Senegal vs Southern Africa: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- Senegal
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Senegal currently reports 260,000 ha against 109,981 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 150,019 ha.
That makes Senegal's figure about 2.4 times Southern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.
Senegal ranks 25th and Southern Africa ranks 22nd of 120 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Senegal averaged higher in 2 and Southern Africa in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Senegal | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 121,911 ha | 568,429 ha | 446,518 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 120,910 ha | 468,260 ha | 347,350 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1980s | 128,782 ha | 499,731 ha | 370,949 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1990s | 155,569 ha | 332,222 ha | 176,653 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2000s | 186,524 ha | 190,815 ha | 4,290 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2010s | 181,675 ha | 167,958 ha | 13,717 ha | Senegal |
| 2020s | 270,014 ha | 121,513 ha | 148,501 ha | Senegal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, Senegal or Southern Africa?
- Senegal, at 260,000 ha against 109,981 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between Senegal and Southern Africa?
- 150,019 ha, with Senegal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Senegal and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Senegal and Southern Africa rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- Senegal ranks 25th and Southern Africa ranks 22nd 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.