Australia vs Central America: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- Australia
- Central America
How they compare
Central America currently reports 1.43 million ha against 774,646 ha in Australia, a difference of 653,244 ha.
That makes Central America's figure about 1.8 times Australia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Central America has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 13th and Central America ranks 14th of 120 countries.
Central America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Central America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 163,508 ha | 682,716 ha | 519,208 ha | Central America |
| 1970s | 519,610 ha | 1.49 million ha | 971,063 ha | Central America |
| 1980s | 690,778 ha | 1.94 million ha | 1.25 million ha | Central America |
| 1990s | 534,761 ha | 1.91 million ha | 1.37 million ha | Central America |
| 2000s | 744,731 ha | 2.02 million ha | 1.27 million ha | Central America |
| 2010s | 560,346 ha | 1.82 million ha | 1.26 million ha | Central America |
| 2020s | 575,262 ha | 1.49 million ha | 912,406 ha | Central America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, Australia or Central America?
- Central America, at 1.43 million ha against 774,646 ha in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between Australia and Central America?
- 653,244 ha, with Central America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Central America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Central America rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 13th and Central America ranks 14th 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.