Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Sudan (former)

Sudan (former): Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 9.93 million ha in 2011. ▲ Rising

Latest (2011)
9.93 million ha
Change on year
up 25.9%
World rank
22nd
of 193 countries
All-time high
12.34 million ha
in 2005
All-time low
1.84 million ha
in 1961
Years of data
51
1961–2011

Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Sudan (former), 1961–2011

2.5M5.0M7.5M10.0M12.5M196119862011

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for cereals, primary — area harvested in Sudan (former) is 9.93 million ha, measured in 2011.

That represents a change of up 25.9% on the previous year and up 16.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Sudan (former) peaked at 12.34 million ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 1.84 million ha, in 1961.

That places Sudan (former) 22nd out of 193 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 2.10 million ha 1.84 million ha 2.69 million ha 9
1970s 3.73 million ha 2.93 million ha 4.53 million ha 10
1980s 5.70 million ha 4.29 million ha 8.17 million ha 10
1990s 7.78 million ha 3.73 million ha 10.12 million ha 10
2000s 8.71 million ha 5.35 million ha 12.34 million ha 10
2010s 8.91 million ha 7.89 million ha 9.93 million ha 2

Countries ranked near Sudan (former)

  1. 19 Türkiye 11.38 million ha compare
  2. 20 Ukraine 10.81 million ha compare
  3. 21 Niger 10.33 million ha compare
  4. 23 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 9.00 million ha compare
  5. 24 Mexico 8.70 million ha compare
  6. 25 France 8.53 million ha compare

See the full ranking of 226 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Sudan (former)?
Cereals, primary — area harvested in Sudan (former) was 9.93 million ha in 2011, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Sudan (former)?
The highest recorded value was 12.34 million ha in 2005.
What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Sudan (former)?
The lowest recorded value was 1.84 million ha in 1961.
How does Sudan (former) rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
Sudan (former) ranks 22nd out of 193 countries with data for 2011.
Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Sudan (former)?
Over the last ten years it is up 16.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sudan (former) data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 12,898 data points, 1961–2024
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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.