Cameroon vs Eastern Asia: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- Cameroon
- Eastern Asia
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 740,000 ha against 674,665 ha in Eastern Asia, a difference of 65,335 ha.
That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times Eastern Asia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eastern Asia ahead.
Cameroon ranks 15th and Eastern Asia ranks 16th of 120 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 2 and Eastern Asia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Eastern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 315,000 ha | 6.41 million ha | 6.09 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1970s | 337,100 ha | 4.48 million ha | 4.14 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1980s | 423,264 ha | 2.26 million ha | 1.84 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1990s | 460,147 ha | 1.28 million ha | 816,038 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 515,458 ha | 665,735 ha | 150,277 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 796,010 ha | 592,205 ha | 203,805 ha | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 740,000 ha | 690,739 ha | 49,261 ha | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, Cameroon or Eastern Asia?
- Cameroon, at 740,000 ha against 674,665 ha in Eastern Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between Cameroon and Eastern Asia?
- 65,335 ha, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Eastern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Eastern Asia rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 15th 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.
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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.