Brazil vs Ethiopia: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- Brazil
- Ethiopia
How they compare
Ethiopia currently reports 1.65 million ha against 1.36 million ha in Brazil, a difference of 286,580 ha.
That makes Ethiopia's figure about 1.2 times Brazil's.
Across all 32 years both countries report, Ethiopia has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 9th and Ethiopia ranks 8th of 120 countries.
Ethiopia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Ethiopia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 230,759 ha | 992,593 ha | 761,833 ha | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 692,547 ha | 1.36 million ha | 667,361 ha | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 739,369 ha | 1.93 million ha | 1.20 million ha | Ethiopia |
| 2020s | 1.11 million ha | 1.70 million ha | 595,349 ha | Ethiopia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, Brazil or Ethiopia?
- Ethiopia, at 1.65 million ha against 1.36 million ha in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between Brazil and Ethiopia?
- 286,580 ha, with Ethiopia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Ethiopia?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Ethiopia rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 9th and Ethiopia ranks 8th 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.