Australia and New Zealand vs China: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- Australia and New Zealand
- China
How they compare
Australia and New Zealand currently reports 774,646 ha against 645,496 ha in China, a difference of 129,150 ha.
That makes Australia and New Zealand's figure about 1.2 times China's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China ahead.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 13th and China ranks 16th of 120 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia and New Zealand averaged higher in 1 and China in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia and New Zealand | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 163,508 ha | 6.37 million ha | 6.20 million ha | China |
| 1970s | 519,610 ha | 4.45 million ha | 3.93 million ha | China |
| 1980s | 690,778 ha | 2.25 million ha | 1.56 million ha | China |
| 1990s | 534,761 ha | 1.27 million ha | 732,688 ha | China |
| 2000s | 744,731 ha | 648,295 ha | 96,436 ha | Australia and New Zealand |
| 2010s | 560,346 ha | 565,074 ha | 4,728 ha | China |
| 2020s | 575,262 ha | 661,498 ha | 86,236 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, Australia and New Zealand or China?
- Australia and New Zealand, at 774,646 ha against 645,496 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between Australia and New Zealand and China?
- 129,150 ha, with Australia and New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand and China?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and New Zealand and China rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 13th and China ranks 16th of 120 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sorghum — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.