Southern Africa vs Yemen: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- Southern Africa
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 333,017 ha against 109,981 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 223,036 ha.
That makes Yemen's figure about 3.0 times Southern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Yemen ahead.
Southern Africa ranks 22nd and Yemen ranks 21st of 28 groups.
Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Southern Africa | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 568,429 ha | 1.00 million ha | 434,905 ha | Yemen |
| 1970s | 468,260 ha | 858,200 ha | 389,940 ha | Yemen |
| 1980s | 499,731 ha | 588,666 ha | 88,935 ha | Yemen |
| 1990s | 332,222 ha | 435,724 ha | 103,502 ha | Yemen |
| 2000s | 190,815 ha | 437,977 ha | 247,162 ha | Yemen |
| 2010s | 167,958 ha | 400,428 ha | 232,470 ha | Yemen |
| 2020s | 121,513 ha | 310,634 ha | 189,121 ha | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, Southern Africa or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 333,017 ha against 109,981 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between Southern Africa and Yemen?
- 223,036 ha, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Southern Africa and Yemen?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Southern Africa and Yemen rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 22nd and Yemen ranks 21st of 28 groups.
- 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.