China vs South-Eastern Asia: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- China
- South-Eastern Asia
How they compare
China currently reports 645,496 ha against 200,934 ha in South-Eastern Asia, a difference of 444,562 ha.
That makes China's figure about 3.2 times South-Eastern Asia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
China ranks 16th and South-Eastern Asia ranks 20th of 120 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | South-Eastern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.37 million ha | 23,490 ha | 6.34 million ha | China |
| 1970s | 4.45 million ha | 127,802 ha | 4.32 million ha | China |
| 1980s | 2.25 million ha | 228,638 ha | 2.02 million ha | China |
| 1990s | 1.27 million ha | 219,057 ha | 1.05 million ha | China |
| 2000s | 648,295 ha | 279,543 ha | 368,752 ha | China |
| 2010s | 565,074 ha | 239,182 ha | 325,891 ha | China |
| 2020s | 661,498 ha | 202,901 ha | 458,596 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, China or South-Eastern Asia?
- China, at 645,496 ha against 200,934 ha in South-Eastern Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between China and South-Eastern Asia?
- 444,562 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and South-Eastern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and South-Eastern Asia rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- China ranks 16th and South-Eastern Asia ranks 20th 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.