China (People’s Republic of) vs Oceania: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- China (People’s Republic of)
- Oceania
How they compare
Oceania currently reports 775,789 ha against 645,496 ha in China (People’s Republic of), a difference of 130,293 ha.
That makes Oceania's figure about 1.2 times China (People’s Republic of)'s.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China (People’s Republic of) ahead.
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 16th and Oceania ranks 15th of 120 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China (People’s Republic of) averaged higher in 6 and Oceania in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China (People’s Republic of) | Oceania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.37 million ha | 163,973 ha | 6.20 million ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 1970s | 4.45 million ha | 520,850 ha | 3.93 million ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 1980s | 2.25 million ha | 691,769 ha | 1.56 million ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 1990s | 1.27 million ha | 535,551 ha | 731,898 ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 2000s | 648,295 ha | 745,922 ha | 97,627 ha | Oceania |
| 2010s | 565,074 ha | 561,686 ha | 3,388 ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 2020s | 661,498 ha | 576,399 ha | 85,098 ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, China (People’s Republic of) or Oceania?
- Oceania, at 775,789 ha against 645,496 ha in China (People’s Republic of) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between China (People’s Republic of) and Oceania?
- 130,293 ha, with Oceania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China (People’s Republic of) and Oceania?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China (People’s Republic of) and Oceania rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- China (People’s Republic of) ranks 16th and Oceania ranks 15th 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.