 878,700 ha +1.2%
1991 924,200 ha +5.2%
1992 945,600 ha +2.3%
1993 954,200 ha +0.9%
1994 963,100 ha +0.9%
1995 952,000 ha -1.2%
1996 895,260 ha -6.0%
1997 947,100 ha +5.8%
1998 970,350 ha +2.5%
1999 1.02 million ha +5.1%
2000 973,400 ha -4.6%
2001 918,201 ha -5.7%
2002 964,742 ha +5.1%
2003 947,015 ha -1.8%
2004 908,490 ha -4.1%
2005 876,074 ha -3.6%
2006 890,844 ha +1.7%
2007 860,532 ha -3.4%
2008 757,782 ha -11.9%
2009 818,449 ha +8.0%
2010 822,972 ha +0.6%
2011 844,094 ha +2.6%
2012 852,480 ha +1.0%
2013 835,600 ha -2.0%
2014 815,370 ha -2.4%
2015 822,610 ha +0.9%
2016 821,310 ha -0.2%
2017 816,620 ha -0.6%
2018 807,800 ha -1.1%
2019 766,200 ha -5.1%
2020 845,560 ha +10.4%
2021 827,030 ha -2.2%
2022 836,770 ha +1.2%
2023 833,180 ha -0.4%
2024 814,680 ha -2.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 745,051 ha 620,500 ha 849,247 ha 9
1970s 818,912 ha 749,650 ha 926,960 ha 10
1980s 791,960 ha 715,650 ha 868,700 ha 10
1990s 945,057 ha 878,700 ha 1.02 million ha 10
2000s 891,553 ha 757,782 ha 973,400 ha 10
2010s 820,506 ha 766,200 ha 852,480 ha 10
2020s 831,444 ha 814,680 ha 845,560 ha 5

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  4. 15 Syrian Arab Republic 102 ha compare
  5. 16 Colombia 358,250 ha compare
  6. 16 Polynesia 41 ha compare
  7. 17 Australia 341,130 ha compare
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  9. 19 Poland 277,920 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions

What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in United States of America?
Sugar crops primary — area harvested in United States of America was 814,680 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in United States of America?
The highest recorded value was 1.02 million ha in 1999.
What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in United States of America?
The lowest recorded value was 620,500 ha in 1961.
How does United States of America rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
United States of America ranks 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in United States of America?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this United States of America 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.