Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Western Asia

Western Asia: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 341,979 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
341,979 ha
Change on year
down 10.4%
Rank
22nd
of 29 groups
All-time high
543,845 ha
in 1998
All-time low
118,327 ha
in 1969
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Western Asia, 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 Western Asia is 341,979 ha, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of down 10.4% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 543,845 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 118,327 ha, in 1969.

Western Asia ranks 22nd of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Western Asia, year by year

Annual values for Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961 to 2024.
Year ha Change
1961 142,505 ha
1962 136,772 ha -4.0%
1963 145,560 ha +6.4%
1964 203,546 ha +39.8%
1965 177,811 ha -12.6%
1966 171,758 ha -3.4%
1967 167,614 ha -2.4%
1968 145,210 ha -13.4%
1969 118,327 ha -18.5%
1970 142,868 ha +20.7%
1971 184,141 ha +28.9%
1972 174,626 ha -5.2%
1973 172,361 ha -1.3%
1974 201,415 ha +16.9%
1975 232,756 ha +15.6%
1976 274,907 ha +18.1%
1977 276,122 ha +0.4%
1978 301,754 ha +9.3%
1979 298,188 ha -1.2%
1980 292,011 ha -2.1%
1981 388,092 ha +32.9%
1982 405,873 ha +4.6%
1983 393,773 ha -3.0%
1984 397,940 ha +1.1%
1985 343,607 ha -13.7%
1986 368,721 ha +7.3%
1987 411,138 ha +11.5%
1988 335,290 ha -18.4%
1989 370,964 ha +10.6%
1990 403,396 ha +8.7%
1991 422,830 ha +4.8%
1992 436,705 ha +3.3%
1993 464,718 ha +6.4%
1994 451,811 ha -2.8%
1995 355,278 ha -21.4%
1996 454,908 ha +28.0%
1997 509,311 ha +12.0%
1998 543,845 ha +6.8%
1999 460,662 ha -15.3%
2000 450,284 ha -2.3%
2001 390,643 ha -13.2%
2002 410,630 ha +5.1%
2003 346,380 ha -15.6%
2004 347,476 ha +0.3%
2005 366,582 ha +5.5%
2006 367,677 ha +0.3%
2007 337,727 ha -8.1%
2008 361,056 ha +6.9%
2009 349,773 ha -3.1%
2010 369,083 ha +5.5%
2011 334,777 ha -9.3%
2012 314,392 ha -6.1%
2013 311,404 ha -1.0%
2014 304,495 ha -2.2%
2015 290,414 ha -4.6%
2016 339,147 ha +16.8%
2017 363,312 ha +7.1%
2018 309,152 ha -14.9%
2019 328,571 ha +6.3%
2020 350,882 ha +6.8%
2021 316,978 ha -9.7%
2022 312,468 ha -1.4%
2023 381,678 ha +22.1%
2024 341,979 ha -10.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 156,567 ha 118,327 ha 203,546 ha 9
1970s 225,914 ha 142,868 ha 301,754 ha 10
1980s 370,741 ha 292,011 ha 411,138 ha 10
1990s 450,346 ha 355,278 ha 543,845 ha 10
2000s 372,823 ha 337,727 ha 450,284 ha 10
2010s 326,475 ha 290,414 ha 369,083 ha 10
2020s 340,797 ha 312,468 ha 381,678 ha 5

Countries ranked near Western Asia

  1. 19 Poland 277,920 ha compare
  2. 20 Cuba 270,361 ha compare
  3. 21 Ukraine 253,600 ha compare
  4. 22 South Africa 242,267 ha compare
  5. 23 Guatemala 218,690 ha compare
  6. 24 Myanmar 212,339 ha compare
  7. 25 Czechoslovakia 169,531 ha compare

See the full ranking of 200 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Western Asia?
Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Western Asia was 341,979 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
The highest recorded value was 543,845 ha in 1998.
What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 118,327 ha in 1969.
How does Western Asia rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
Western Asia ranks 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Western Asia 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.