Côte d'Ivoire vs Southern Africa: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Southern Africa currently reports 109,981 ha against 100,000 ha in Côte d'Ivoire, a difference of 9,981 ha.
That makes Southern Africa's figure about 1.1 times Côte d'Ivoire's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Southern Africa has been ahead every year.
Côte d'Ivoire ranks 24th and Southern Africa ranks 22nd of 28 countries.
Southern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Côte d'Ivoire | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,344 ha | 568,429 ha | 551,084 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 39,415 ha | 468,260 ha | 428,846 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1980s | 36,500 ha | 499,731 ha | 463,231 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1990s | 50,735 ha | 332,222 ha | 281,487 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2000s | 59,143 ha | 190,815 ha | 131,672 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2010s | 80,611 ha | 167,958 ha | 87,348 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2020s | 99,800 ha | 121,513 ha | 21,713 ha | Southern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, Côte d'Ivoire or Southern Africa?
- Southern Africa, at 109,981 ha against 100,000 ha in Côte d'Ivoire as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between Côte d'Ivoire and Southern Africa?
- 9,981 ha, with Southern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Côte d'Ivoire and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Côte d'Ivoire and Southern Africa rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- Côte d'Ivoire ranks 24th and Southern Africa ranks 22nd of 28 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.