Benin vs Zimbabwe: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- Benin
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Benin currently reports 212,347 ha against 175,839 ha in Zimbabwe, a difference of 36,508 ha.
That makes Benin's figure about 1.2 times Zimbabwe's.
The two have swapped places 19 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Zimbabwe ahead.
Benin ranks 30th and Zimbabwe ranks 31st of 120 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 1 and Zimbabwe in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 109,168 ha | 148,557 ha | 39,389 ha | Zimbabwe |
| 1970s | 90,657 ha | 192,801 ha | 102,144 ha | Zimbabwe |
| 1980s | 110,395 ha | 195,599 ha | 85,204 ha | Zimbabwe |
| 1990s | 146,854 ha | 140,248 ha | 6,606 ha | Benin |
| 2000s | 163,419 ha | 195,613 ha | 32,194 ha | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 134,500 ha | 199,226 ha | 64,727 ha | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 155,807 ha | 199,140 ha | 43,334 ha | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, Benin or Zimbabwe?
- Benin, at 212,347 ha against 175,839 ha in Zimbabwe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between Benin and Zimbabwe?
- 36,508 ha, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Zimbabwe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Zimbabwe rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 30th and Zimbabwe ranks 31st 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.