Rwanda vs Zimbabwe: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- Rwanda
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 175,839 ha against 154,724 ha in Rwanda, a difference of 21,115 ha.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Rwanda's.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Zimbabwe ahead.
Rwanda ranks 36th and Zimbabwe ranks 33rd of 131 countries.
Zimbabwe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Rwanda | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 113,243 ha | 148,557 ha | 35,314 ha | Zimbabwe |
| 1970s | 139,181 ha | 192,801 ha | 53,620 ha | Zimbabwe |
| 1980s | 163,872 ha | 195,599 ha | 31,727 ha | Zimbabwe |
| 1990s | 111,831 ha | 140,248 ha | 28,417 ha | Zimbabwe |
| 2000s | 170,944 ha | 195,613 ha | 24,668 ha | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 134,921 ha | 199,226 ha | 64,306 ha | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 165,612 ha | 199,140 ha | 33,528 ha | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, Rwanda or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 175,839 ha against 154,724 ha in Rwanda as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between Rwanda and Zimbabwe?
- 21,115 ha, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Zimbabwe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Rwanda and Zimbabwe rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- Rwanda ranks 36th and Zimbabwe ranks 33rd of 131 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.