Saudi Arabia vs USSR: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- Saudi Arabia
- USSR
How they compare
USSR currently reports 86,000 ha against 60,475 ha in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 25,525 ha.
That makes USSR's figure about 1.4 times Saudi Arabia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.
Saudi Arabia ranks 41st and USSR ranks 38th of 120 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Saudi Arabia averaged higher in 3 and USSR in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Saudi Arabia | USSR | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 125,431 ha | 64,889 ha | 60,543 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 1970s | 232,310 ha | 87,200 ha | 145,110 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 1980s | 109,400 ha | 136,300 ha | 26,900 ha | USSR |
| 1990s | 130,978 ha | 100,000 ha | 30,978 ha | Saudi Arabia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, Saudi Arabia or USSR?
- USSR, at 86,000 ha against 60,475 ha in Saudi Arabia as of 1991.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between Saudi Arabia and USSR?
- 25,525 ha, with USSR ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Saudi Arabia and USSR?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
- How do Saudi Arabia and USSR rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 41st and USSR ranks 38th 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.