Pakistan vs South Africa: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- Pakistan
- South Africa
How they compare
Pakistan currently reports 45,563 ha against 42,100 ha in South Africa, a difference of 3,463 ha.
That makes Pakistan's figure about 1.1 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Pakistan ahead.
Pakistan ranks 44th and South Africa ranks 47th of 120 countries.
Pakistan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Pakistan | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 527,778 ha | 395,444 ha | 132,333 ha | Pakistan |
| 1970s | 493,458 ha | 286,400 ha | 207,058 ha | Pakistan |
| 1980s | 392,390 ha | 296,500 ha | 95,890 ha | Pakistan |
| 1990s | 392,330 ha | 172,730 ha | 219,600 ha | Pakistan |
| 2000s | 308,780 ha | 89,590 ha | 219,190 ha | Pakistan |
| 2010s | 225,923 ha | 58,644 ha | 167,279 ha | Pakistan |
| 2020s | 70,756 ha | 41,000 ha | 29,756 ha | Pakistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, Pakistan or South Africa?
- Pakistan, at 45,563 ha against 42,100 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between Pakistan and South Africa?
- 3,463 ha, with Pakistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Pakistan and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Pakistan and South Africa rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- Pakistan ranks 44th 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.