Guinea vs South Africa: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- Guinea
- South Africa
How they compare
Guinea currently reports 45,000 ha against 42,100 ha in South Africa, a difference of 2,900 ha.
That makes Guinea's figure about 1.1 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
Guinea ranks 45th and South Africa ranks 47th of 120 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 1 and South Africa in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,000 ha | 395,444 ha | 375,444 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 20,000 ha | 286,400 ha | 266,400 ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 19,714 ha | 296,500 ha | 276,786 ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 21,446 ha | 172,730 ha | 151,283 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 35,925 ha | 89,590 ha | 53,665 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 35,564 ha | 58,644 ha | 23,081 ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 43,885 ha | 41,000 ha | 2,885 ha | Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, Guinea or South Africa?
- Guinea, at 45,000 ha against 42,100 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between Guinea and South Africa?
- 2,900 ha, with Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Guinea and South Africa rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- Guinea ranks 45th and South Africa ranks 47th 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.