Australia vs Eastern Asia: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- Australia
- Eastern Asia
How they compare
Australia currently reports 774,646 ha against 674,665 ha in Eastern Asia, a difference of 99,981 ha.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Eastern Asia's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eastern Asia ahead.
Australia ranks 13th and Eastern Asia ranks 16th of 120 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Eastern Asia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Eastern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 163,508 ha | 6.41 million ha | 6.25 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1970s | 519,610 ha | 4.48 million ha | 3.96 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1980s | 690,778 ha | 2.26 million ha | 1.57 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1990s | 534,761 ha | 1.28 million ha | 741,424 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 744,731 ha | 665,735 ha | 78,995 ha | Australia |
| 2010s | 560,346 ha | 592,205 ha | 31,859 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 575,262 ha | 690,739 ha | 115,477 ha | Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, Australia or Eastern Asia?
- Australia, at 774,646 ha against 674,665 ha in Eastern Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between Australia and Eastern Asia?
- 99,981 ha, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Eastern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Eastern Asia rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 13th and Eastern Asia 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.
Individual pages
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.