Colombia vs Zambia: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- Colombia
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 4,524 ha against 3,820 ha in Colombia, a difference of 704 ha.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.2 times Colombia's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Zambia ahead.
Colombia ranks 74th and Zambia ranks 73rd of 120 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 4 and Zambia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24,994 ha | 70,778 ha | 45,783 ha | Zambia |
| 1970s | 145,940 ha | 69,250 ha | 76,690 ha | Colombia |
| 1980s | 242,160 ha | 34,260 ha | 207,900 ha | Colombia |
| 1990s | 173,668 ha | 42,780 ha | 130,889 ha | Colombia |
| 2000s | 53,464 ha | 29,437 ha | 24,027 ha | Colombia |
| 2010s | 7,414 ha | 18,942 ha | 11,529 ha | Zambia |
| 2020s | 2,674 ha | 21,166 ha | 18,493 ha | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, Colombia or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 4,524 ha against 3,820 ha in Colombia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between Colombia and Zambia?
- 704 ha, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Zambia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Colombia and Zambia rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 74th and Zambia ranks 73rd 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.