China vs Europe: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- China
- Europe
How they compare
China currently reports 645,496 ha against 337,849 ha in Europe, a difference of 307,647 ha.
That makes China's figure about 1.9 times Europe's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
China ranks 16th and Europe ranks 18th of 120 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.37 million ha | 184,223 ha | 6.18 million ha | China |
| 1970s | 4.45 million ha | 267,398 ha | 4.18 million ha | China |
| 1980s | 2.25 million ha | 287,888 ha | 1.96 million ha | China |
| 1990s | 1.27 million ha | 175,591 ha | 1.09 million ha | China |
| 2000s | 648,295 ha | 183,500 ha | 464,795 ha | China |
| 2010s | 565,074 ha | 312,067 ha | 253,006 ha | China |
| 2020s | 661,498 ha | 287,087 ha | 374,411 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, China or Europe?
- China, at 645,496 ha against 337,849 ha in Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between China and Europe?
- 307,647 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Europe rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- China ranks 16th and Europe ranks 18th 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.