Western Europe vs Yemen: Sorghum — Area harvested
Sorghum — Area harvested over time
- Western Europe
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 333,017 ha against 105,980 ha in Western Europe, a difference of 227,037 ha.
That makes Yemen's figure about 3.1 times Western Europe's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Yemen has been ahead every year.
Western Europe ranks 23rd 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 | Western Europe | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34,306 ha | 1.00 million ha | 969,028 ha | Yemen |
| 1970s | 77,210 ha | 858,200 ha | 780,990 ha | Yemen |
| 1980s | 55,053 ha | 588,666 ha | 533,613 ha | Yemen |
| 1990s | 64,920 ha | 435,724 ha | 370,804 ha | Yemen |
| 2000s | 55,831 ha | 437,977 ha | 382,146 ha | Yemen |
| 2010s | 57,782 ha | 400,428 ha | 342,646 ha | Yemen |
| 2020s | 77,862 ha | 310,634 ha | 232,772 ha | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sorghum — area harvested, Western Europe or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 333,017 ha against 105,980 ha in Western Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sorghum — area harvested between Western Europe and Yemen?
- 227,037 ha, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Western Europe and Yemen?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Western Europe and Yemen rank globally for sorghum — area harvested?
- Western Europe ranks 23rd 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.