Lesotho vs Nicaragua: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- Lesotho
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 17,730 ha against 15,814 ha in Lesotho, a difference of 1,916 ha.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Lesotho ahead.
Lesotho ranks 62nd and Nicaragua ranks 61st of 120 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 2 and Nicaragua in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 65,770 ha | 51,467 ha | 14,304 ha | Lesotho |
| 1970s | 62,697 ha | 50,714 ha | 11,983 ha | Lesotho |
| 1980s | 58,586 ha | 59,004 ha | 417.4 ha | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 32,855 ha | 46,498 ha | 13,643 ha | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 31,035 ha | 46,754 ha | 15,719 ha | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 27,548 ha | 48,801 ha | 21,252 ha | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 13,643 ha | 29,692 ha | 16,049 ha | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, Lesotho or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 17,730 ha against 15,814 ha in Lesotho as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between Lesotho and Nicaragua?
- 1,916 ha, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Nicaragua?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Lesotho and Nicaragua rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- Lesotho ranks 62nd and Nicaragua ranks 61st 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.