Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Western Asia
Western Asia: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 341,979 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Western Asia, 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 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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
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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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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.