Millet — Area harvested in Sudan
Sudan: Millet — Area harvested was 2.88 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Area harvested in Sudan, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for millet — area harvested in Sudan is 2.88 million ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.0% on the previous year and down 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Sudan peaked at 3.75 million ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1.30 million ha, in 2012.
Sudan ranks 4th of 86 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Millet — Area harvested in Sudan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1.30 million ha | — |
| 2013 | 2.78 million ha | +113.5% |
| 2014 | 3.15 million ha | +13.3% |
| 2015 | 1.70 million ha | -45.9% |
| 2016 | 3.01 million ha | +76.4% |
| 2017 | 2.51 million ha | -16.5% |
| 2018 | 3.75 million ha | +49.4% |
| 2019 | 3.02 million ha | -19.6% |
| 2020 | 3.45 million ha | +14.2% |
| 2021 | 2.81 million ha | -18.5% |
| 2022 | 3.57 million ha | +27.1% |
| 2023 | 2.97 million ha | -16.7% |
| 2024 | 2.88 million ha | -3.0% |
Sudan compared with similar countries
- Sudan's 2.88 million ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 69,059 ha, 41.7× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Sudan's 2.88 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 72,000 ha, 40.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.65 million ha | 1.30 million ha | 3.75 million ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 3.13 million ha | 2.81 million ha | 3.57 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
- 1 India 8.82 million ha compare
- 2 Niger 6.80 million ha compare
- 3 USSR 3.03 million ha
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 300,000 ha compare
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 72,422 ha compare
- 5 Sudan (former) 2.45 million ha
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 61,262 ha compare
- 6 Mali 2.12 million ha compare
- 7 Nigeria 1.90 million ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sudan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 60.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2936 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 341.88 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6507 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 7.8% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is millet — area harvested in Sudan?
- Millet — area harvested in Sudan was 2.88 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 3.75 million ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.30 million ha in 2012.
- How does Sudan rank for millet — area harvested?
- Sudan ranks 4th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sudan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Millet — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.